Cardboard Tube Spring Crafts and Activities

What do you do when your paper towel or toilet paper roll is empty? Instead of throwing them out or tossing them in the recycling bin, why not give them new life for your kids? These spring crafts and activities all use cardboard tubes to help promote learning and education, and to make fun creations for your kids.

Cardboard Tube Flower Crafts 

Celebrate spring by making this colorful Paper Roll Spring Flowers Craft. 

This paper tube posy is a great recycled craft for kids to do.

This bold and cheerful Tissue Paper and Cardboard Tube Flower Craft is made using tissue paper and cardboard tubes.

These Toilet Paper Roll Plants are so cute and colorful, they would be perfect for your windowsill!

Cardboard Tube Butterfly Crafts

Your kids will enjoy the process you use to create this cool Paper Towel Roll Butterfly Craft. 

Get creative with paper and cardboard to create this Cardboard Tube Butterfly Kids Craft.

You only need a few supplies to make this fun and easy Toilet Paper Roll Butterfly. 

Let your kids get creative with colors and have them make this Rainbow Butterfly Paper Tube Craft.

Keep your kids busy and celebrate spring with this adorable Spring Butterfly Paper Roll Craft.

Cardboard Tube Insect Crafts

How adorable is this Spring Ladybug Paper Roll Craft? Your kids will love making their own ladybugs out of paper rolls.

Use up those cardboard tubes with this fun and adorable Cardboard Tube Ladybug Craft. 

Make toilet paper roll bugs with this Cardboard Tube Minibeasts craft.

Turn an empty cardboard roll into this cute, yarn-wrapped Cardboard Tube Bee Craft. 

Use recycled materials to create this Awesome Recycled Bee Craft. 

More Cardboard Tube Crafts for Spring

Your little kids will have a blast making these easy Toilet Roll Easter Chicks. 

Your kids can create this Recycled Birdhouse Craft made out of recycled materials.

Make these pretty, easy, and fun Rain Sticks out of cardboard rolls.

Use toilet paper menagerie and make these fun Toilet Paper Roll Frogs. 

Take this Toilet Paper Roll Binoculars Craft out for cloud observations!

Cardboard Tube Activities for Spring

Create simple caterpillars out of recycled cardboard tubes and use this Feed the Caterpillar Spring Math Activity to practice early math skills.

This hands-on Seed Sensory Bin will help your toddlers learn their letters.

These easy Toilet Roll Stamp Flowers are a great way to use up recycled cardboard tubes.

Make a Cardboard Tube Bird Feeder with this fun and easy DIY to let your kids watch the birds in your backyard.