Upcycle - a Great Repurpose of Toilet and Paper Towel Tubes

After recycling light bulbs, you can enrich your Christmas decorations collection with these nice, eco-friendly cardboard tube stars.

Extra tip: There are numerous ways to decorate each star - paint it, use glitter or beads and buttons. Your imagination surely has no limits! We would appreciate you posting a picture of your work in comment section!

DIY: Recycle an Old Juice Carton and Create a Coin Purse

Reuse those little juice cartons (tetra pak) and turn them into practical (and green) coin purses! 

Pictured step by step tutorial is available here.

Extra tip: try this idea with bigger carton and make a folder. Post a photo of your result in the comment ssection, please!

Upcycle cardboard tubes - make funky bracelets!

We've already shown two examples of making recycled bracelets - the one with pop tabs and the one with the plastic bottle. Here's a simple and cool solution for reusage of cardboard tubes.

Extra tip: Variations are endless. You can use all sorts of old fabrics and you can decorate the bracelet with some buttons or beads...

DIY: a simple cosmetic & art assistant

Upcycle pringles - like can and make a brush holder!

Extra tip: you can use a carboard tube as an alternative for this little project, but only for cosmetic brushes!

Upcycle milk cartons - turn old milk cartons into cute, colorful houses

We saw how to make a bird feeder out of milk or juice carton, and here's one more easy  and cool DIY idea!

Extra tip: combine these houses with these roads and create a little town or a village.

Recycle an egg carton: out of an egg comes a chicken!

Here's a simple Easter craft idea. Reuse all those egg boxes that left behind after you have colored Easter eggs. Chickens and eggs always go together, right?

If you're looking for more egg carton ideas, click here for some floral suggestions!

Extra tip: try using some feather for wings!

Upcycle a toilet paper roll and create an original gift box!

Toilet paper rolls are very popular in DIY / upcycle / recycle culture, because they have many different faces!  In this article you'll find out how can they be used as a gift box, combined with a little wrapping paper.

If you are looking for more toilet paper rolls ideas, check out this wall art and an Easter bunnies project.

Extra tip: play with different wrapping papers, ribbons & shapes and post a photo in the comment section!

A simple DIY project - fly away with an extra large carton box!

Go to the store, get a few boxes and become a pilot!

Instructions for this simple but powerful project can be found here.

Extra tip: colors are welcome! Get some pilot's equipment or make it yourself – the glasses, cap and uniform, and of course, the control panel – and you and your child are ready for take off!

A cute DIY Easter project with recycled toilet tubes

I believe you've noticed by yourself and don't need me to point it out, but - the bunny craziness has arrived! Not only has it arrived, it's been with us for quite some time.

For all of those bunny lovers and those if-you-can't-win-them-join-them-ers, here's a cute little DIY project! Upcycle your toilet rolls and make a giant Easter bunny family and perhaps share it with your family and friends!

You can find this spring tutorial at this place.

Extra tip: the more (colors) the merrier (the bunny)! Enjoy!

Upcycle egg carton and invoke spring to your home!

Here's a fun and colorful project that you can make by yourself or with friends, kids or family.

It’s an egg wreath! Ok, not really. Eggs are necessary only because they’re in the box we need. Empty the box and put the eggs in the fridge, or wait until you’ve eaten them and then use the box.

You’ll need carton or paper for the wreath shaped base, a pair of scissors and some paint (tempera or something similar).

You’ll be making flowers out of the egg carton. You’ll then color them and glue them on the wreath base of the structure. Hang it on your door and celebrate spring! Click on the pictures for the tutorials.

This idea originated at krokotak.

Beside this awesome idea, you can make flowers out of the egg box and arrange them into a bouquet which you can then put in a vase.

Extra tip: if you haven't got a nice vase, or you want something unbreakable in case your kids knock it down, you can make a vase by yourself, out of a can, a bottle or a cardboard tube!

Upcycling: from a cereal box to a neat folder

If you’re one of those people who eat healthy by which I mean, you regularly eat cornflakes and cereal, you probably have quite a collection of cereal boxes.

You need one box for one magazine folder! You’ll need a pair of scissors and wrapping paper.

Find more details at this place.

Extra tip: if you’re extremely eco-friendly and a recycling freak, you can use an old newspaper or a magazine instead of wrapping paper. The folder won't be that nice, but well, every man to his taste. Feel free to post a photo of your folder!

A DIY bird feeder made of recycled milk and juice cartons

It’s still cold outside! Help your feathered neighbors by making them a cheap recycled feeder, and have fun thereat. To upcycle a milk or juice carton, the basic things you need are a carton (yes!), a pair of scissors, glue, paint or colored papers and an ice cream stick or a branch.

The first example is from parents.com (parents know best, right?).

They decorated their feeder with colorful little buttons. And check out that roof!

The next example is a cheerful family project, which you can find at rythmofthehome :

 Extra tip: maybe it would be wise to coat the carton with some waterproof material, such as plastic wrap. It can be decorated with colors or transparent, and you can just add it after you’ve finished decorating your bird feeder.

Cardboard tubes & wall art

Cardboard tubes (toilet paper rolls, toilet tubes) probably fill up a significant part of anybody’s trash can. There are infinite possibilities for repurposing that unsightly part of our bathroom inventory.

Here's one of them: you can flatten the tubes and cut them into smaller pieces. These can then be used as petals which you glue together to make different shapes.

Take a look at these examples:

1) a simple,  abstract shape - tutorial available at Growing up creative

2) a chubby flowery shape - by myrtle&eunice

3) square shaped decorations:

by Just me and t :

by uknown author:

4) an enriched form: petals glued to a colored paper or cardboard. Branches are optional!

By Revolutionaries blog :

5) the same technique can be used to decorate smaller surfaces such as a photo frame, as seen on spoonful.com

Extra tip: if you want to color bigger areas in one color, it would be easier to use spray paint than a brush.