DIY TOILET PAPER ROLL NAPKIN HOLDER

You’ll need some toilet paper rolls, scissors, acrylic paint (and brush) or spray paint, pencil, hole puncher.

Start by cutting in half your toilet paper roll, draw a line if it helps you go straight. This is the tricky part: make some holes near one edge, trying to put them at the same distance from one another. If you have a double hole puncher you might need to open up your roll by cutting it open so the machine can go trough it. Don’t worry we’ll close it back in a while. Repeat this step on the other edge. You should end with a perforated cylinder.

With a pencil draw half circles around the holes you just made and cut out with small scissors. Don’t worry about your lines looking awful we’ll cover that 😉

PLUS: you can also try cutting different shapes around your holes. Pointy triangles for example? Experiment!

When you’re happy with the shape of your roll, it’s paint time! I used dark grey acrylic paint (the packaging says “german grey”, no idea why this!), not watered down.
TIP: start by coloring the inside of the holes with the brush, then paint everything else keeping the stroke always in the same direction. Let dry and add a second coat. Remeber not to exagerate with paint on the holes: keep brush quite dry.

EXTRA IDEAS
If you have a metallic tip marker and feel your hand is somehow steady, go ahead and add dots just as I did. You can also add a name or a number and transform it in a placeholder! Cool!

Lots of love,
Chiara