101 things to make and do with a cardboard tube

[oakie dokie]

hi all,
my sister runs a toy library and the area manager has asked me to try and compile a list of 101 things to make and do with some large coloured and patterned cardboard tubes, well i cant do this on my own so i would like to recruit all of your help. if you have any suggestions or ideas please feel free to add them. I'm begging you!

i have:

. construction
. making them into an art collage
. sorting into colours, shapes and patterns
. skittles
. rolling balls through them
. pushing cars through them
. looking through them
. using as a megaphone
. have some coloured perspects cut to size and use as a kelidoscope type thingy majigy
. placing balls on top of them and trying to knock the balls off.
. threading them on large piece of rope or washing line
. sort them into longer and shorter


how manys that? long way to go

please help, i will try to put picture on so you can get more of an idea

thanks

[FizzysFriends]

Make a telescope, binoculars, periscope

[PaulaR]

make a wooly dog. Lay cut strips of wool over them and make a flat face to tuck in one end

[michellethegooner]

Make Rain Sticks

Use to paint circles

Cardboard Roll Puppets

make pencil pots

Make a musical kazoo

Cut tubes into pot sized lengths and use for seedlings. Stand them in a tray close up to each other and fill them with compost

Bracelets - Cut tube down one side, then cut into sections (same size as napkin rings). Then cover with wrapping paper or material, using glue stick. Use clear adhesive shelf paper to cover bracelets.

Paintbrush Carrier

Cross Stitch Storage

Make boot trees
To keep the tops of long, flexible boots from flopping over and developing ugly creases in the closet, insert cardboard mailing tubes into them to help them hold their shape

Store fabric scraps
Roll up leftover fabric scraps tightly and insert them inside a card-board tube from your bathroom or kitchen. For easy identification, tape or staple a sample of the fabric to the outside of the tube.

Make a hamster toy
Place a couple of paper towel or toilet paper tubes in the hamster (or gerbil) cage. The little critters will love running and walking through them, and they like chewing on the cardboard too. When the tubes start looking ragged, just replace them with fresh ones

Preserve kids' artwork
You want to save some of your kids' precious artwork for posterity (or you don't want it to clutter up the house). Simply roll up the artwork and place it inside a paper towel tube. Label the outside with the child's name and date

Build a toy log cabin
Notch the ends of several long tubes with a craft knife and then help the kids build log cabins, fences, or huts with them. Use different-sized tubes for added versatility. For added realism, have the kids paint or colour the tubes before construction begins

Extend vacuum cleaner reach
Can't reach that cobweb on the ceiling with your regular vacuum cleaner attachment? Try using a long, empty wrapping paper tube to extend the reach. You can even crush the end of the paper tube to create a crevice tool. Use duct tape to make the connection airtight.

Homemade Bird Feeder
Make sure the tubes are clean and have no toilet paper left on them. Poke a hole in one end and tie a long string to it. Then, cover the outside of the tube with peanut butter. Roll the peanut butter in bird seed, and you're ready to hang your homemade bird feeder outside for your feathered friends!

Make Homemade Funnels
You can recycle cardboard tubes from rolls of toilet paper and paper towels by using them as funnels around the house. Of course, since they are made of cardboard, you can't put wet things in the funnel. Dry things such as bird seed, sand, flour, sugar, rice,pasta etc work well.

oh and here is a link for a site I use when I need more ideas

http://www.makingfriends.com/recycle/tp_tube_crafts.htm

hth

[miffy]

Some great ideas thanks everyone

A few more here too

www.dltk-kids.com/type/tp_roll.htm

Miffy xx

[oakie dokie]

thanks all ideas are fantastic, keep them coming the tubes are quite large with patterns on them so quite attractive. they used to hold cotton on from a factory.

[madasahatter]

There are some great ideas on those websites, thankyou

[huggableshelly]

large enough for tunnels for kiddies to crawl through?

incey wincet spider drainpipe

the fairground game where you drop the rat down the pip and a child tried to catch it before it hits the floor

thread string through it hanf it on the washing line then attatch fabrics, scarves, paper etc for a visual aid wind chime with no chime!

stackums ... how many can you stack before they fall? pyramids and maths yay

I need some sleep now lol

[gegele]

obstacle course

stick them together and have kids to walk on them,

pretend "radeau" ...flat boat!!!!!

stick some of different size together and bang on top with something flat like ping pong racket, it makes different sound