Christmas Toilet Paper Roll Crafts

It’s time for some holiday fun for kids, and we couldn’t think of a better idea than making these cute Christmas toilet paper roll crafts!

They are super easy to make, especially if you use our printable templates, which you can get here or at the end of this post.

You’ll also be giving your recycled toilet paper rolls a second life while practicing cutting and constructions skills with your children. Plus, they are also great for encouraging creative play.

In this post, I’ll show you how to turn your toilet paper rolls into six different Christmas characters, including Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, Rudolph, the Grinch, an Elf, and a Gingerbread man.

First, I will tell you all the supplies required to complete these holiday crafts.

Then, you can find the instructions to make them, followed by a short video tutorial.

And in the end, you can just get your printables and start crafting.

I know your kids will just love this activity, so let’s make it!

6 Easy Christmas Crafts With Toilet Paper Rolls

Materials

Here are the supplies you need to make these crafts:

Christmas Toilet Paper Roll Templates (get them here or at the end of this post)
6 Toilet Paper Rolls
White Paper or Cardstock
Printer
Scissors
Tape
Glue Stick

From left to right: Christmas Toilet Paper Roll Templates, 6 toilet paper rolls, scissors, glue stick, and washi tape.

TIP: If you don’t have enough toilet paper rolls around, just print your templates on cardstock or heavy-weight paper and roll them into cylinders.

How to Make Christmas Toilet Paper Roll Crafts

Print your printables on white paper or cardstock. On this occasion, we used regular printer paper and it worked just fine.

Cut out all the pieces.

Take one rectangle, roll it around your toilet paper roll and secure one side with tape.

Taping one side of the Santa template onto the paper roll

Apply glue on the other side of the rectangle.

Applying glue to the other side of the Santa template

Stick that side on the back of your toilet paper roll to cover it completely.

Repeat steps 3 to 4 with all the characters, except the gingerbread man (I’ll explain that one at the end).

They should look like this:

From left to right: Mrs. Claus, Elf. Rudolph, Grinch, Santa

Glue the accessories.

Santa Toilet Paper Roll

To complete your Santa Claus, all you have to do is glue the hat on his head.

Mrs. Claus Toilet Paper Roll

To make Mrs. Claus’ hair, you have to cut both white pieces and fold each one in half through the line.

Then, glue them in the middle and cut the tip to make it round.

Finally, glue the hair strands. One at each side of the face.

Finish by adding the hat.

Reindeer Toilet Paper Roll

For the reindeer, start by gluing the horns behind the head.

Then, add the ears on top of it.

Elf Toilet Paper Roll

Take the elf’s ears and fold them along the red dashed lines. Put glue on the white square and stick each ear on the sides of the face.

Finish the elf by gluing his hat on top of the yellow hair.

Grinch Toilet Paper Roll

The Grinch is just as easy as our friend above.

All you have to do is glue the hat on his head and the hair on his chest (align it with the white band).

Gingerbread Man Toilet Paper Roll

To make our gingerbread man, you don’t need to cover your toilet paper roll. Its natural brown color will work just fine.

Glue the head first and add the bow tie on top. Follow it by gluing the frosting at the bottom and sticking the buttons between the tie and the frosting.

Separate both hands by cutting them through the red dashed line. Fold each arm along the dark brown box and apply glue to it.

Finish by sticking each arm to one side of the paper roll.

Wasn’t it super simple and fun?

Here are all the finished Christmas Toilet Paper Roll Crafts!

They are ready to play or be used as decorations.

You can even glue some ribbons to the back and hang them on the Christmas tree!