Heart Craft: Toilet Paper Roll Wreath!
At a budget-friendly splash of red and whimsy to your Valentine’s decorating with a Big, Bold Heart craft made from upcycled toilet paper rolls.
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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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
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.
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!
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! 😉
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.