Toilet Paper Roll Rainbow Craft Windsock

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There has never been a better time to make *all the things* RAINBOW! Recycle all of those paper tubes with this fun and easy Toilet Paper Roll Rainbow Craft Windsock . All of the beautiful colors and the hanging cotton ball clouds are sure to put a smile on the kiddos faces and bring hope to all those passing by!

If you haven’t noticed already, we are obsessed with all things RAINBOW in this house! This Toilet Paper Roll Rainbow Craft was so much fun to make and requires just a few supplies.

If you’re anything like me, you save all of the empty toilet tubes because you just know it can be made into something fun. Well, now’s their time to shine!

This Toilet Paper Roll Rainbow Windsock looks so pretty hanging on our front porch. The cotton ball clouds blow so gracefully in the wind and there is just something about all of the colors of the rainbow that bring hope to any day.

Recycled crafts are a great way for kids to learn about reusing what we have and getting creative with it in the process! Our Rainbow Roll Craft can be made with just the roll, some cotton balls, ribbon, and paint. You just might have all the things needed to get started with this Rainbow craft in your craft stash already!

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Supplies Needed to Make a Toilet Paper Roll Rainbow Craft

Toilet paper tube
Paint in all the colors of the rainbow
Cotton Balls
White ribbon
Glue (we used hot glue but you could use safer glue and allow a longer dry time. See this guide to choose the best glue)

How to Make a Toilet Paper Roll Rainbow Craft

Follow these simple steps to get your paper tube rainbow hanging in your window right now!

Use a pen to draw diagonal lines on the toilet paper roll

The lines help to make sure you have enough room to fit all the colors, and it also gives kids a guide to follow. Don’t worry about them being perfect, as you can see mine aren’t.

Paint each diagonal stripe a color of the rainbow

You can start with red and follow with orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. Or you can mix it up and do it out of order. Just make sure you don’t miss a color!

Cut 6 strips of ribbon, each one about an inch shorter than the one before it

The first strip we cut was about 9 inches. Then 8, 7, 6 and so forth.

Glue the ribbon to the inside of the toilet paper roll rainbow

Make sure to keep them in size order if you want to have the spiral cloud look.

Glue a cotton ball to the end of each ribbon

If you are not using hot glue, allow the glue to fully dry before picking the toilet paper tube rainbow up and allowing the cotton ball clouds to hang freely.