Vase From Old Newspapers
You'll need:
Newspaper/skewer stick
Cardboard
Scissors
White tacky glue
Hometalk logo
Acrylic paints - ombre colors
Brushes and or sponges
Instructions
To Make the Newspaper Tubes:
1. Fold and cut newspaper section into four parts.
2. Open the paper section and place a thin wood skewer stick on the bottom left corner at an acute angle. Wrap paper edge over stick and begin rolling the paper with your fingers.
3. Just before reaching the end, brush on white glue and roll end closed to secure.
4. Make 75 tubes and divide into five different ombre color paint groups of 15 tubes.
5. Place plastic cover over work area and paint the group of tubes in different colors.
6. Let tubes dry completely.
To Make the Vase:
Cut out a four inch Hometalk logo and trace two on cardboard and cut out.
1. Place one cardboard logo on working surface.
2. Take five tubes and place on each corner of logo. Place an additional tube on top of one tube.
3. Glue tubes in place and let dry.
4. Glue second cardboard logo on top and let dry. Take a sheet of paper and outline the logo 1/2 inch larger, cut out and glue on bottom.
5. Cut out corners of paper at each tube.
6. Apply glue to cut-out edges and fold over, gluing in place.
7. Glue Hometalk logo on opposite side.
8. Paint bare side with color of tubes. Let dry.
To Weave:
On painted side of logo, bend the extra tube along edge of shape and over next tube. Take that tube and bend over next tube, and so on.
Continue bending tubes over the next tube along edge, moving around the design.
When tubes become short, simply add glue to tube end and insert new tube into end and let glue dry.
Continue weaving tube over the next tube using one color group at a time until all the colors have been woven into an ombre effect and you are left with short tube ends.
To finish, apply glue to end of last short tubes and insert inside of weave, hiding ends. Cut off any excess ends.
The vase can be sprayed with a sealant to protect the finish.
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