Paper Coiling

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• Step 1

  Cut a couple (i used about five) of different colored pieces of paper into fairly thin strips. It doesn't matter if the strips vary in thickness or if a single strip has different widths. It gives your art more character!

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  Step 2

  Using scissors to curl the paper like you would a balloon ribbon, give one end of the paper strip a starting curl.

  You don't really need to use scissors for this, you can just use a fingernail, or make it curly some other way. I just think its fun.

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  Step 3

  Roll the paper between your fingers to get the right kind of spiral. I think you get the idea

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  Step 4

  Roll up the rest of the strip to your desired size. Varied sizes are fantastic!

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  Step 5

  Now you can shape your spiral a bit. Squish it between your fingers to get different shapes. After you make some pinched corners, let it loosen a bit so you have this cool effect. Its sort of hard to explain, but try it on really tightly spun paper strips : pinch and let unravel.

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  Step 6

  Glue the loose end of the spiral down. Now you have a self sustaining spiraly circle

• Step 7

  You can also do shaping after you glue the loose end down. It really doesn't make a difference unless you want to have the unravel part.

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  Step 8

  Now you need to glue down the pieces. If you are not using a quick drying glue, you may need to hold it there for a while. But it will still work if you don't have any fancy types of glue.

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Call me Buddy · 15 projects 19th April 2013

just so you know it's called quiling ;)

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KellBell · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US · 5 projects 16th May 2011

my friend has a kit on how to paper coil and she makes monkeys and stuff, its one of the coolest things ive ever seen!

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Lozzaaaa XP · Morisset, New South Wales, AU · 1 project 14th April 2010

i do these with my next-door neighbor but we write what we should do next on them and when we are bored we pull one out and do that

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Erica H. · Highland Heights, Ohio, US 20th February 2009

What if you glued several different colors of these on a single piece of paper and framed it? it could be colorful wall art with texture. This is going to be really cheap addition to my dorm room. Thanks for the inspiration!

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DIS.AR.RAY · Las Vegas, Nevada, US · 32 projects 3rd August 2008

This is cool, they are cute... I was just wonderig what you could use them for?

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Cat Morley · London, GB · 1432 projects 19th June 2008

Awesome, thanks for showing us how!

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Kris B. · Burrillville, Rhode Island, US · 2 projects 19th June 2008

Just last week I found two *ginormous* bags full of leftover strips from paper shredders at school. Now they will be curly-awesome paper strips.

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Emily · Springfield, Missouri, US · 8 projects 30th May 2008

!!wow!!

i didnt think so many people would like this project.
thanks everyone.

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Emily · Springfield, Missouri, US · 8 projects 12th May 2008

thanks for the comments everyone.

shivi, paper quilling! thanks for the official-ness you have granted!

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Debbie the Vegan · Blairstown, New Jersey, US · 18 projects 12th May 2008

cool great tut thanks )
deb

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