Weaving a Small Flower Basket With Old Magazine Paper

This is a small Basket woven with strips of glossy paper from an old magazine.

This is my first instructable so, I made something different for participating in First Time Author Contest

Please go through the below steps on how to weave this basket with paper strips

• One or two pages from an old magazine. The pages I have used are glossy papers having 9 " X 11 " size
• A Cutting Mat
• A steel Ruler for cutting paper strips
• Craft knives
• Synthetic Resin adesive
• An Ice Cream Stick for applying the glue
• A basket shaped Serving Bowl

• Remove one page from the magazine and place it on the cutting mat
• Aligning with the markings on the cutting mat, cut half centimetre wide strips from the page
• Place the bowl upside down on the work surface and place a cut paper strip along the center
• Fold extra length inside the bowl and stick with glue

• Continue to apply paper strips along the center and stick the edges inside.
• Here I have added 16 strips of paper on the bowl which formed 32 stakes and formed the skeleton of the basket

• Take one strip of paper and weave in an above and below pattern
• Once the strip is oven on three or four stakes, align the edge from which we started and stick with glue
• Continue to weave all around. Once the weave reaches the starting point, apply glue and trim excess
• Since our stakes are in even numbers, we have to weave each strip individually alternating in an above and below pattern with respect to the adjacent weave

• Add strips of paper and continue weaving
• Make sure that the above and below pattern is alternating with respect to the adjacent weave.
• Here one strip of 11 " long paper is enough for one round till you reach the wider end of bowl

• A single strip of paper may not be sufficient when you reach the wider end of bowl
• Join two strips together with glue to form longer strips
• Continue weaving till you reach the edge of the bowl

• Once you completed the weaving, cut top of each strip with a knife
• Using a long needle gently press and release the basket from the bowl
• Be very gentle, as the basket might have stuck to the bowl by excess glue
• You can see the basket released from the bowl in the last picture

• Now you may find that the excess length of stakes protruding above the basket
• Fold them inside or out side as per the weaved pattern
• Apply little amount of glue and stick to make an even top edge

The last two pictures show the finished basket

• Your mom may scold you for sticking strips of paper inside the bowl all around
• Do not worry, the synthetic resin adhesive we used is water soluble.
• Fill the bowl with water and allow to soak for 10 to 15 minutes and clean the bowl

• Here are few pictures of the finished paper basket. You can use the basket for arranging flowers or for keeping small items in it

Hope you will like it