toilet roll crowns

Like a princess in a fairy tale, a cardboard toilet roll rises from its humble beginnings to become a bejeweled and wondrous thing of beauty ...

I loved these teeny-weeny crowns since I first saw them on Pinterest, and now the girls do to. We started off just making a couple for them to play around in, but got into full production mode for a recent family birthday gathering.

I don't have enough decent in-process shots but I can tell you they're super easy to make - cut rolls, paint rolls, bejewel rolls, tie elastic - and give you one helpful tip: clip a laundry peg to the roll to make a handle while painting it.

Ta-dah!

Ridiculously small, ridiculously cute, we're starting to think about themed ones for Christmas Day ...