You can make a huge number of crafts.
And if the house is filled with newspapers and/or magazines, then even better, because... you will also save on paper.
You can make very beautiful products from this material.
Here is just a small part of what can be made from newspapers and magazines.
Works from newspapers: wall clocks
You can make this decoration without using a clock mechanism - you will get a beautiful decoration for your home, reminiscent of the sun.
You will need:
Approximately 24 sheets of newspaper or magazine
Pencil or pen (to make it easier to twist the tubes)
Scissors
Long needle
Two plastic discs (like those that protect a large package of CDs)
* discs can be replaced with colored cardboard of any color.
Cardboard in the shape of a circle with a hole in the middle (optional)
Battery operated clock mechanism (optional)
DIY newspaper crafts: project "Butterfly"
You will need:
Newspaper or junk magazine
Butterfly stencil
Double-sided foam tape
Matte cardboard
* You can make butterflies in several sizes and shapes.
* If you want to make a butterfly of the same shape and size, you can use one stencil or buy a shaped hole punch.
1. Prepare a stencil.
2. Using a stencil, draw butterflies on different sheets of magazine or newspaper. You can draw a butterfly on one sheet, fold several sheets together and cut out several butterflies at once.
3. Cut out the butterflies.
* Each sheet can be cut into wide strips that can be folded together, draw 2-3 butterflies of different sizes on one strip and cut out several at once.
4. As you cut out the paper butterflies, fold them carefully on a flat surface. You can arrange them depending on the color scheme and/or size (shape).
5. Attach double-sided foam tape to each butterfly. You can bend the wings of the butterflies a little. Also try making several layers of double tape so that the butterflies "fly" at different levels.
6. Prepare matte cardboard. For convenience, you can use a pencil to mark the places where you will glue your paper butterflies.
* Choose a suitable background for your composition.
7. Insert the cardboard into the frame. You can remove the glass from the frame if it is in the way.
Bracelet made from newspapers (master class)
You will need:
Newspapers or magazines
Scissors
1. Cut out rectangles measuring 10cm x 4cm.
2. Bend each rectangle in half its length and straighten it.
3. Bend the ends to the fold line on the left and right.
4. Fold in half again to create a long, thin strip.
5. Fold the strip in half its width and unbend it.
6. Fold the left and right halves in half so that they meet at the fold line.
7. Fold the shape in half again to form a V shape.
* In a similar way, you need to fold several rectangles.
8. To start folding the bracelet, you need to connect all the parts. Start placing the ears of one figure into the ears of another until you have 27 links in the chain. A total of 3 chains are needed.
9. Connect the chains using several blanks (V shape).
How to make a paper chain:
Crafts from newspapers for beginners: vase and stand from newspapers
You will need:
Glue or glue stick
Scissors
Newspapers or magazines
1. Cut each sheet of newsprint or magazine paper into 4 vertical strips as shown in the image. Choose the length of the strips yourself.
2. Fold each strip in half, securing it inside with glue.
3. Now fold the strips in half again and secure with glue again.
4. Start twisting the strips. This needs to be done tightly. After several movements, apply a drop of glue.
5. In order to make the base of the vase, you need to twist both several small spirals and one large one. In this example, the second option (large spiral) is used.
Glue several strips together to get one long strip, which you then need to twist into a large spiral. If your base isn't big enough, just glue as many strips to it as you need and add them to the spiral.
6. Start gluing all the small spirals together, thereby assembling the vase.
* You can make a stand for a cup or teapot in the same way.
We decorate a suitcase with newspapers and magazines
You will need:
Old suitcase
Brush
Magazines
PVA glue, or even better decoupage glue
Scissors or utility knife
1. Cut out the images you like from your favorite magazines, which will then decorate your suitcase.
2. Apply glue to the suitcase and begin carefully placing magazine excerpts on it.
3. Apply glue again on top of the glued pages.
4. Decorate the entire suitcase in this way.
5. Using scissors or a utility knife, carefully cut off the excess pieces so that everything is even.
Product made from newspapers: bouquet of roses
You will need:
Scissors
Glue gun with hot glue (you can try superglue/Moment glue)
Flower wire
1. Cut a circle with a diameter of approximately 10 cm from a sheet of newspaper.
2. Cut a spiral from the circle, approximately 2.5-3 cm wide.
3. From the outer end of the spiral, start twisting the paper until you reach the center part.
4. Let the twisted flower “bloom” a little - lower the spiral.
5. Secure the flower with hot glue.
6. Prepare the floral wire, bend one of the ends and glue it to the flower. The end of the wire can be covered with a piece of newspaper.
7. Make several flowers to make a lush bouquet.
8. Combine all the flowers into a bouquet and secure the stems with wire. If the stems are too long, you can shorten them with scissors.
9. Wrap a beautiful ribbon around the stems and secure the ribbon with glue.
Weaving from newspaper tubes is a very popular activity, and this is not surprising: something had to replace traditional weaving from wicker. made from paper, they turn out no worse, and most importantly, weaving from tubes is accessible to both adults and children - you just need to prepare more material. This is what we will do today: we present a master class for beginners on making newspaper tubes.
Materials and tools
Paper. Let's go to the paper vine harvesting! What is the best material to make tubes for weaving from? First of all, from old newspapers. Newsprint paper is thin, curls well, and absorbs paint well. Low density A4 paper (60-65 g/m2) is also suitable. It is called “newspaper” or “consumer”, “writing”.
In addition, you can use magazines, old notebooks, cash register tape, etc. to make straws.
How to cut paper
Paper is a fibrous material, and, like fabric, it has a longitudinal and transverse direction of fibers. Typically, small-format newspapers (57x40 cm) have fibers along the long side, and large-format newspapers (84x57 cm) have fibers along the short side. In A4 paper, the fibers often run along the long side, but sometimes you come across paper cut crosswise by manufacturers. Before cutting the entire pack into strips, check the curl of the material on one of the sheets. Place the sheet on a damp surface - it will begin to roll itself into a roll in the longitudinal direction. This is the direction you need to cut.
Glue. To work with newspaper tubes, you can choose any glue suitable for paper. For example, PVA or glue stick. It is important that it has good fixing properties, otherwise your tubes may unwind during painting.
Density also matters. If the glue is too liquid, the tubes will get wet during extension.
Wood stains water-based paints will help paint paper tubes in the colors of pine, maple, oak, rosewood and even ebony wood. You can find about two dozen shades on sale. There is a powdered stain that is diluted with water before use.
A mixture of construction primer and color also very suitable for coloring tubes. Before use, be sure to dilute the primer with water, as indicated in the instructions on the bottle. Keep in mind that paper is a highly absorbent surface.
How else to color the tubes
To give the tubes the desired color, you can use wool, fabric, printer dyes, food coloring, a hot decoction of onion peels, brilliant green and potassium permanganate.
Varnish. To make your work durable and not afraid of dampness, it needs to be varnished. Any wood varnish will do, but indoors it is best to use acrylic. It is odorless, after application it dries quickly and becomes transparent, forming a protective film.
Knitting needles and skewers. To twist paper strips into tubes, you will need knitting needles of different diameters - from 1.5 to 4.5 mm - or wooden skewers for kebab. Tubes twisted on a thin knitting needle look most like a vine. They are dense and almost do not wrinkle during weaving. And on a thick knitting needle you get tubes that are easy to flatten. And if they are twisted from very thin paper, then they can be woven like straw.
Scissors or knife. You will need one of these tools to cut newspapers into strips. But twisted tubes are best cut with pliers.
Spray needed to moisten dry tubes: sprinkle them with water and put them in a plastic bag. They will become flexible and obedient again. The spray bottle can also be used to apply paint to crafts.
Brushes used for painting finished crafts and - sometimes - tubes. You will need wide and thin brushes.
Clothespins fix the tubes, prevent the weaving from unraveling and facilitate gluing of parts.
Shilom They make holes, move the rows of weaving apart, and drag tubes between them.
Making newspaper tubes
- Cut the newspaper along the long side into several pieces. The two stripes at the edges are the most valuable; they make white tubes. Center stripes will also come into play. Tubes with letters look good when woven and emphasize the unusual nature of the material.
- It is best to twist the tubes on a table with a rough surface. Place a knitting needle on one side of the paper strip at an angle of approximately 30°. If there is a limiter on the knitting needle, it should be located behind the table surface.
- Fold the corner of the newspaper at the same angle and press firmly.
- With your right hand, turn the knitting needle, gradually twisting the tube; with your left hand, hold the newspaper.
- Place a little glue on the corner of the strip, roll it up to the end and let the glue set.
- Take out the knitting needle. Since we started twisting the strip from the text side, the tube turned out white.
The width of the paper strips depends on what kind of product you have in mind. If you decide to weave something large, then the width of the strip should be 8-10 cm. For a small craft, 6-7 cm is enough. The narrower the strip, the thinner the knitting needle should be. Strips 10 cm wide are best wound on a knitting needle with a diameter of 2.5 mm. For a strip 6 cm wide, a knitting needle with a diameter of 1.5 mm is suitable.
Tube extension
If you twisted the tube correctly, it will be slightly wider on one side than on the other. In this case, to build up one tube you just need to insert 1.5-2 cm into the other.
If the ends of the tubes turn out to be the same, then to extend them, fold one end into a “corner” or cut it at an acute angle.
To make the connection strong and reliable, use glue.
Coloring
It is convenient to paint newspaper tubes in a tray with a small amount of liquid or dip several pieces at a time into a wide-necked bottle. You can paint with a wide brush on a surface previously covered with oilcloth, slightly twisting the tubes. It is best to dry them on a wire rack or stacked in a woodpile.
If you want to paint the finished craft, do it first with a wide brush and then with a thin one, carefully covering the cracks. You can also give the work the desired color using a spray bottle or by immersing it in a container with a coloring agent and slowly turning it.
Next time we will weave the first figures from newspaper tubes.
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How to make newspaper tubes
Completely different types of paper are suitable for preparing tubes. The ideal option is a clean office one, since it is non-toxic and it is much easier to repaint it in any other color. To work you will need a knitting needle, scissors and glue. Cut a sheet of paper into strips from 7 to 13 cm wide. The longer the tube, the better, otherwise you will have to constantly extend it. At the same time, remember that strips that are too long are also difficult to twist.
Watch the video: How to twist newspaper tubes
Now take a knitting needle and start winding a strip of paper onto it from the bottom corner. In this way you need to completely wind the paper onto the knitting needle. Don't forget to fix the edge with glue and pull out the knitting needle. You can paint the tubes right away. It is best to store them in an upright position so that they do not become wrinkled until the time you start making the craft.
Master class: Stand for pencils or notebooks
Make enough tubes from office paper or newspapers. Using a pen, mark on the cardboard bottom a location for the tube stands. It is important to do this under a ruler so that the finished craft is beautiful. To make gluing easier, take double-sided tape and stick it to the bottom. Then apply the prepared tubes according to the markings. Apply pva glue on top and glue the second part of the base. As a result, you will have a beautiful blank for the bottom of the stand and 4 stand-up tubes on the narrow side, and 9 tubes for weaving on the wide side.
The workpiece should dry well, and then you can proceed to further weaving. For beauty, you can braid the base with a beautiful lace or braid of a suitable color. Or take a newspaper tube and braid the bottom in a simple way. Now lift all the racks up. To do this, place the tube under two adjacent ones and lift it up. Using a knitting needle, you can lift and secure the two remaining tubes.
Then take two newspaper tubes again and braid the posts with string. Using this method, you will need to braid about 9 rows, and then change the angle of inclination in order to make an openwork element.
Ready-made tube stand
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Basket and ship
At first glance it may seem complicated making baskets or stands from newspaper tubes. But if you get the hang of weaving them correctly and carefully, then your very first craft will be quite beautiful.
You can make many items from newspaper tubes: vases, flower pots, baskets, boxes, handbags, and even pieces of furniture.
Working with this material is not difficult; the newspaper tubes themselves are convenient for work. They are flexible, so they don't break. They are easily connected to each other, and to give a beautiful appearance, you need to paint them.
You can paint the tubes in advance. To do this, dilute the paint with water, place the tubes halfway, then turn them over to the other side. Stain paint is suitable for wood, there are many types of shades. When the tubes are dry, you can start working. You can paint after assembling the work, using different brush sizes.
DIY crafts from tubes
This type of creativity has become very popular. It does not require any material costs, old newspapers and magazines are in every home, they are always thrown away, and instead you can create real masterpieces.
Before work, you should stock up on enough of them. In addition to newspapers and magazines, you can take old notebooks or thin A4 sheets of poor quality.
Making straws
To create the tubes, each page of newspaper is cut lengthwise into four equal parts. You should prepare a long knitting needle in advance and place it at an angle to the tip of the newspaper. Holding the free tip, wrap the newspaper around the knitting needle, after twisting, remove it from the tube, and glue the tip with glue. When working, hold it well and wind it tightly so that the tubes do not unwind.
It will be more convenient to work if you make tubes in which the ends of different diameters will make it easy to insert one tube into another.
On the Internet there are many photos of fakes made from straws, such as baskets, cups, pieces of furniture, fruits, and animals, which you can use to learn from.
To make your work aesthetically pleasing, you need to train.
For beginners, you can start working with tube crafts by weaving round boxes or baskets.
Cart, step by step instructions
You need to start from the foundation. Glue together four pairs of pre-prepared long tubes in the shape of a web.
We begin weaving, to fix it, we glue the ends of the first tube together. When making the bottom, every two stakes, we glue the ends of the tubes together for strength. For the first time, you can simplify the work by cutting out the bottom from cardboard and gluing the tubes onto it.
When starting to weave the side walls, place a vessel inside that matches the diameter of the basket, this will make the work easier. When the basket has reached the desired height, bend the ends to form a beautiful rim.
The manufacturing process takes place using the method of horizontal weaving into vertical tubes that extend from the base.
Vase
An easy to make flower vase that requires a cardboard base from a roll of paper towels to shape the vase.
Manufacturing:
Prepare a sufficient number of newspaper tubes. Apply PVA glue to the cardboard base and glue the tubes vertically, taking into account that the tubes should be longer and completely cover the cardboard.
Cut the top straight, or give it another original shape. When the glue is completely dry, apply varnish using a brush.
When your work skills are more refined, you can begin making crafts of irregular shapes. You can even make pieces of furniture. To make them durable, they are varnished.
Master class on crafts made from tubes “Chair”
Prepare:
- Plastic chair for support.
- Cardboard.
- Tubes from newspaper.
- Glue.
Weaving pattern:
Place the cardboard under the chair, cut it to the desired size, this will serve as the bottom of the future chair. Glue the tubes onto the cardboard base quite tightly, and at the bend at a slight angle.
Raise the tubes to the top. Secure the support with several tubes, and hide their ends in the middle. For work, clothespins and threads are used as additional means.
When you finish the fourth row, you can use two tubes at a time. Accordingly, the bottom and stand of the high chair are ready. Next we weave the seat, using only one tube.
The back of the chair weaves on the left side, gradually narrowing towards the top. Excess ends are cut off and hidden in the middle. You can attach armrests to the chair. Be sure to varnish to ensure the strength of the chair.
Having honed your skills and learned to handle this type of material well, you can create unusual and original things.
Photos of crafts made from newspaper tubes
