Essential life skill #2: folding toilet paper into pleasing shapes. This might be even more essential than making paper straw wrappers into flowers—just imagine all the joy you could spread during your countless opportunities to do this. Leave a surprise in the bathroom of your dinner party host. (No! I mean a nice surprise.) Or delight the next visitor who enters that public restroom stall. In just 60 seconds, you can make someone else's life worth living. To learn some easy toilet paper folding techniques, go here. I tried this one, above. And when you've mastered these, you can get this book.
Note: my thick Cottonelle worked okay for this design, but cheap, crisp public restroom tissue would be ideal. Now go forth and beautify bathrooms everywhere.
How lovely! Now why didn't you have this done when we were there? We'd have felt so special!! Or we'd have gotten a pleasant chuckle, at least. But then again... we wouldn't have wanted to use it. ;)
ReplyDeleteThat is fun and made me laugh. "an essential life skill" indeed ;) Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of cheap public restroom toilet paper...how cool would it be to leave the toilet paper like that in a public restroom for the next person.... or maybe not!
ReplyDeleteHa ha, this is awesome! I guess it gives you something to do while you're just sitting there...
ReplyDeleteHow cool! I have to try this on some unsuspecting host! :)
ReplyDeleteI am so trying this out!
ReplyDeleteToo hilarious!
ReplyDeleteThat is very cute, but I think the paper rose in the straw is more essential!
ReplyDeleteOne more reason why the paper has to roll over the top! And public restrooms? Definitely doing that! I can't believe there are whole books about this!
ReplyDeleteThis one got me giggling... but you know I'm going to have to try it out lol!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, it's almost like yarn bombing isn't it, if you do that in a public restroom. Can't wait to try it!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic! I'm going to attempt this in some of the bathrooms at school. =D Some kids have started the "knit graffiti" so why not make the toilet paper pretty too? Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteoooo, this is quite essential isn't it?
ReplyDeleteit would be great if you could make it say "put the seat down" also
Adorable...I wish I could get them to just refill the empty paper!!! Beth
ReplyDeletethanks for the fun...
ReplyDeletemy daughter came by "the room" while I was folding - she is quite impressed :)
I wish someone would make my life worth living. All I have is a great family and fullfilling hobbies. Where are MY TP sea shells?
ReplyDeleteI'm totally doing this, if I walked into a public bathroom and saw that I would be so tickled. I would need to unravel the toilet paper and discard the already touched stuff but still. Adorable!
ReplyDeleteTotally just practiced this. The cheap stuff does work!
ReplyDeletehilarious! beats reading a magazine that's for sure ;) awesome job.
ReplyDeleteNow you know I HAVE to try this.
ReplyDeleteThis book is a must-have. Maybe everyone on my Christmas list will get it and a roll of toilet paper to go with.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing
Ha ha - this is great! I'm envisioning toilet paper in homes and public places all over the world looking like this now!
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of the resort my husband and I stayed at in Mexico a couple years ago. When we came back to the hotel room at night there was towel origami on the bed: a swan, an elephant, even a dinosaur!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see this in my bathroom everyday : )
ReplyDeleteToo cute!
What a hoot! TP origami completes me. Thank you!
ReplyDeletei totally agree, that is one very essential skill
ReplyDeleteFanatstic - I'm always impressed in hotels when they fold the toilet roll into a triangle but this is something else!
ReplyDeleteI'd feel like I was on a cruise every day! In my own home! Except for the fact that there'd be no attentive wait staff following me around. Crud.
ReplyDeleteThat's is very cool!
ReplyDeleteThis is fun and cute and I am defenitly going to try it somewhere unexpected.
ReplyDeletejust completed this one in our bathroom...cant wait for my hubby to come home...haaaaaaaaa! classic! thanks!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.west.asu.edu/icdeg/origami/flourish/
This is awesome.
ReplyDeletehaha.. cute post, it made me laugh! =)
ReplyDeleteSo funny! I can't wait to learn more essential skills! :-)
ReplyDeleteSee what you've done now? All of us (reasonably intelligent and unfrivolous) women sitting on the toilet wearing serious expressions, concentrating on folding the paper......
ReplyDeleteYou get this week's Silliest Post Award; thank you for the laugh!
This is funny and such a great idea. Your comment about leaving a treat for the next person in the public restroom made me laugh...my sneaky mind instantly went to the long line of women waiting to use the toilet (all doing the pee pee dance). And the woman finally gets in there and is all "THIS is why I had to wait?" I'm evil. I guess it would be best to use the origami for uncrowded bathrooms instead. I certainly would like to see something so pretty since it's pretty darn scary in there otherwise.
ReplyDeleteVery sweet!
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteI totally love this! And I thought making crafts from the cardboard roll was cool :D
ReplyDeleteI'm off to try it... Not really, but it sounded good. I'm too comfy in my chair. :D
ReplyDeleteI have an award for you on my blog. (4/17)
Ha! I love it! Spreading the love to public restrooms everywhere...
ReplyDeleteguerilla orgami.... changing the world one random act of paperfolding at a time...
ReplyDeleteGreat idea!.Thanks for sharing.
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This IS an essential skill! Especially if, like me, you have Inflammatory Bowel Disease... Now I have something to keep me entertained in the bathroom. Thanks for posting about this! :)
ReplyDeletehours of fun in the bathroom. Kx
ReplyDeletejajajja..this is so funny!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately (and annoyingly) my office building has the rolls stuck in the underhand position.
ReplyDeleteThat is so wrong.
ReplyDeleteI totally love this in such a quirky "i do it for me and only me" kind of way. Thanks for sharing doll!
ReplyDeleteLove this!! Tried it right away, and it's so easy, and looks great!!! Made me laugh! Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteHey! This project could keep my kids busy for days! LOL
ReplyDeletePretty good...
Unbelievable. You might be kidding, but I would totally do this!
ReplyDeleteI'm not kidding. I left one in a public bathroom the other day.
ReplyDeletethis only works if you hang your t.p. the wrong way!
ReplyDeletefun! :)
ReplyDeleteTruly an essential life skill! :) Thanks !
ReplyDeleteLove the link - next year I want to do origami with my little homeschool Sm'Arties group. Next week is our last week - Hmmm - wonder if we could fold a dollar while also doing an Impressionists lapbook plus tie-dying...naaah...
ReplyDeleteI have taught all the cleaners at work today so they can put the finishing touch to the public toilets.
ReplyDeleteHave featured you on my blog tonight also.
hi! i know i'm a little late to the TP life skill party, but i linked to your blog last week; hope that's ok! i love all your posts!
ReplyDeleteYour blog is soooooooo nice! I started reading today and came all the way to this page, and I just have to tell you I laughed out loud a few times! And you give such nice ideas and links! Your blog is a treasure trove :-) Greetings from Istanbul
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