Maggie asked Santa for toilets rolls in her Christmas wish list (Picture: Hannah Whitmore/SWNS)

An eight-year-old girl with Asperger’s was given her dream Christmas gift – an entire igloo made from toilet paper.

Maggie Mullan – who also suffers from Sensory Perception Disorder (SPD) and Hyperactivity Disorder – got the unusual gift after asking for toilet roll on her list to Santa.

Her mum, Hannah Whitmore, 31, had spent over a month planning the present for the youngster which took hours to erect using 800 rolls.

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Maggie from Telford first laid eyes on the igloo after noon on Christmas Day and spent the rest of the afternoon playing in it.


The rolls were donated by Tesco’s, Wilkinson’s, Northwood Hygiene Products and Telford Neighbourhood Watch after Hannah launched a ‘Maggie’s Toilet Roll Adventure’ Facebook page to raise awareness for Autism.



According to Hannah, an administrator, Maggie has loved toilet paper since the age of two and prides herself upon making complex designs using the tissue.

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Maggie played in the igloo for hours (Picture: Hannah Whitmore / SWNS)

She has been known to make chairs out of rolls of the tissue, and often gets up at 2am in order to rearrange the toilet paper in its holder.

The youngster is said to love the material because of its soft feel, and Hannah believes that she uses it ‘as a way to express her imagination and creativity’.

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Maggie – who was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome around a year ago and SPD at the age of four – also enjoys making designs out of the 25 toothbrushes in the family bathroom.

Hannah, who also lives with her forklift truck driver fiance Peter Odger, 32, daughter Annie Mullan, nine, and step-daughter Angel Odger, four, said: ‘I honestly think it’s the best present that she could have wished for.

‘Her little face when she saw it for the first time made all the work that had gone into it worthwhile, it was incredibly special.

It took around 800 toilet rolls to build the igloo (Picture: Hannah Whitmore / SWNS)

‘She opened all of her other presents in there, and spent the majority of the day tucked up inside it.’

Talking about the construction of the igloo, she said: ‘It’s honestly been such a fun and heart-warming process, seeing how people have volunteered to help.

‘I couldn’t believe that so many people were willing to give us their toilet paper, it really means a lot to us.

‘I know it’s just toilet paper, but to Maggie it means so much more.’

Many of the toilet rolls were donated (Picture: Hannah Whitmore / SWNS)