At a splash of red and whimsy to your Valentine’s decorating with a Big, Bold Heart craft made from upcycled toilet paper rolls.
I had a whole lot of toilet paper rolls which I was saving for the longest time. And now I knew it was their time to shine. I painted them two bright red colors and cut them into threes.
The next step was to find some wire which I bent to look like a heart. This is a similar to what Sustain My Craft Habit did for their simple DIY burlap heart wreath.
I then slipped the painted toilet paper roll sections through the wire so it looked like this.
Next, I added a small chalkboard label at the top of the heart.
Finally, I added some real ivy which had aged to a beautiful leather-like greenish brown color.
And that’s it! A beautifully simple and inexpensive heart craft just in time for Valentine’s Day.
I have to say that this thing is pretty big. It’s about a meter in height. That would be about 3 feet for our US friends.
But I’m really liking big! The heart wreath definitely makes and impact. It had to fill the wall so big and bold was good!!
That was my easy, budget-friendly heart craft – an example of how you can make a big impact with things you can find at home. You have to check out my heart shaped box bouquet for another example of this.
I hope you’ll go see my friend Susan of Homeroad’s version of this upcycled heart wreath. She made an adorable mini version of this heart craft. Because, you know, not everyone wants to spend their whole lives collecting toilet paper rolls. 😉
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Fabulous information! Thank You!!
Our pleasure! Thank you for stopping by. -Jane
So so… cute. I stumbled upon this searching for heart-shaped crafts for kids. So doing this with my daughter. Not only simple but so adorable <3
Thank you so much Bhawna! I’m sure she’ll be so proud of her creation. Have a great day.
Jane
Love the heart Mary, and thanks for the Valentines linkup. I’m glad you shared at Five Star Frou-Frou. Mimi xxx
I’m always happy to visit you Mimi!! I hope you were able to link up!
Hi Mary,
Love the heart you made, and so creative using the paper tubes!
What a great link up, I love all things Valentines Day so this is such a great way to see so many creative ideas!
Wishing you a wonderful weekend! Hugs, Kimberley
Kimberley, this was a way for us to have some fun for Valentine’s day. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend. Hugs.
This is too cute! Great way to use up all those empty rolls! Thanks for sharing at my craft party! Just pinned it. Hope to see your DIY posts again this Thursday at 7pm EST.
Thank you Denise for pinning and for visiitng. I’m collecting more rolls for future projects.
How fun! This is something I could to with my son. Saw you on #MerryMonday
Yes, it’s such an easy and fun project. I had my girls help me.
I love your wreath, if I had not already made one, I have everything, even the sweet potato vine. Thanks for the Valentine Linky.
Would love to have you stop by Oh My Heartsie Girls Wordless Wednesday to share your blog.
Happy Valentines!!
Karren
Karren I love your blog and visit your link parties twice a week. Thanks for stopping by.
Mary, Your heart is beautiful! I think the addition of the ivy adds the perfect final touch. Thank you for linking up with us this week for Brag About It!
~Laurie
Thanks Laurie, the addition of the ivy was a last minute thing.
I love this, Mary! Who doesn’t have toilet paper rolls and a coat hanger? I’m always stumped about Valentines Day projects…this is a total winner! Happy birthday and blogiversary, too!!
Thank you Jenna! I can kill two birds with one stone with this decor for the wall.
I love how rustic it looks. The leaves/garland make it look very natural and less like towel rolls. What an easy craft!
It was eeasy Sarah and the leaves made all the difference. Now I’m thinking where else can I add natural elements to make the decor nicer.
Mary – I stumbled over your pic and wanted to leave you a comment how nice your Valentine Decoration turned out and I discovered this link – up! I had no idea. I linked -up my tissue heart. I love the way you put all the recycled material to use to make a Valentine heart for your wall. Looks great!
Ilka I just love your tissue heart. It has the palest of colors that make it so beautiful. I’m glad you linked it up.
Love your heart Mary, first off because its recycled, and secondly the overall design really grabs your attention. Really different from all the other traditional Valentine projects I’ve seen this year.
That’s exactly what I was trying for Brenda. SOmething a little different and not so cute! And of course I love to reuse things so this was a natural for me.
Hi Mary, I love your big red heart and there was a time when I used to keep every toilet roll/ kitchen roll tube that we had too.
I hope you celebrate both your birthday and blogoversary in style!
xx
Thank you so much Debbie for your kind wishes. . At least now my hoard is down to a minimum. But don’t worry I’ll collect more!
Cardboard tubes are useful for so many things! I love your heart, you could leave it up all year round.
I;m thinking the same thing Anna. Althought I’ll have to replace those leaves because they are drying up and falling off as I write this. lol. I hope they last till Valentine’s Day!
Mary, I LOVE your tp heart ~ so clever! Thank you for sharing @ Vintage Charm. What a fun party idea! Thank you for hosting, I linked up 😉
Thank you Cecilia. I’m s o happy you stopped by and linked up with us.
Just wanted to let you know, your charming heart is being featured at tomorrow’s Vintage Charm party!
Happy Birthday! Happy Blogaversary! Happy Valentine’s Day! You have a busy month but that’s a good thing. Your heart is very creative and it looks really big. I am not a craft person, or a person who makes anything really, except writing and music so I won’t be able to join your linky but I wish you and everyone a blast at your party! Thanks so much for linking up with #manicmonday
Thanks Michelle, It is actually very easy to make. I find that the easiest projects are also the most fun. Hope you also had a great valentine’s day. And I’ll see you next week.
Love love love love the heart! How easy and eye pleasing! Thanks for sharing your ideas with us!!
This is so beautiful! It’s hard to believe that it is made out of toilet paper rolls. I really love the aesthetic here, and I am going to try make one myself.
I am so happy to hear that Ani. It always makes my giddy when I am able to inspire others!!
What a great project to recycle all of those paper tubes! Thanks for sharing with us at The Blogger’s Pit Stop!
It was a bit of work but so much fun!!
This is adorable, Mary, and so creative! I don’t think I would have ever thought to use toilet paper rolls like this, but it looks amazing. And I didn’t know you had a February birthday. My daughter was born in February, so I’m a bit partial to that month. 🙂
Half of my family is born on February it is the best month of the year! 🙂
Hi Mary! I am always amazed at the wonderful creations you dream up ~ and this amazing heart wreath is right up there!!! I love that you reused all those t.p. rolls and they create a really interesting heart!
Happy to feature you this week at Share Your Style #194. <3
Hugs and Happy getting closer to Valentine's Day,
Barb 🙂
Thank you so much Barbara. I had saved them up so why not go all out!
Awesome! What a wonderful thing to do with a normally throw away item. Your creativity inspires me to climb even further ‘out-of-the-box’. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Marilyn for taking the time to comment. It makes me very happy when I can inspire others!
I adore rustic and creative crafts! This heart is gorgeous.
Mary, your heart looks great. This is such a fun upcylce project. The leaves are a perfect finishing touch.
This is one of my all time favorites. And to think that a year later it is holding up remarkably well.
Beautiful work as always! Thanks for sharing with us on Welcome Home Wednesday! We hope to see more of your work next week!
Thank you so much Lynn, it’s always a pleasure to visit your blog.
Mary, I am CRAZY about this heart! I cannot believe you used what you did with an outcome this fantastic. Honoured to feature you this weekend on Party Junk! 🙂
Thanks Donna! I guess it pays to hoard. And the ivy was a las tminute thing, so it all came together in the end. Thank you for the feature to my fav link party!!
Now that is clever! We all have toilet paper rolls, I use to save them, will start again. Love this, thanks
Marilyn I like to make thngs that the average person has at home. No fancy equipment for me. That is the challenge.
Love your Valentine’s Day wreath and it’s so easy to make and personalize. Thanks for sharing it and your link up at the Over the Moon Link Party.
Sandy I’m all about easy and frugal. These are the things that touch my heart
I absolutely love this huge heart Mary! How pretty. Thank you so much for linking up to the Bewitchin’ Projects Block party last week. You are one of my Features over at Recreated Designs tomorrow. Hugs, Lisa
Lisa, thank you so much for the feature. It is always a pleasure to visit your blog.
Happy February to you! Sounds like you have a lot to celebrate this month Mary. I got creative this valentine’s day too and make valentine’s themed cakes and painted my nails with little hearts.
Sally @ Life Loving
#LifeLovingLinkie
Sally this month is going to keep me busy alright! I love that you painted your nails with hearts. Mine are more like tools than beautified. lol. Happy Valentine’s Day!!
Hello sweet Mary…another way we’re twins…February is my Blogoversary as well! It’s uncanny. And you have a birthday coming up too! Happy Happy!!🎈🎂😊
Love that you used items around your home…no doubt from that wonder-filled basement, to make your heart. I go through periods time holding on to toilet paper rolls to make something, then when they start piling up, I throw them all in the recycling bin…only to start all over again. Now I have an idea of what to do with them. Thanks!
Hugs and Kisses for your Birthday month…hope your family treats you like the princess that you are!
Lynn
Thanks so much for your well wishes Lynn. When is your blogoversary? Would it not be amazing if it was the same day twin? Thank you so much and I’ll be sure to tell the family that I’m to be treated like a princess ! 😉 Maybe I can even make a tiara out of tp rolls?
Amazing what can be done with some stored up tp tubes! It looks really great.
I knew there must have been a good reason to hoard them for years and years.
What an awesome statement piece Mary…I love it! Thank you for sharing it!
The fact that it was frugally done makes it even more awesome, thanks for visiting, and for linking up!
wow big, red and yes, presence for sure! Love this upcycled crafted heart wreath you have made Mary! Beautiful, rustic and natural! It could stay up year round really….
You know Millie, I like it so much I may just keep it there till it starts to fall apart. Or until next months blog challenge!
Mary your heart wreath is so nice, and a wonderful way to upcycle that amount of toilet paper rolls. I think I will take your idea to make something with mine, thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you my friend. You were the one who originally got me thinking of ways to reuse tp rolls with your round up a few months back.
I had no idea you had used TP rolls for this until I read your post. I love the effect, it’s my favourite garland this year!
Aww thanks so much Stella. I love your creation and I got to learn a thing or two about makers and wearables.
Happy Blogversary and Birthday. I love your big heart. You are just so talented to be able to create a big, beautiful heart from found objects around the house.
Thanks for your sweet wishes Debra. I look at it as a challenge. In this case it was the fact that I made it so big that makes thedifference.
Happy birthday and blogversary!
I joined with something that isn’t valentine related (unless we go as far as copper was Aphrodite’s metal -> Aphrodite was the Goddess of Love -> Love = Valentine’s there I linked it 😀 ).
I really like the materials you used for the heart. 🙂
Thank you so much for your wishes sweet friend. I’m happy to have Aphrodite’s copper joining us! It shines in the sea of red! And I like your exceptional powers of reasoning! 😉
This is such a lovely idea! I haven’t got a heart craft unfortunately but if i did I would link it 🙂 shared instead x
Thanks sweet Charlotte. You can make one if you have these simple articles and it fills up the whole wall! Easy and big!
Hey, how fun is this! A blogger linky! Yay! Your heart is so cool Mary, I love that it’s made out of toilet paper rolls, I’ve still got loads here, I think I’m gonna make one real quick for my entrance door! Or wait til later and make it with the girls, they’d love it!
Katrin this is the perfect thing to do with the girls. Mine also helped in painting the rolls. And depending on the wire you can go big or small. I have the hubs to thank for that big size. He cut it like that and I didn’t have the heart to make it shorter. But I really like it!
Wow Mary! That’s huge and gorgeous! These toilet paper rolls are always a safe choice! Happy birthday!
Thank you Zografia! In this particular case, the bigger the better! Thanks for the birthday wishes!
Mary, this is just amazing! I can’t believe it’s just toilet paper tubes! I’ve been looking for a project to hang in my big front window and I have a hoard of tubes I’ve been saving…
It was the easiest project. See how good hoarding can be!
Mary, I love this big heart!!!! You’re very clever to have thought of making a heart out of wire and toilet paper rolls!! I like the ivy leaves you added! It looks fantastic!! Happy Valentine’s Day to you my friend!! 🙂
You know originally I wasn’t thinking of making it that big, but then I got this wire and I decided not to cut it smaller. It turned out for the best. Happy Valentine’s Day to you too!!
Girl, you just come up with the greatest ideas! I LOVE your Valentine’s heart, especially with the additiona of the ivy leaves. And a new linky party too – yay!!! Pinning your pretty heart to share and hopefully give your new linky party some traction too ☺
Thanks Marie. I think if I had just described this one it would not have had the same impact as actually seeing it. Thanks for all your support.
Very cute; never would’ve thought of using cardboard tubes like that but the result is great.
Yes, that’s where the element of surprise comes in. From far away you can’t tell what those red things are. Thanks for stopping in.
Such a cute wreath and a great recycling project! I really love the chalkboard label, and the leaves are a great touch as well!
Thank you T’onna, I always like to challenge myself and see how budget friendly I can be.
Thanks for hosting a fun party, Mary! Happy Valentine’s Day!
Erin thank you for visiting and for linking up.
Wouldn’t have guessed those were tp tubes, so creative and so much fun for Valentine’s Day. Thanks for hosting, Mary xo
Thank you Amy for linking up with us. That’s what Valentine’s day should be after all, lots of fun!
Μαίρη μου ,η μεγάλη καρδιά σου έγινε πανέμορφη με ανακυκλώσιμα υλικά και ότι πρέπει για την διακόσμηση του Αγίου Βαλεντίνου .Εύχομαι ολόψυχα η αγάπη να αγκαλιάζει πάντα το σπιτικό σου !
Ολυμπία μου, ειναι μια γιορτη που ερχεται και φεύγει τόσο γρήγορα δεν αξίζει να ξοδεύουμε για αυτήν. Και έτσι σκέφτηκα οικονομικά! Έτσι κι αλλιώς η αγάπη πάντα υπάρχει!
I love the “drippiness” of your big heart! Thank for the fun party too.
Thank you for linkingup with us. You have a really great blog! Love your style.
Hello Mary,
Your charming heart caught my eye at Sherry’s party….gonna pin it so I have a “link back” to give you credit and copy it one day for a post. I love the rustic style….think I’d add a l’il glam!
I joined your party for the first time….thanks for hosting it!
JP
Thank you JP for stopping by my blog. I did it on the cheap but I think that going glam would definitely be fun. When you do it let me know so I can come visit and see it.
Great Party, Mary!
Best regards
Uwe
Thank you so much Uwe!
Mary you are so creative! I love what you did with some wire and toilet paper rolls. Thank you for the invite to the fun party, I see lots of fun link to check out. I added my wood Valentine blocks. Thanks for hosting and have a great week!
Thank so much Linda. We need to have as much fun with this as we can. Thanks for linking up.
What a lovely wreath! I always think bigger is better when decorating. I wish I could see it in person. And thanks for hosting such a fun link party.
Thank you Rebecca for stopping by. I don’t usually do big, but in this case it just seemed right. Such a bold color commands attention.
Πολύ χαίρομαι που σε βρίσκω! Έψαχνα για ιδέες για του Αγίου Βαλεντίνου και μου άρεσε πολύ το στεφάνι σου! Πρόσθεσα την περσινή μου κατασκευή και πάω να χαζέψω ιδέες για να δω τι θα φτιάξω φέτος!
Και εγώ χαιρομαι που με βρήκες Κατερίνα. Θα περάσω κι από το δικό σου μπλογκ και σε ευχαριστω που συμμετέχεις.
What a pretty heart…and red! My favorite! !
Yes Kim, this would look perfect in your home. And for the discerning eye you will notice I used two shades of red… for depth.
I love that this is made from TP rolls. I am all about repurposing! It looks great too! Thanks for hosting this link party.
Thank you Sherry for stopping by. I too love a good repurpose. I hate to throw anything away and this is one way to use up the tp rolls.
Thank you so much for hosting such a great party. Cathy
Thank you Cathy for visiting and linking up with us.
That looks so amazing! It’s hard to believe that you could make something so striking with such simple supplies. I’m always looking for ways to repurpose toilet paper rolls in crafts. This is such a good way to use them! The addition of the ivy is just the perfect touch too!
Thank you Gina. I had been hoarding the tp rolls forever so this was the perfect opportunity to use them up. Now I can start hoarding again! lol
Great job, Mary! This turned out wonderful! See, we don’t hoard toilet paper rolls for no reason… there’s definitely a method in the madness!
No one understands us Celeste, except us! 😉