DIY Paper Baskets

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You Will Need (3 things)

Steps (11 steps, 40 minutes)

1. 1

   Cut the brown papers into strips of 1.5 inch width. Then fold them into half inch width and keep the length about 12 inches or more. Make as many as you can.

2. 2

   Basket-1:
   Take 16 strips and divide them into half. Lay out 8 strips vertically and 8 strips horizontally as shown in the first picture of this step. Tighten the weave carefully to make sure that all the sides are even.

3. 3

   Basket-1:
   Build up the sides. Take a strip and go around the sides weaving over and under as shown in the picture. Add strips with the next one using glue. Weave all the way up.

4. 4

   Basket-1:
   Keep about half an inch of the vertical strips to fold them at the end. While folding the remaining part of the strip use glue to make sure they don't come out. The square paper basket is ready!

5. 5

   Basket-2:
   You'll need cardboard to make a round figure for the base of the basket. Take 8 paper strips. At first take 2 strips and glue them at the center, which forms a cross. Now, do the same with the rest of the strips and make sure to glue them at the center. After laying all the 8 strips together glue the round cardboard at the center of the star shape.

6. 6

   Basket-2:
   Hold few of the remaining strips up, as shown in the picture. Take another strip and weave over-under all around. After weaving the first strip you won't need to hold the paper strips up as they will remain straight themselves. Keep weaving around the basket.

7. 7

   Basket-2:
   Keep about half to 1 inch extra of the strips at the end. Fold the remaining parts of the strips inside and glue them.

8. 8

   You'll also need a round cardboard piece and strips of 0.5 cm width to make this basket. Use super glue to stick 12 strips with the round cardboard plate.

9. 9

   Now hold few strips up as shown in the picture. Take another strip and start weaving over-under all around. After weaving the first strip you won't need to hold the paper strips up as they will remain straight. Keep weaving until you reach the required height.

10. 10

    Keep about half to 1 inch of the strips at the end. Fold the remaining parts of the strips inside and glue them.

11. 11

    To make this basket you can use all the remaining strips, so that they don't get wasted. Stick all the remaining strips together vertically with glue. Cut out an oval shaped cardboard piece. Now take the strip and glue it with the oval shaped cardboard plate (as shown in the picture). Start coiling up carefully and continue gluing the strip until the basket reaches its required height. When the strip comes to an end fold it inside and use glue to make sure it doesn't come out.