A Mini Album made from Toilet Paper Rolls? Yes!

Have you ever made a toilet paper mini album? As a paper crafter navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, I found myself constantly looking for ways to repurpose and upcycle materials for new projects. Realizing that toilet paper rolls were something that everyone who ever hoarded TP has access to, and that they were made of paper, an idea popped into my head! I’ll create a toilet paper mini album! In my craft room were the remnants of a paper collection from Ciao Bella called “The Muse“. I had used this beautiful paper on two other projects this month and had enough paper left for one more!

This beautiful toilet mini album is easy to make

What You’ll Need

Making a toilet paper mini album is easy and fun! If you have four or more toilet paper rolls, an empty cereal box, some beautiful Ciao Bella patterned paper, scissors and some glue you can make it! There are numerous tutorials on YouTube that demonstrate how to make a toilet paper mini album so I won’t reinvent the wheel. But if you look at the photos in this blog post you will see how I created mine, by using recycled material and my leftover Ciao Bella “The Muse’ paper, thus finding a fun way to re-purpose and upcycle materials that would otherwise be thrown away!

Here is the comparison of the rolls flattened vs. unflattened

Flattened rolls

The rolls should be very thin

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Prepare the Toilet Paper Rolls

Making your Mini Album

Start, by selecting your toilet paper rolls. Usually you need at least four and you can use up to eight or 10 in a mini album like this. Flatten each roll with your bone folder and then run your toilet paper roll back-and-forth through your die cutting machine. This makes them significantly flatter and they will look better in your album. Trim the rolls with your paper cutter to make sure they’re all uniform in length. Next, create the cover. A cereal box works great, but you can use any medium weight chipboard. Sizes of toilet paper rolls will vary so keep that in mind as you create your cover.

Score of the patterned paper to fit toilet paper roll

Ciao Bella patterned paper

You will need ciao Bella patterned paper, tape runner, and a bone folder

Wrap the rolls with Ciao Bella patterned paper

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Score and wrap the toilet paper rolls

Embellish your Mini Album

Once you create your hinge and attach the paper-wrapped toilet paper rolls, you can begin to decorate your mini album! The Ciao Bella patterned paper works beautifully! Here are some photos of how I decorated my mini album.

The papers from ciao Bella “the museum” create beautiful pages for your mini album

Tags made Ciao Bella paper

I tied a gold ribbon into a fluffy bow

Pockets covered with Ciao Bella patterned papers

A vintage necklace and some gold ribbon embellished the front flap of the cover

Ciao Bella patterned paper

Ciao Bella patterned paper Covered the front flap of the mini album

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decorating the toilet paper mini album

The Icing on the Cake

Lastly you’ll want to create the tags. The Ciao Bella patterned paper “The Muse“ collection has the most beautiful floral images and you can create some gorgeous tags. Here are some that I created to slip inside the pockets of the toilet paper rolls.

Ciao Bella “The Muse” collection Makes beautiful tags

A gorgeous handmade tag from the Ciao Bella Collection

So beautiful!

Some snug hug seam binding makes pretty little bows for your tags

Another handmade tag from the Ciao Bella “The Muse‘ collection

Tag made with Ciao Bella “The Muse” collection

They’re cut from beautiful Ciao Bella” “The Muse‘ paper

Fussy-cut images from the patterned paper to embellish your pockets

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Tags: the icing on the cake.   

I hope you were inspired today to make your own toilet paper mini album! If you use the Ciao Bella “The Muse” paper collection, you can be sure it will be beautiful! Have fun and happy creating!

ReNae