Flower pot
Materials required:-
newspaper, glue, balloon, watercolours.
Step 1: Take a balloon. Blow it according to the size you want of your flower pot.
Step 2: Take some newspapers.
Step 3 : Cut the newspapers in small pieces.
Step 4 : Start applying glue on from one side of balloon.
Step 5 : Then paste the newspaper pieces on the balloon. Just paste only on that much area how much you want your flower to be.
Step 6 : Keep doing the same and cover the balloon with newspaper.
Step 7: Once the balloon is covered one time. Then can start pasting newspapers over it five to six times
Step 8 : It will become 5- 6 time layered if you still feel it is soft you can add some more layers.
Step 9 : Now Let it dry.
Step 10: When it is completely dry. Then burst the balloon.
Step 11: You can leave it for some time and then cut the unnecessary part.
Step 12 : You can colour the way you want. You can use the colours of your choice.
Step 13: Your pot is ready.
Diwali wall hanging
Materials required:-
Newspaper, glue, craft papers, watercolours and hard chart paper.
Step 1 : Take newspaper and cut it into pieces.
Step 2: Now take a piece and roll it with a pencil.
Step 3: Do the same and make 8 such paper pipes.
Step 4: Keep 4 paper pipes at distance of 1-1.5 inches diagonally.
Step 5: Then paste another 4 paper pipes above it to opposite diagonal sides.
Step 6: Now make the diyas using craft paper.
Step 8: Start making small accordion style folds along its long edge.
Step 8: Then fold it and cut in semicircle.
Step 9: Make the flame by making small accordion style folds.
Step 10: Make some big and some small diyas and suspend it freely by using thread.
Step 11: Then write happy Diwali by using hard chart paper.
Step 12: Now paste the diyas and happy diwali as shown.
Step 13: Your Diwali wall hanging is ready.
Pen holder
Materials required:
Newspaper or magazine paper, glue, tape roll, cardboard
Step 1: Take newspaper or magazine paper in cut the newspaper.
Step 2: Cut the newspaper/magazine Paper as shown in the figure.
Step 3: Then start rolling it along with pencil or some other thin material.
Step 4: Make 30-35 such rolls.
Step 5: Take the empty tape roll. Keep it on cardboard and draw circle along its edges on cardboard.
Step 6: Now cut the cardboard along the marking.
Step 8: Paste it under the tape roll to close one of its end.
Step 9: Now paste the paper pipes on the tape roll as shown.
Step 10: Your pen stand is ready.
Photo frame
Materials required
Cardboard, newspaper, glue, chart paper, watercolours
Step 1: Take cardboard and cut it according to the size that you want your photo frame to be. keep in mind that it should be bigger than the photo size.
Step 2: Paste photo on it.
Step 3: Now make 16 paper pipes by rolling newspaper.
step 4: Keep in mind that the paper pipes should be of same size and bigger than the cardboard frame.
Step 5: Now paste one pipe on cardboard and start pasting other pipes from up to down.
Step 6: Paste 4 each side as shown.
Step 7: You can hang it by a thread or you can cut a long cardboard piece and fold it from one side and paste the folded side at the back of photo frame.
Step 8: Your photo frame is ready. You can decorate if you want by using water colours. One example of coloured one is given.
So what are you all waiting for…
Go for making these homemade decorative items from waste newspapers.
