Money-saving blogger SkintDad has shared his tips for selling the tubes online, suggesting that selling them in bulk will work better than a listing for an individual toilet roll (no duh).

Please note: All measurements given in this tutorial are based on you using a standard kitchen roll tube (23cm long with a diameter of approx 5. If you want to hear nature tweeting in your garden, why not attract some of your local wildlife with an easy-to-make toilet paper tube bird feeder?You’re too frazzled to think about unrolling a bunch of toilet paper yourself, so you’ll happily pay for something that’ll get rid of the faff. Using toilet roll is clearly a necessity but instead of throwing the inner cardboard tubes of the toilet roll away, I decided to recycle them and save a bit of money on the gardening front too. From a sparkly piece of jewellery, or a new belt to secure all your tools on, get creative with your toilet roll and create a new accessory. With Father’s Day fast approaching, it’s time to sit the kids down and help them turn their creativity into some beautiful-yet-practical gifts for dad.

Just spread vegetable shortening or peanut butter on the outside of the cardboard tube, then roll it in birdseed to coat it – just like sprinkles! They stay wrapped on a paper towel tube just as pictured, so they are just as convenient as paper towels.

I have had very mixed results using these for sowing things like runner/french/broad beans and other large seeds and I believe this is due to the composition of these tubes. Thanks so much for posting this great idea – we used seashells for the inside of the kalideoscope – granted mine didn’t turn out nearly as nice as yours but my 3 year old thinks its great and we had fun making it! I’m starting to experiment with kaleidoscopes in my industrial design course at Aalto University in Helsinki, and this is genius to me especially because of the cuff that allows you to turn – not shake – the tube to change the image! It’s best to only do this in the colder months, as warm temperatures can melt or spoil the spread you use.