Frugal Child Safety: Save That Toilet Paper!
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Would you like to prevent your toddler or pets from unrolling the entire roll of toilet paper, stuffing it into the toilet, or trailing it through the house?
Make your own toilet roll cover/protector by recycling a plastic 2-liter soda pop bottle.
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Cut off the bottle top and bottom of the soda pop bottle, to form your toilet roll cover/protector.
Measure your wall-mounted toilet paper roll holder to see what size you need—mine was 4 3/4 inches (12 cm) across.
TIP: You can use the leftover bottom to make fancy flower-shaped ice cubes for punch and the leftover top as a funnel for sand play!
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If you are using double-roll toilet paper, simply cut across completely—from one side to the other.
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If using double-roll toilet paper, use a piece of plastic tape to tape across the open sides, attaching both sides. Leave an opening of about 1/4 inch (0.64 cm) or larger for the toilet paper to hang out.
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Remove your toilet roll and spindle from the wall mount, slide both inside your new toilet roll protector, and reattach the roll to the wall mount.
This should at least slow your toddler or pets down!
Thanks to Catherine for this Frugal Baby Tip!
Tutorial Photos credit: Catherine McDiarmid-Watt - All rights reserved
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You may have just saved the day! Before this, we used to chalk it up to "homespun toilet paper" and put it back on the roll all wonky.
SO great, and it looks SO simple!!!
I love this trick -- thanks for the great idea! I shared it, along with some other saving toilet paper ideas, on my new blog: http://hintmama.com/2013/09/12/todays-hint-6-ways-to-save-toilet-paper-rolls-from-toddlers/
I just thought of this myself and I don't even have pets or kids! You can also use a one liter bottle to cover paper towels on an upright roll to keep the roll tight and not unraveling sideways. You can cut it all the way across. It springs closed.