Recycled Paper Table Decoration

Why buy placemats?

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Here is a way to embellish a table for a meal in the garden by making placemats and a candle holder with magazine pages

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You Will Need (4 things)

  • Magazine(s)
  • Craft Glue
  • Scissors
  • Empty milk Brick

Steps (7 steps, 45 minutes)

  1. 1

    Cut the magazine pages into strips 4.5 cm wide. Fold them in three lengthwise to stiffen them

  2. 2

    For the placemats, weave the strips of paper until you get the desired size.
    For the finishes, glue strips of paper along the four sides

  3. 3

    For each tealight holder, cut circles the size of the bottom of the glasses in the brick. You need two circles per tealight holder

  4. 4

    Glue strips of paper radially between two circles, reflective part outwards

  5. 5

    Fold the strips of paper around the glass and braid them. To avoid breaking the glasses, they can be replaced by a cardboard tube during the weaving. For finishing, glue a strip of paper along the top edge

    Put a candle in the glasses

  6. 6

    with the same technique it is also possible to make napkin rings

  7. 7

    Set the table