How to Do a String Basket.

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How to Do a String Basket.

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I made a string basket. This was an idea from youtube. I was interested in making this for a friend who she always like making craft that are easy to make.

Supplies

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Supplies needed

  • 1 roll of String
  • 1 cardboard cup
  • 1 pipe cleaner "6 inches"
  • Scissors
  • Hot glue gun

Sizing the Cup

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Grabbing your cardboard cup.

  • Getting a ruler you will place the beginning of the ruler at the top of the cup and measure it going down.
  • you will mark a line where 1 inch marks


Making the Base

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Using the cup that you cut.

  • Get your string and find the end of the string.
  • Hot glue the end of the string to the bottom of the cup.
  • Start wrapping the string around the whole cup.
  • Once you have covered the whole cup cut the string and hot glue the end that you cut.


Making the Handle

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Get your 6 inch pipe cleaner.

  • With a ruler you will measure the pipe cleaner
  • With a wire cutter you will cut 2 inches off from the pipe cleaner.

Gluing the Handle to the Cup

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Grabbing your wrapped cup

  • Place a dot of hot glue to one side of the cup. (make sure you center it as close as possible)
  • once one side is dried you will glue the other side in the same direction as the first one.

Making a Tag

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  • You will open the silhouette studio app on your device

Design Your Tag

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  • You will find the drawing tool on your left side (it will have a rectangle shape)
  • You will choose the square option
  • Draw the same depending on how big you want it (each square on the graph is an inch)
  • Once you have your square you will choose the circle option and create it on the edge of the square that you created at first.
  • (You are free to write anything on your tag)