Large cardboard tube crafts

Carpet Tube Lincoln Log Style Log Fort or House: When the school I teach at finished a new campus and moved into it, I saved as many of the large cardboard tubes from flooring that I could. I'm an art teacher and I always try to save good junk, even if I don't know what I'll use it for. The last t…

If you're like me, you hate throwing away the cardboard tube part. Well, turns out you don't have to.

Cardboard tubes and wood beads

Flexible cardboard plus extra for reinforcing Gift Wrap/mailing tube Foam board Acrylic Craft Paint White card stock to print out decorations Stick on felt snowflakes Tacky glue/glue sticks/hot glue Floral foam Craft picks

Carpet Tube Lincoln Log Style Log Fort or House: When the school I teach at finished a new campus and moved into it, I saved as many of the large cardboard tubes from flooring that I could. I'm an art teacher and I always try to save good junk, even if I don't know what I'll use it for. The last t…

Save those cardboard tubes for awesome upcyling! #repurpose #recycle #DIYlighting

Before you toss that paper towel roll, take a look at these creative DIY crafts.

I had this awkward small corner to fill in my new bedroom, and some of you suggested a decorative column. I loved the idea, and jokingly suggested to John we get one of these from Restoration Hardware: It was a joke, of course, because those columns cost between $500 and $600 each. YeeeeahNO. John took a good long look at that photo, though, and said, "I could make one of those for $50." My response? "YOU'RE ON." John's initial design involved routing a lot of tiny wooden trim pieces, but…

Stocking tree made from cardboard tube ribbon and a large Christmas ornament on top