Festive toilet roll Christmas crafts for kids

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The festive season can be full-on. There’s the planning, the present-buying, the juggling of traditions and timings and family group chats. So, if you’re looking for a cheerful, low-effort way to entertain the kids, freshen up your festive decor, and buy yourself a few blissful minutes of peace? These toilet paper roll Christmas crafts are the answer.

They’re fun, festive, and perfect for little hands. And best of all? While the kids are deep in a snowman assembly line or busy bedazzling mini-Christmas trees, you get a rare moment to just… breathe. 

Snowman toilet roll Christmas decorations 

Snowmen are such fun festive figures, and they are easy to make as toilet roll decorations. You only need a few things for this toilet roll Christmas craft, and once you’ve set the kids up with the supplies, they’ll be happily focused while you take a moment to escape for a much-needed breather.

Materials:

• Toilet roll tubes
• White paint and brushes (or white paper and glue)
• Old socks (small socks work best)
• String/elastic bands
• Googly eyes (or pen) 
• Buttons (or little scraps of felt)
• Glue
• Scissors
• A black pen and an orange pen

How to make snowmen Christmas decorations using toilet rolls:

1. Start by painting the toilet roll tube white, or glue a white piece of paper around it. Leave to dry.

   
   

2. Then make the ‘woolly hat’ by cutting a section off the top of the sock (the part with the elastic) and placing it on top of the loo roll tube. If the sock opening is too big, secure in place with some glue. 

   
   

3. Tie the sock a bit higher up with string, or an elastic band, to create the ‘bobble’ on top of the hat.

   
   

4. Next, cut a long strip from the toe end of the sock and tie that around the tube, about halfway down, to be the ‘scarf’. To create a long strip of sock, cut in a spiral shape. 

   
   

5. Add the eyes, either by drawing them, or using googly eyes. 

   
   

6. Draw on a carrot nose in orange pen, and a few dots in a curved line to be the mouth. 

   
   

7. Then stick the buttons onto the belly. You can use mini buttons, or cut shapes from colourful felt (make sure you draw four little dots to be the buttonholes).  

   
   

Once done (and you’re back from your mini getaway in your own home), you can proudly display these snowmen toilet roll Christmas decorations around your home, or even make a group of them to use as skittles in a bowling game! Now that you are an expert at making DIY Christmas decorations with toilet rolls, you can create even more characters, like angels, reindeer and Santas.

Now that your kids are pros at making DIY Christmas decorations with toilet rolls, why not let them take the lead on even more festive characters – like reindeers or Santas? A little more crafting time for them means a lot more quiet-time for you. Sounds like a win-win with a candy cane on top.

Christmas tree toilet roll crafts: napkin rings and decorations in one

This toilet roll decorations craft ticks all the boxes: festive decoration, and a practical purpose at the Christmas table. And while the kids focus on painting, punching holes, and gluing tiny “baubles,” you can get on with the other errands that keep you so busy (and maybe sneak a few of the good chocolates while you’re at it).

Materials:

• Toilet roll tubes
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Paint and brushes 
• PVA glue
• Coloured paper/card (or a colourful picture from a magazine/comic)
• Hole punch
• Sequin star (optional)
• Twine/ribbon/string (optional)

How to make Christmas tree decorations using toilet rolls:

1. Begin by flattening the toilet roll tube and drawing your Christmas tree shape in pencil. 

   
   

2. Cut out your shape, making sure that you cut through the front and back of the roll at the same time. Do not cut all the way around your shape: leave two joining points so that it will stay as a tube.  

   
   

3. Use this first tree as the template to cut out the rest of the toilet roll tubes.

   
   

4. Now it’s time to paint the tree green. Acrylic paint works best, but you can also use standard poster paints with a little PVA glue added. Leave to dry.

   
   

5. Next up, the decorations! Use a hole punch to create tiny ‘baubles’ from your coloured paper, and stick these on with glue (you could also use sequins or stickers for this part).

   
   

6. Then, give your tree a topper. This could be a sequin star, or a star you’ve cut out from shiny or coloured paper. 

   
   

7. Finally, if you’d like to make your tree a hanging decoration, stick some string or ribbon to the top. 

   
   

So, as you’ve probably realised by now, these DIY Christmas decorations with toilet rolls aren’t just a fun holiday activity for creative elves – they’re a little gift to you, too. While they’re happily crafting snowmen and decorating paper trees, you get something even more precious than a glitter-free floor: a quiet moment. A chance to check out for a bit while they create something magical.

And now that they’ve mastered the art of toilet paper roll Christmas crafts, why stop there? Let them try their hand at toilet roll animals, or dive into more festive fun with Christmas salt dough decorations.