How to make a basket of newspaper tubes? For beginners

Every housewife has a whole heap of old newspapers and magazines in her household that cannot be used, but throwing her hand away somehow does not rise. For creative needlewomen, such auxiliary material is quite suitable for embodying violent fantasies and creative ideas. You can make a useful and unusual little thing that is successfully used in everyday life, in addition, it will serve as an excellent detail of the interior. A basket of newspaper tubes can be a jewelry box, a vase for plastic flowers, a box for various little things. The use of this item will already depend on your personal preference. In addition, the basket is an excellent gift that can be presented for any celebration or celebration. In this article, we will look at how to make a basket of newspaper tubes. For beginners, these ideas will come in handy.

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How to make newspaper tubes?

Before you begin the process of making a basket, you need to prepare the newspaper tubes, which serve as an analogue of the classic vine.

To do this, prepare:

• a large number of double sheets of the newspaper;
• knitting needles of the appropriate size;
• paper scissors;
• glue is the best PVA.

Consider the process of making a newspaper “vine” for weaving a basket:

1. To create four tubes, you need to take a double sheet of newspaper, then horizontally divide it into four identical parts. To do this, you can use scissors or just tear the newspaper.
2. Next, on the right side of the workpiece at the very bottom, at an angle of 20 degrees, you need to put a spoke.
3. After that, glue the tip of the newspaper strip gently, gradually tighten the paper strip onto the knitting needle.
4. When the surface of the spoke ends, onto which a strip of newspaper is twisted, it is necessary to continue further twisting the newspaper, but with your fingers.
5. At the very end, apply a little glue to the free tip and press it with your fingers to the tube.

After you have been able to master the process of making the first newspaper tube, the exact same procedure should be carried out with the remaining paper strips.

Important! The appearance of the future basket depends on how beautifully and accurately the tubes are wound. Therefore, do not despair, but you need to practice in advance in the manufacture of paper tubes. When weaving for the first time and making the first tube, not always the starting material for weaving can turn out to be smooth and accurate. After some training, with each new wound tube, experience comes to you, and you already intuitively feel how much you need to pull the newspaper blank and twist the knitting needle.

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Weaving a square laundry basket

A basket of newspaper tubes can be round, oval, rectangular and square. It all depends on the volume of material used, and the size of the basket also depends on it. A needlewoman can make both large-sized braids that will be indispensable in household use, and cute small baskets in which you can store memorable things and plush toys.

Consider the manufacturing process of a square-shaped laundry basket, which serves to store things before washing or drying. Such a product with a wicker lid and functional handles helps to use the free space of the apartment much more efficiently.

Basket bottom weaving

The process of manufacturing a product from newspaper tubes must begin with the design of the bottom of the basket. How to make the bottom of a basket of newspaper tubes for beginners:

• First you need to glue the edge of the newspaper blank with glue and attach it to another newspaper tube. The approximate length of the starting material is about 25 cm.

Important! For better fixation of the tubes, you can use an ordinary clothespin and fasten two parts. After this, two more corner workpieces, which are connected with glue, should be attached in the same way.

• Then glue two tubes, which are much larger, approximately 51 cm.
• It is also necessary to prepare newspaper strips having a size of about 75 cm, then lay out the paired strips in the correct order.
• Next, we take single newspaper blanks, we begin to braid them in pairs of strips. The lower part is bent from below, and the upper workpiece must be bent from the outside.
• After this, you need to lay out the next newspaper tube 25 cm long and perform the exact same procedure until all the blanks with four tubes are used.
• When the bottom is made, it is necessary to cut off the edges in all strips having four parts. Thus, the bottom is smooth and beautiful.

Important! The remaining tubes with protruding free edges will be involved in other parts of the basket when weaving the side walls.

Basket wall weaving

Now we turn to weaving the walls of our product. In order to make the side walls of the basket, you must first prepare:

1. a box that has a square shape and matches the size of the future product;
2. ordinary clothespins;
3. glue, preferably PVA.

Important! First you need to make preparatory work. On the sides of the cardboard box, two newspaper blanks must be glued next to each other so that they are at a distance of about 6-7 centimeters. The perimeter of cardboard packaging should also be marked with newspaper tubes.

We proceed to the process of manufacturing a product from newspaper tubes:

• Before weaving, it is necessary to glue several newspaper tubes with the ends perpendicular to paired newspaper headlines.
• Then put a couple of newspaper tubes under the side materials, lay them on top and thread them down again.

Important! It is advisable to hide the ends of the previous row and fix with glue.

• The next pair of paper strips should be mirrored: first lay them on top and then pass through from below.
• After the box is braided from all sides and the desired product height is reached, it is necessary to cut off the end of one workpiece in a pair that was originally attached to the side parts.
• Insert a newspaper with a long edge under each successive tube so that you can hide the “chopped off” tip.
• When you pull out all the free ends of the side blanks, continue to braid them over the edge of the future basket. Hide the short loose edges of the paper tubes under the previous row, fixing them with a small amount of glue.

Important! To make parts stick better, they need to be fixed with clothespins.

• After the edges of the basket are made, you should attach the bottom, arrange the lid and make handles.

Pen making

In order to make pens for a basket from newspaper tubes using a master class for beginners, it is necessary to perform the following actions:

1. From two opposite sides at the upper edge of the product at the same distance from the sides, pass through two newspaper blanks.
2. The blanks that remain inside must be thrown over the wall to the outer end of the parts, and with these elements go around the strips.
3. The exact same procedure must be repeated with the second pair of newspaper tubes.
4. Then you should generously grease the edges of twisted materials with glue, and then fix them with a clothespin to each other.
5. Wait for a while so that the adhesive base can dry.

Pens are ready.

Important! In order to cover a neatly formed joint, you need to apply a new layer of glue and wrap the handles with another paper strip.

Cover making

To make the lid you need to perform the following actions:

1. Take a flat cardboard of the required size.
2. Then, using a clerical knife or some other tool, make small holes on the side of the product.
3. After that, insert the tubes into the holes.
4. Now, braid the edge of the lid, while bending one end of the paper blank after the other.
5. In this way, weave the right number of rows.
6. At the end of the work, the free edges of the elements must be hidden under the cover.

Important! Based on personal preferences, you can decorate the finished cover with ribbons, decoupage, old newspapers in the form of a French braid or other elements.

How and how to paint the finished product?

When you have finished making the braid, you need to paint it. Some needlewomen prefer to pre-process paper strips. The color scheme of the basket made may be different:

1. To create a natural shade of wood, you need to use a stain or stain.
2. If you want to give the product a brighter saturated color, you should use acrylic paints, which also create a beautiful shine.
3. In addition, you can use gouache or watercolor, just keep in mind that watercolor paints on the finished product will look very faded.

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How to weave a basket of newspapers according to patterns?

For quick weaving, there is a template that helps to easily make a basket of newspapers. Instructions for beginners how to make a basket of newspaper tubes according to the template:

• From a sufficiently dense cardboard, it is necessary to cut two completely identical patterns of suitable shape and size. This will be the bottom of our product.
• For weaving, it is necessary to apply strips of newspapers that are bent in half in length. To do this, you need to bend in the center of each workpiece so that the edges are in a perpendicular position relative to each other. After that, apply a small amount of glue to the bend and press it with a clothespin.
• In the horizontal direction, it is necessary to fold the resulting “corners” so that one is on top of the other.
• We continue to weave until the canvas of the required length is reached.

Important! For stronger manufacturing, individual strips can be glued with PVA glue.

• Next, the opposite edges must be connected together by strips so that they are interwoven in a checkerboard pattern. The diameter of the product should correspond to the diameter of the cut bottom.

Important! In the process, it is necessary to observe symmetry. To maintain the shape, you can use some kind of vessel.

• From the bottom, you need to bend the ends of the resulting product 90 degrees.
• Now inside you need to insert the first template and glue it to the bent tips.
• Glue the second template on top. Thus, between the two cardboard elements the ends of the walls will be located.
• In order for the product to be glued qualitatively, it is necessary to put a press on the bottom.
• After that, the basket can be arranged in any way you like.

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How to make a round two-tone basket of newspapers?

Weaving a round model is much simpler because it is relatively easy to maintain symmetry. Therefore, for beginner needlewomen, it is recommended to start with such a model.

How to make a round two-tone basket of newspapers:

1. Eight tubes need to be placed very tightly on the table.
2. The next eight blanks are stitched in a checkerboard pattern at an angle of 90 degrees for 4 tubes. The intersection square in this case should be in the middle.
3. We bend a new blank in the middle and drag one element.
4. In the second part, we change direction. We pass the upper straw down, and let the lower one from above.
5. In the same way we make out the next bunch, thus weave a full circle.
6. We pass to the second level. To build up the workpiece, insert the following at the end of the straw.
7. At the third level, it is necessary to divide the bundles in half. The blank must thus wrap around every two elements.
8. In this way weave to the eighth circle.
9. We pass to the ninth circle. The bundle must be divided again in half, after which weave two levels, wrapping each individual straw.
10. Now we need tubes of a different color, they need to weave 4 levels.
11. On the fifth circle, to each base you need to add one blank and knit another circle. So we got a pair of basics.
12. Now we need to add another straw, and we get a triple bunch.
13. We knit five circles.
14. Next, we proceed to knit the side parts of the future product.
15. The sixth row must be knitted with two straws.
16. With each subsequent circle, it is necessary to gradually expand the diameter of the side parts of the basket.
17. Inside a rounded item, you need to round the edges.
18. You need to knit one row and insert the third workpiece horizontally.
19. In this way, you need to weave three levels.
20. Using an awl, you need to move five rows and insert 2 elements between paired bundles. Repeat the process clockwise.
21. Now we need to turn our future product over and carry out exactly the same procedure for vertical workpieces.
22. At the bottom, it is necessary to bend the vertical tubes in such a way that a pigtail can be spun out of them.
23. Now we do it with an awl and an additional tube, bending inward.

The original model from the newspapers is ready. In this way, several colors can be randomly combined.

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How to make an egg basket?

To make such a basket, you need a cardboard egg tray and a thick cardboard for the base, having the size of the tray. As usual, you must first prepare newspaper tubes.

How to make an egg basket from newspaper tubes:

• Prepare the tubes along the length of the bottom of the product.
• Next, glue the newspaper on the prepared base from thick cardboard.
• Glue with straws on four sides around the perimeter of the base.
• Then, after drying, glue the second row with PVA glue.

Important! During the manufacturing process, it is necessary to check the evenness of the angles and the plane of the manufactured wall.

• On convex places on the back of the egg tray, glue must be applied to fix it to the inside of the bottom.
• Now you need to glue the tips of the three straws and fasten them with a clothespin.
• Next, weave a pigtail out of them, if necessary, build a straw.
• The made pigtail handle must be glued to the sides of the basket.

Important! In the case of sloppy sections, you can apply a newspaper strip about 2-3 cm wide and glue all the bumps. As a decor, you can use acrylic varnish or stain.

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Useful tips from experienced needlewomen

In the process of manufacturing this product, there are many unforeseen situations and ordinary moments that are very easily solved by professionals, but can cause bewilderment for beginner needlewomen. Consider the most common problems that you can familiarize yourself with in advance.

Senior experienced handymen willingly recommend:

• If you are going to make a small basket, then the distance between the racks should not exceed 2 cm, otherwise the product will not be strong and will stagger.
• When processing the joints of the workpiece, you need to cut it at an acute angle, drip the glue and insert the elements into each other. The glue thus appears inside, not outside.
• If you overdone and the tubes turned out to be quite tight, they need to be sprayed from the spray gun and loaded into a plastic bag. When wet, the straws become supple again, and when dry, they become strong.
• The tubes made of their glazed magazines with thick coated paper have increased strength.But they are subsequently difficult to stain.
• The best quality tubes can be obtained from the cash register tape, but this will require a lot of source material, and it is quite expensive.
• Plain paper sheets, which are used for printing on a printer, are certainly better than newspapers, since they do not have a font. But it is also not a cheap pleasure.
• To connect workpieces, it is best to use PVA glue. It will require a lot of it, so you need to pre-prepare it in large quantities, since it will cost much cheaper.
• It is not recommended to use glue that dries instantly, since if necessary there is no possibility to correct the structure if deformation accidentally occurs. Your product in this case will not be able to preserve integrity.
• If, before weaving, you painted the blanks and they began to break, then they can be moistened with a little water and save the situation.
• Using a mixture of PVA glue, water and a small amount of varnish, you can prepare a primer, which is an excellent protection against water.
• When painting the product, spray paint can be used - in this case, coloring will occur evenly.

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Newspaper tubes are a very convenient material from which you can create the most incredible crafts. In this article, we offered you ideas for creating baskets, but this does not mean that you need to stop there. Having “filled” your hand, you can show your imagination and create other crafts.