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Never did I ever think that a DIY Toilet Paper Roll Ornament is something I would make . . . let alone blog about!  But alas, here we are in 2020 where everything is weird!  A toilet paper roll ornament is just what we need to decorate our trees this year, and to remember everything we’ve been through in 2020 – including the great toilet paper shortage!

Seriously though, this ornament brings a smile to my face.  I remember being elated to find a package of toilet paper at Target sometime in April, and I also remember telling my kids to only use two sheets at a time! I even wrote a Facebook post lamenting how I used to take the TP for granted.  

SO BIZARRE!

I have a feeling many of you can relate: this was an experience that brought us all together!  So grab some simple supplies and whip up a bunch of these toilet paper roll ornaments for your friends and family.  You won’t believe how easy they are to make!

Supplies Needed to Make DIY Toilet Paper Roll Ornaments

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• Paper straw (preferably in brown, or in a light color so you can color it with a marker)
• White felt (I used a standard 9″ x 12″ size sheet)
• Sharp scissors
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Brown marker (unless you found brown paper straws with brown insides)
• Fine tip paint marker (I used these metallic paint markers.  They worked the best of the ones I tested, which included Sharpies and acrylic paint markers)
• Hot glue and hot glue gun
• Thin ribbon or colored twine

How to Make a DIY Toilet Paper Roll Ornament

Start by cutting off a piece of the paper straw to be about 3″ long.

Next, color the outer edges and inner edges of the paper straw with the brown marker.

Once the marker has dried on the straw, lay the straw piece at the bottom of a piece of white felt, and mark the edge with pencil.  Do this again at the top of the felt.  Then, use the ruler to connect those two markings, and draw a faint line with the pencil onto the felt.

Cut out that strip of felt, and then repeat this process to cut a second piece of felt the exact same width.

Next, hot glue one strip of felt to the paper straw.  Just put a thin line of hot glue onto the straw, and press the felt on top of that.

Now, carefully roll that strip of felt around the straw.  Every once in a while, dab some hot glue onto the felt to hold it in place as you’re rolling.

When you finish rolling the first strip of felt, glue it down.  Then, put a thin line of hot glue right where that piece of felt ends, and place the second strip of felt onto the hot glue.  The felt strips should be flush with one another.  (No, that’s not a bathroom joke. HA!)

Continue rolling and gluing until you’ve almost rolled that entire second strip of felt around the straw.  Leave a slight tail hanging, and hot glue the felt slightly above that tail.

Next, use a paint marker (I used these metallic paint markers as they wrote the cleanest and boldest of others that I tested), to write the year 2020 on the tail, and also to add dashes around the “toilet paper” to show the perforation marks.  I accidentally wrote the year a little off center, so I popped a tiny heart next to the year, too. 

Finally, thread a skinny piece of ribbon or colored twine through the paper straw to create the ornament hanger.  

With that, you’ve created a special ornament to help cement this awful year in your mind, to be remembered every Christmas from here on out.  Hahahaha!  

Tell me in the comments below – do you have a funny toilet paper-related memory from 2020?

-Bre

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In my humble opinion, Christmas decor feels even more special when it’s handmade.  The time and care that goes into making the decor elevates it to a new level.  One of the simplest and most festive pieces of handmade Christmas decor you can make is a garland, and this Jingle Bell Wood Bead Garland is a versatile piece that can be used anywhere! 

Wood bead garlands are a decor staple these days, but the addition of jingle bells and festive holiday ribbon to a regular garland makes this wood bead garland extra special for Christmas! 

Plus, it is oh-so-easy to put together, and it’s a great project to get your children to help with.  It’s really that simple!

Materials Needed for a Wood Bead Jingle Bell Garland

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• Multipack of wood beads in varying sizes
• Jingle bells in varying sizes
• Bakers twine
• Needle with large eye
• Christmas ribbon
• Scissors

How to Make a Wood Bead Jingle Bell Garland

Begin folding a long piece of bakers twine in half and threading it through a needle with a large eye.  (You want to fold the bakers twine in half to give it more strength once you start stringing the wood beads and jingle bells.)  I chose red and white bakers twine because it is so Christmasy! 

Once the needle is threaded, tie a knot at the opposite end of the twine to hold the pieces together.

Next, begin stringing wooden beads onto the twine.  I chose to use a mix of sizes of wood beads, and I alternated them. 

Using a needle was essential for getting the twine through the beads.  I don’t honestly think you could make a wood bead garland without a needle!

Then, I also added in different sizes of jingle bells to the garland.  For my garland I strung four wood beads, then a bell, and alternated that pattern all the way down the length of the twine. 

When I got to the end of the twine, I tied off that end.  Then I got to work making ribbon tassels to add to the ends of the wood bead garland.

Making the ribbon tassels was so easy!  Just cut four pieces of ribbon, stack them on top of one another, fold in half, and tie a piece of bakers twine around them near the top to secure and form a tassel. 

Once the tassels are made, loop the ends of the bakers twine through the loops in the tassels, and tie to secure. 

After that, the garland is complete!  

Depending on how long you make it, it would look beautiful on a Christmas tree or Christmas mantel!  If you opt for a shorter version, you could put it around a vase, on a tiered tray decorated for Christmas, or simply laid on a table as part of a Christmas vignette. 

The wood bead garland I made has 40 wood beads, 10 bells, and measures 34″ excluding the tassels.  Those figures might help you calculate how many of each supply you need to make a shorter or longer wood bead garland.

So what are you waiting for?  Grab the supplies you need and get to stringing!  And make sure you pin this image on Pinterest so you can easily find this tutorial again when you need it.  

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