Crafts from newspaper tubes step by step for beginners

Children and adults who have an extraordinary imagination can create bright, interesting and original hand-made articles from the most unpredictable materials. In particular, today among fans to create a very popular weaving of newspaper tubes. This activity is rather complicated, but it is extremely interesting, therefore it attracts a huge number of children of different ages, as well as their parents.

Especially popular is the kind of weaving in high school students. Guys who know how to create crafts from newspaper tubes can easily make an original gift for their loved ones, and also take part in a school competition for children's creativity. Understand how to independently make newspaper tubes and use them in the work, boys and girls will help step-by-step instructions outlined in our article.

How do you make newspaper tubes for your own crafts?

First of all, it is necessary to understand how it is possible to make pipes from old newspapers, which are sure to be found in every family. You can make them as follows:

1. Each page of newspapers is strung into strips 9 cm wide. If the pages are doubled, they must first be cut. On the lines obtained, cut the newspaper with a stationery knife.
2. You should have rather wide rectangles, on the edge of each of which you should put the needle at an angle of 45-60 degrees.
3. Tightly wind the paper on this needle, fixing the glue at the very end.
4. When everything is ready, carefully remove the tube from the knitting needle. Do not be afraid that the thickness of each tube from above and from below is slightly different. This is necessary in order to easily increase the length of tubes in the future. Note that the thickness and length of the tube depend on the angle at which the needle is applied. For the convenience of work in the future, you should immediately make many products, different in parameters.

Master class on creation of crafts from newspaper tubes

If desired, this material can be used to produce an incredibly beautiful and unique vase, original napkins on a table , a fan and much more. In this article, we offer you a detailed instruction with a photo for beginners, demonstrating how step-by-step creations are made from newspaper tubes by the example of a decorative box decoration.

To perform this simple but interesting and painstaking work, follow the suggested instructions:

1. Take the box that you plan to braid with newspaper tubes, and cut off its top covers.
2. At the bottom of the box, note in advance where the tubes will be located. The distance between them should be exactly 3 centimeters, however, it should be borne in mind that at each corner of the box must be installed tube-struts. Otherwise, the constructed construction will not be held. When the marking is ready, glue the tubes in the indicated places with the help of an instant fixation glue.
3. Carefully turn the box, lift all the tubes up and fix them with an elastic band.
4. Begin to weave from below, wrapping a tube for each rack.
5. Next, glue an additional tube to the bottom of the box, which in the future will have to be gradually increased.
6. Begin to braid the racks, alternating turns from the outside and from the inside.
7. When the tube is finished, it will need to be increased. To do this, insert the other narrower side into the wide end of this tube and fix it with glue.
8. Approximately in the middle of the weaving stop, finish the row, gently glue the tube, which was spun, to the counter and cut it.
9. Attach the ribbon that will serve as the decoration of the box, and measure the distance required for it. Remove the tape and continue the weave by putting this distance on the counter.
10. Doplytete so to the very top and finish the series, fixing the tube with glue.
11. You should get here is such an unusual box.
12. Finish the weave as shown in the picture.
13. Add satin ribbon and, if desired, other decor elements.