Cardboard Tube Recycle Ornament

CARDBOARD PAPER TOWEL TUBE RECYCLED ORNAMENT

for each ornament you will need:

One paper towel cardboard tube

Craft Paint

Scissors

Hole Punch

Ruler and pencil

3 Pipe Cleaners (Chenille Stems)

Paint the cardboard tubes with the craft paint and allow to dry.

Flatten the cardboard tube.

Mark and cut it into 3/4 inch wide rings.

I cut and used 12 rings.

On each flattened ring, mark dots 3/4 inches in from each folded edge.

With the hole punch, make holes where you marked the dots.

Start with the inner circle, string the rings onto a pipe cleaner.

Twist the ends together and trim the excess pipe cleaner.

For the outer circle, twist two pipe cleaners together to make a longer piece.

Then thread it through the outer holes in the cardboard rings.

Twist the ends together and trim the excess.

Instead using string or ribbon to hang, I used the left over pieces of pipe cleaner.

I twisted the ends together and then looped under the outer pipe cleaner to make

a hanger and twisted those ends.

If you really wanted to you could paint the inside of the cardboard tube strips.

I personally like the contrast of the bare cardboard.