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Original by claudia poirier

5:52 pm - Thu, Oct 4, 2012: 1,167 notes

claudiapoirier:

Make owls from old toilet paper tubes. Paint, draw, hang.

Excellent — this is something new to add to Unconsumption’s gallery of new uses for toilet paper/paper towel tubes.
Now, we haven’t gone as far as creating an Unconsumption Pinterest board devoted to paper-tube repurposing, but stay tuned — that could happen!

claudiapoirier:

Make owls from old toilet paper tubes. Paint, draw, hang.

Excellent — this is something new to add to Unconsumption’s gallery of new uses for toilet paper/paper towel tubes.

Now, we haven’t gone as far as creating an Unconsumption Pinterest board devoted to paper-tube repurposing, but stay tuned — that could happen!

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