I totally agree about the comments, and the toilet paper rolls. I have videos about using toilet paper rolls for crafts show up in my feed on Youtube, and I always wonder why people would even consider doing that. Toilet paper rolls go straight in the trash here, doing anything else with them seems disgusting. Jasdip, maybe it was napkin holders, which to me is a big "Ewww !".

Why would using a perfectly good cardboard roll for a craft purpose cause anyone to undergo an "ewww" factor?? Why is one that started out in the center of a TP roll any different from a slightly longer one that started out in the center of a roll of paper towels or wrapping paper?? Why are they "disgusting"?? Paper is paper!!

Sheesh!

Hey...you guys picking on me?

I'm with gardengal - TP and other cardboard rolls are a staple for kids' craft projects.

They make great biodegradable seedling starters too.

It's not like the inner part of the roll is exposed to anything nasty - at least in my bathroom it isn't.

Wood rose it's not disgusting at all. Simply remove the tp roll prior to sitting down when your hands are clean. I always change out the roll anyway when there is still some paper on it and set it on top of the new roll.

gardengal48, I don't clean my behind with paper towels or wrapping paper, do you ? Maybe it's just the thought of using something that's been in the bathroom near a commode that' seems nasty to me. Whatever it is, I don't intend to use them for crafts, especially something to hold a napkin.

I guess some of us have a different opinion about what's clean and what isn't than others do.

Seems to me that, by the time I would get around to using the empty roll for anything, it would have been sitting in a box in the basement long enough that any germs and bacteria would be long dead.

woodrose, I don't use the cardboard tubes to clean anything so why would one source of a cardboard roll be any less desirable than another? Location is hardly a factor of what's clean and what isn't.

Sometimes I just have to wonder at people's thought processes.....or lack of them.

I suppose anything you smell means there are particles floating in the air. 💩 👃 Unless you’ve got a water closet and are diligent about keeping the door closed, your toothbrush might be the bigger concern. 🤮

Yes - also wondering where does everyone keep their toothbrushes?

And I always close the lid before flushing...

To each his own. There is just no accounting for people's fears. Has anyone EVER heard of an ILLNESS caused by a toothbrush stored in a bathroom?!!

Read for comprehension.

Crafts are one thing but I wouldn't want a used toilet paper roll holding my silverware. Would you eat off of a fork that's been sitting on the bathroom counter? I know I wouldn't. There are air particles and people aren't perfectly hygienic when touching or swapping out rolls. Touching the door handle or flusher before touching a TP roll potentially contaminates it as well. Not a big deal if you wash your hands when you're done, but putting silverware in one is just gross to me. I don't think you'll catch a disease since there's bacteria everywhere, but it's just icky.

I keep my toothbrush in a drawer in the bathroom.

I have searched and searched as part of my role as a school lab technician for any study offering evidence of anyone catching anything from empty toilet paper rolls, and have failed to find anything other than random people opining that "they're just icky".

But if you’re worried you could always set it under your UV toothbrush sterilizer for a bit. ;)

Or keep it in a closed cabinet

Laughing because this just showed up on my Facebook page. BTW, my mom and her friends made cute little Santa’s that sat on a shelf out of tp rolls.

People do change out the roll sometimes in the middle of using the bathroom. Run out mid-use and grab a new roll within reach. Hands that just used the last bit to wipe grab the empty tube. 'Nuff said. Maybe it won't make anyone ill but it is gross.

I don't care for the idea of tp tubes used as silverware holders because I can't picture it being attractive. As crafts, especially cutesy childrens' crafts, such tubes are fine. I made a tp tube dolly when I was in grade school. Grandma displayed her for years!

As for sanitation, even at the height of the tp shortage last year when I was minimizing # of sheets used, my fingers never 'touched'. I agree I wouldn't care to see kitchen stuff stored in a bathroom --- not that it's necessarily contaminated, just that there's a higher probability of "icky".

I can't believe so many people are upset because a toilet paper roll "seems" unclean to someone. Really ? If this is a big concern in your life, I'm sorry. I didn't think it was that important, or I wouldn't have mentioned it.

No need to apologize, woodrose :-) It is just some folks' nature to be so unsettled by these things. Honestly, if one has had kids, pets or gardened at all, the 'ick' or 'eww' factor and an obsession with sanitation ceases to be very significant. It is a very first world concern.

I was trying to think if I'd ever saved and used any TP roll centers. I'm not crafty. But, find I have to admit I have some in the dresser that holds gift wrap supplies. Cut lengthwise, they make good holders for keeping rolls of gift wrap tight after opening. At one point I must have saved several because I have a half dozen rolls of wrap wearing TP snug holders right now. Any germ factor had never crossed my mind. They are enough years stored its probably too late to consider it.

That's a good idea, morz - I like it!

I use them at the back of my cutlery drawer. The plastic container that holds the silverware is shorter than the drawer. So the tp tubes are fitted in the space behind it to keep it in place.

I also use them to store computer, phone cords etc.

One question for those who are FREAKED at the idea of crafting...how do you get your pants pulled up when finished?????

The toilet paper rolls (I think) would be cut to a napkin ring size and then ribbon, or whatever you choose to wind around it. I have never made them, but I know if I did, I would spray the roll with disinfectant( for my own peace of mind) , let it dry and continue with the project. I can see where it may be a fun thing for kids to do for a certain holiday....glue on all kinds of neat things!! :)

Jasdip - you just proved your theory - these comments are better.........

We put our empty tubes in the recycling bucket.

I have never used a toilet paper or a paper towel roll but that would be a good idea to use the toilet paper roll to protect seedlings. But I'd never use one for a napkin holder or anything else I can think of.

Here's one thing we do with TP and other rolls:

I wonder if people are just visualizing a plain tp tube with napkins sticking out of it. Most of the crafts I have seen for this show something wrapped all the way around them both inside and out. Surprised anyone eats any vegetables or fruit because things that use the out of doors for their bathroom have probably touched them.

TP rolls would not generally be considered to be dirty, and they can serve many a need in a kids craft, but they really are not very nice or elegant to use in a table setting. If I am going to the trouble of setting a nice table, it wont be with toilet paper tubes.

I am quite certain that they can be used with abandon in different crafts for kids. They offer a basic structure that lends itself well to glue and glitter and decorative paper trim. Unless they come from a really dirty environment, sure they are fine.

But, absolutely not on my dining table, as a matter of aesthetics.

FWIW, many of the designs are not tacky at all - pretty nice, actually. There are lots of cutesy designs for kids to make, but also many more grownup styles...

And as you can see, they're lined inside and out. The cardboard is completely covered.

And since they're cut, you could easily use cardboard tubes from kitchen wraps, etc.