Love to please your loved ones unusual gifts made with my own hands? Or maybe you are interested in crafts from waste material? Then you will be interested to know how to make a box from newspaper tubes. The activity is quite exciting, easy and interesting, and the cost necessary materials minimal.

You might be surprised, but old newspapers aren't just for cleaning fish or cleaning windows. They can serve you usefully for many years. Open photo tutorials on weaving baskets, boxes and even homemade small wardrobes from newspaper tubes allow you to judge how practical these things really are. A little imagination, paint and a bit of free time allow skillful hands to create real works of art.

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Required materials:

• a stack of newspapers;
• glue;
• cardboard;
• rhinestones and ribbons for decoration;
• dye.

Process description:

• Cut the newspaper into strips and roll it into tubes, securing its edges with PVA glue.
• Then, from ready-made newspaper tubes, roll 1 large circle, 9 very small ones, 1 medium size and 14 intermediate ones between the previous two.

• Coat the edges of a large circle with glue and place thick cardboard on it. In the future, it will serve us as a solid foundation for the box.

1. Decorate a sheet of cardboard with newspaper tubes, having previously coated the strip with glue.

• Glue the smallest ones around the middle ball and secure them with a few turns of newspaper tape.
• Then make a row of the remaining balls with tape and glue a thin layer of cardboard to the side, thus forming a lid.
• Decorate the top layer of cardboard with a newspaper tube and let the structure dry a little.

• After this, dilute the glue in a small amount of water and thoroughly coat all newspaper inserts.
• Once the sticky layer is completely dry, coat the basket with paint.

• The newspaper box is almost ready, all that remains is to add some decorations and decorate the lid with openwork ribbon.
• Now you can put all the things dear to your heart into a box.

Making an antique chest

The next master class on weaving a box from newspaper tubes will teach you how to create antique-finished items. Surely you remember your grandmother’s old chests, where many valuable things were stored: grandfather’s war photographs, jewelry, ribbons and bows. As children, we loved to secretly look into this secret place dear to our hearts. Now it's time to recreate the past in your memory and try to bring childhood memories to life.

Required materials:

• thick cardboard;
• a stack of newspapers;
• glue;
• 3 elastic bands;
• scissors;
• pencil;
• 2 wooden planks;
• thick fabric;
• dye.

Process description:

• First, cut out the top cover from cardboard, trimming the edges of the paper in the shape of arcs.
• Secure the cardboard with 3 rubber bands so that it takes a semicircular shape.
• Then, using regular glue, make several decorative horizontal stripes and decorate them with weaving from a newspaper tube.

• Cut out a separate sheet of cardboard and cover the sides of the lid with paper. Glue the finished parts to the base.

• On the inside of the lid, use hot silicone glue to attach two wooden strips parallel to each other.

• Using newspaper tubes and fabric tape, glue the lid to the back of the chest base.
• Make a cross weave from newspapers on the base of the box and glue the joints with sheets of paper.

• Turn the finished casket on its side and strengthen its base by gluing another thick sheet of cardboard to the bottom.
• Attach one ball made from a newspaper tube from each corner.

• Take the finished chest out into the open air and coat it with varnish.
• If desired, you can attach decorative handles and a lock to the lid of the casket.

You can decorate finished caskets in completely different ways. Here taste, light perception and the special preferences of the craftswoman play a big role. Weaving a box from newspaper tubes with an unusual lid, for example, like in this photo tutorial, will look very original.

Required materials:

• a stack of newspapers;
• scissors;
• glue;
• thin knitting needle;
• acrylic paint;
• bottle.

Process description:

• Fold 16 newspaper tubes crosswise as shown in the photo below. The base will be denser if you deliberately lubricate the intersections of the strips with glue.
• Bend one tube in half and pass it through the adjacent horizontal line.
• Then repeat the same with the other tube. This technique is called “rope weaving”; you can see its essence in books on basket weaving.
• When 4-5 centimeters of a solid base are ready, place a weighting agent in the center. This could be a jar of water or a small bucket.

• When you reach the desired height, remove the weight and hide the ends of the tubes behind each other, thus forming a smooth edge.

• Make the lid for the box using the same principle, only weave a newspaper base of a larger diameter.
• After this, place a wine bottle in the center of the lid and braid it diagonally, creating an original handle.

• Cover all details acrylic paints and dry in the open air.
• Decorate the finished basket with artificial flowers, ribbons, bows or beads.
• A simple box with an original lid is ready! It is not too deep, so it is only suitable for storing small accessories, ribbons or notes.

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Before you start weaving a square box, you need to learn how to make a square bottom. Let us immediately warn you that square shape often causes difficulties for beginners, so it is recommended that beginners start with small round baskets. You can familiarize yourself with the procedure for weaving such baskets in our previous article.

There are several ways to make a square bottom:

1. Use ordinary plywood (we will tell you more about it below);
2. Weave the bottom using tubes, the bottom will turn out beautiful, wicker. But this option will be a little difficult for beginners at the initial stage;
3. A piece can act as a bottom for a wicker box corrugated cardboard, pasted over with paper, wallpaper or fabric.

Let's first look at this option for making the bottom.

Cardboard bottom covered with vinyl wallpaper

Maintain geometry during weaving rectangular bottom– one of the most difficult tasks for a beginner. In such cases, a cardboard bottom is used, which is in no way inferior to a wicker one.

In order to make a cardboard bottom we will need:

• Vinyl wallpaper. You can replace them with anything: from plain paper to fabric;
• pva glue;
• Cardboard with double corrugation.

We cut out the bottom of the dimensions we need from cardboard. The wallpaper must be divided into two rectangles of different sizes. We cut the first one to the size of the bottom, and make the second one a little larger (for bending).

Carefully coat the cardboard with glue on one side. We take a blank of a larger area and put cardboard on it. After turning it over, smooth the wallpaper with a polyurethane spatula to remove all bubbles. Of course, you can do without it, but such a tool will simplify the work and make it better.

Smoothed wallpaper sticks in a matter of minutes! Having smeared the base with glue, we press the fold tightly to the cardboard, as if pulling it from the edges to the center.

Important! In some cases, the wallpaper may not stick to each other. In such situations, it is recommended to glue the corners with a more powerful glue.

Next, apply pva to the base and firmly press a smaller piece of wallpaper (cut according to the size of the bottom). After this, smooth out and remove the bubbles using the same spatula. The bottom is ready!

Don't be alarmed if the corners are slightly off. Glue them with a more powerful glue, for example, polymer “Master”, “Dragon” or “Titan”.

Now, so that the bottom does not bend over night and dry out thoroughly, it needs to be placed under pressure. After a day, you can begin the next stage of weaving a box from newspaper tubes: creating holes for the stands.

To do this we need an awl with an extension and a rather sharp tip. Holes need to be made at the ends of the bottom along its entire perimeter, at a distance of approximately 2.5 cm from each other. Pay attention! The awl should fit evenly. Do not damage the bottom walls.

Now you need to glue the racks into each hole.

Lubricate the holes with pva glue, and remove the excess with a cloth. The deeper you manage to place the rack, the stronger the structure will be.

Compared to bottoms made by gluing racks between two blanks (shown in the photo below), this method is particularly elegant. The products are thin and neat, which is great for creating small baskets and boxes.

In order for the glue to set well and to be sure that the racks will not fall out, it is necessary to leave the bottom for a couple of hours to dry. After this, you can safely continue working.

As a precaution, we will make the inside of the box on the side where the smaller piece of wallpaper was pasted. This is done in case the basket is placed on a damp surface.

In this case, nothing will come off, since the outer edge is wrapped in wallpaper. Also, to protect against moisture and make the structure stronger, the bottom is coated with acrylic varnish.

Let's start raising the racks. This should be done as follows:

Taking an auxiliary, new tube, we place it under the counter (pay attention to the photo below). Next, we bend the stand, bringing it under the neighboring ones and lifting it up. We repeat this action with all the other tubes.

Important! Pay attention to the angle! In order for the corner post to maintain its position, you need to move it towards you (look at the photo below).

Next, we bring the previous rack under it and lift the corner one up. Thus, the original corner post seems to hug the new corner post and lead it behind the next one. This method allows you to get an even angle.

Having done this around the perimeter of the bottom, remove the auxiliary tube and place the last remaining stand in its place. As a result, we got a neat bottom.

Now the main task is to beautifully braid the resulting frame with any in a convenient way, calico weaving or rope.

Paper for the bottoms or imitation wrinkled fabric/leather.

If wallpapering cardboard seems too banal or just doesn’t suit your taste, don’t be afraid to experiment! For example, use regular A4 sheets or watercolor paper.

Take a regular sheet office paper A4 and lightly spray it on both sides with a spray bottle. Next, scrunch it into a ball, making small folds, and hold it in your fist. This is necessary so that each fold is well saturated with water and slightly loosened. Carefully unroll the wet sheet of paper and place it on the film.

Take a brush and paint the sheet on one side with a light stain. Turning it over, paint it dark.

Advice! It will be much easier to turn the sheet over without damaging its integrity if you cover it with a second piece of film, turn it the other side and remove the piece on which the paper was originally located.

A very interesting pattern appears on the front side of the paper: veins painted with dark stain appear through the light stain.

After drying, the paper will shrink slightly and begin to look like leather. Before gluing it to the cardboard, it is recommended to spray the sheet on one side with a spray bottle.

After varnishing such bottoms, they turn out unique and quite attractive.

Alena Bugrova offered her step-by-step video tutorial on decorating the bottom of a wicker basket. This method requires more effort and time and involves applying a multi-layer patina. The result will pleasantly surprise you!

Weaving a square bottom from newspaper tubes using a machine

Without a machine, a beginner in this business will not be able to hold the racks in the correct position. They can taper towards the center, taking away the geometry of the bottom, so getting an even rectangle without having experience behind you is not easy. There are several types of homemade machines. Let's consider each of them separately.

Machine No. 1 - arched perforated plastic corner

Such a machine is constructed using an arched profile for drywall. It rigidly fixes the racks and dimensions of the product. The tubes are inserted into one of the parts of the corner (where the holes are) and not removed until the end of the weaving, and the other (where the recesses) are used for the active movement of the racks when creating the bottom. The opposite ends of the tubes are placed precisely in these chamfers.

Olga Ladoga covered the topic of weaving on this machine step by step and in detail. Watch the lesson in this video:

To maintain evenness and consistency of shape, it is recommended to place skewers or knitting needles on the outer posts.

To make weaving comfortable and enjoyable, one condition must be met. Tubes used as racks, must be completely dry, and workers (used directly during weaving) - wet.

There are several ways to braid racks: with chintz (you will need one tube) and with “reverse rope” (you will need 2). When weaving with chintz, you need to take turns placing the tube behind the stand and in front of it. When weaving with a “reverse rope”, the bottom will be more even and will not bend.

You can braid the racks as follows: if you weave with chintz, leave the ends of the working tubes on the sides, approximately every 2-3 rows. In the future they will be side posts. The result should look like this:

How to achieve this:

However, if you braid the posts completely without leaving the ends, then you need to add tubes to the two bare walls. This is done at the end of the work, after we remove the bottom from the machine.

With this option, glue new racks every 3 rows (look at the photo below):

After this, it is recommended to braid the racks with a simple rope, preferably 2 rows. This way they will be held in place more firmly. And only after this can you raise the racks.

Machine No. 2 - cardboard in combination with clothespins

If you do not have the opportunity to make a machine from PVC corners, make it from simple materials at hand, for example from a piece of cardboard. Just secure the posts with clothespins at the distance you need from each other. Important! The racks must be strictly fixed on one side and movable on the other.

Taking a piece of cardboard, draw stripes on it at a distance of 1.5-1.8 cm.

To each line, observing the ruler, we attach newspaper tubes using clothespins. The tubes can also be secured with masking tape instead of clothespins. The tape is then easily removed without leaving any traces.

Machine No. 3 - penoplex (or cardboard) in combination with tailor's pins

Many people use penoplex as a material for making the machine, which can be purchased at any hardware store. The softness of the material allows you to insert tailor's pins into it, which can even be replaced with toothpicks. They serve as a kind of limiter for the tubes; during the braiding process they are not pulled to the sides. The distance between the posts can be made 2-2.5 cm, depending on your preferences.

The weaving pattern on this machine is discussed step by step in the video:

Maintain right angles

Often, craftswomen who take up this business for the first time have difficulties with the evenness of the corner posts. To achieve perfect evenness of the corners, you need to weave on a rigid form! The corners must be clear. This is suitable not only carton the shape you need, but also other available materials that can hold their shape well. It is possible to use even large children's LEGO sets.

When raising the racks, remember that the outermost ones must be exactly in the center of the corner. Before you start braiding the walls, it is recommended to insert 2 additional posts into the corner. Thus, this corner post will not be single, but triple.

Olga Ladoga explains the basic principles of braiding corners in her master class:

Weaving a large laundry box

If you are just starting to weave, we advise you to use a cardboard bottom. It will be difficult to take on the task of making a wicker bottom without some preparation: after all, you need to follow the instructions and ensure the evenness of the corners and each post.

Since a laundry basket made from newspaper tubes is designed for a large load, in the case of a cardboard bottom it is recommended to make the bottom double: so that the posts are located between two sheets of cardboard.

If you plan to use plywood, then the bottom of the bottom for the linen box can be made single, in this case, the racks must be secured as firmly as possible using a furniture stapler and polymer glue. To prevent the staples from being visible, you need to take plywood at least 6 mm thick, otherwise they will come out from the inside out.

When forming double bottom made of plywood or MDF, it will look much neater if you take two sheets 4 mm thick. There will be no joints, the bottom will be smooth both inside and out.

If your choice still falls on corrugated cardboard, you will need two blanks made according to the template. Do not forget to cover them with wallpaper or other paper analogues. Between these blanks we glue the stands using polymer glue (look at the photo below)! This will give the structure greater strength.

Leave it to dry overnight under pressure. After this, we braid at least one row of ropes around the perimeter. You can braid a rope into 3 or more tubes, or you can braid it into 2 tubes. This step will eliminate the gaps between the workpieces.

Now, in a way already familiar to us, we lift the racks up, wrapping them behind the adjacent one, and align them.

If you place the racks behind the second adjacent one, the frame will take on the following form:

Now all that remains is to braid the racks with any of the patterns. For beginners, “chintz” may be suitable, as it requires a minimal amount of material to weave. Having placed the form inside, we begin weaving with moistened tubes. We continue to the height we need.

When weaving with a “simple rope”, approximately one and a half times more material is wasted than when weaving with “chintz”.

You can complete the work by cutting off the racks. Paint the resulting “stumps” with the same solution that was used to paint the tubes so that unsightly cuts are not visible.

Now the box needs to be primed. Mix the following ingredients in 1:1 proportions: varnish and water, or water and pva glue. After this, the casket needs to be thoroughly coated and dried.

Leave it for at least a day. In a day it will acquire rigidity and will squeak pleasantly. Then we cover it with acrylic varnish in 1-2 layers and let it dry.

Rectangular lid with inner edge

In order to make such a lid, you need to follow the following sequence of actions:

We glue 2 racks to the cardboard, as shown in the photo.

Next, after applying glue, we attach a second piece of cardboard and send our frame to dry under pressure.

We weave with a “rope” to the size we need, braiding both posts. The size should not exceed the internal size of the box.

Having tried it on and made sure that the lid does not reach the edges a couple of centimeters, we continue to braid only one rack, bending the second one. It will serve as the beginning of our future side. For ease of weaving, you can place books under the lid.

Having reached the right size, turn it over and start weaving a side of 2-3 rows. Then we cut off the racks and try the lid on the box again.

Since the corners are not strong enough, these posts must be bent under the side, secured with glue, and then cut off. Since the rest of the weaving is dense, we simply cut off the remaining posts.

A box made of newspaper tubes can serve not only as a laundry basket, but also as storage for toys. Knitting them is no more difficult than knitting, and the possibilities are very diverse. In a similar way, you can make things of various sizes: it could be a small box or chest, which is very useful in everyday life.

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Recently, weaving from newspaper tubes has been gaining immense popularity. This work will help develop fine motor skills hands, patience. In this article we invite you to see how to make a box from newspaper tubes.

Let's start simple

The process of making a box from newspaper tubes can be followed in a master class that is suitable even for beginners.

To work, we will need a bunch of unnecessary newspaper tubes, cardboard, scissors, a pencil, and a disk.

This master class is provided with step by step photos, where everything is shown very clearly. The first step is to make the tubes. Watch the video on how to make these tubes correctly. They can be made not only from newspaper, but also from office paper.

The next step is to paint these tubes. To work you will need water, cosmetic pigment or water paint, plastic bottle. Painting technology: pour water into a bottle, take the tubes and wet them on one side, then turn them over and wet them again on the other side. At the end, the tubes should be placed on a tray to dry.

We wait until the tubes dry. There are many more than 300 of them.

Take the disk and trace it on cardboard. Then cut out four circles. You can cover the cardboard with self-adhesive tape. We will need cardboard because we are making a box from newspaper tubes with a cardboard bottom.

Take the tubes and start gluing them onto the cardboard, the length between the tubes is 1 cm, as shown in the photo. We coat the tubes with a thick layer of glue, and glue the second circle on top.

Take the first tube and bend it as shown in the photo. Next, the first newspaper tube needs to be folded up the second one behind the next column, with the second tube at the top. You need to take a closer look at the following photos.

We repeat the same steps.

We add more and more tubes. When the end remains, you need to drop a drop of glue into the wide part of the newspaper tube and insert the narrow side of another newspaper tube.

We reach the first column from which weaving began.

The next step is to raise the walls of the box, as shown in the photo.

We begin to make a kind of “rope” using three newspaper tubes: take the bottom one and wind it every two columns, that is, behind the third.

The same manipulations must be continued with further newspaper tubes.

When we get to the very beginning, we need to take the tubes out.

Again, as shown above, we lengthen the tubes and begin to weave. Example: we stretch tube number one above and below the posts, then the second tube under and above the posts.

We continue to work, lengthening the tubes.

We continue weaving in a circle.

When we have woven about ten cm of the box in height, we need to weave it to the column where we started weaving, add a third newspaper tube and start the weaving pattern, placing each lower tube behind the third column.

We weave another circle.

Here's what it should look like:

We continue weaving, increasing the newspaper tubes with the main color.

We weave the next few rows like this.

We weave until we reach the first column where everyone started. At this stage, we bend the tails into the inside of the product.

By using thin hook you need to hide the columns inside, as shown in the photo.

Spray the remaining ponytails a little with water and then trim them.

The process of creating the lid will be shown in the following photos, which we will consider step by step. First, glue the tubes onto the cardboard again, coat them with glue and glue the second disk.

It's hard to say who came up with this and when most interesting activity- weaving from paper tubes. Perhaps it was an ecologist trying to reduce the amount of waste paper in this way, or a poor, but creative dreamer, acting on the principle of “need for invention is cunning,” but the result turned out to be unpredictably phenomenal. Creative people were literally gripped by an epidemic of paper weaving: the materials turned out to be much more accessible than wood vines, the possibilities were wider, and the products were absolutely exclusive and inimitable.

The use of homemade boxes

Box in the house for a woman- a very useful thing, and for a needlewoman - simply necessary. Moreover, the more of them, the better: in one there are embroidery threads, in the second - balls, in the third - knitting needles, hooks and needles, in the next - and braid. And somewhere else you need to put scissors, glue, a stationery knife, stencil staplers... The more hobbies, the more boxes, chests and boxes are required.

Small boxes are suitable for small items, and a large box can be intended for laundry prepared for washing.

In addition to the fact that the box is the right thing in the house, it is also wonderful: as a standalone or as a box for the main gift. A wide variety of design options will make it, depending on the occasion, spectacular and original, festive and discreet.

Organization of the workplace and materials

Why does it have to be from newspapers? Any thin paper will do: advertising brochures from chain supermarkets, old magazines and just A4 stationery sheets. Newspaper differs favorably from other materials in that it lends itself very well to coloring and tinting. In addition, it does not tear when twisted, looks like a vine and gives the finished product a retro look.

To weave a box or casket with your own hands, you will need the following materials and tools:

The process of weaving paper tubes is very creative, and the authors make their own adjustments to it. For example, to fix the tubes that serve as fittings for the box, some use paper clips or clothespins, others use glue such as “Monolith”, “Second” or “Moment”.

In addition to all the materials listed, It is necessary to conveniently equip your workplace. The table on which the tubes will spin and the product will be created should not be high, otherwise your hands will get tired. Additionally, you may need heavy things such as weights or water, or a hammer.

Preparation of newspaper raw materials

Making tubes- the most labor-intensive and slightly boring process. It’s convenient to do this in front of the TV, gradually with experience you almost don’t have to watch your hands, it’s quite possible to combine business with pleasure.

The result was tubes desired color and, despite the fact that they were twisted evenly, they turned out to be clearly thicker at one end than at the other. That's how it should be. The thin end is inserted into the wide one, and thus the paper vine grows.

Master class on making a box

A box of newspaper tubes can be of various shapes. This entirely depends on the base that is supposed to be braided. For those who are taking their first steps in this type of needlework, I would like to advise you to use round base. Weaving a round box or box with your own hands without any skills is a little easier than making it square or oval.

For the frame, you should take 12 tubes and place 3 of them on top of each other to create a “sun” with 8 ends. It is convenient to do this in advance, even overnight. Next, connect them together with quick-fix glue and place some weight on top. The next day it will be very easy to work with the finished frame.

First the bottom is knitted. One tube should be wrapped around one of the “rays of the sun” and intertwined with two ends: one goes from the outside, the other from the inside, and alternate until the end. After 4 rows, separate one tube from each “ray” and continue weaving, taking into account additional racks, then after another 4 rows the last pairs of tubes are separated, and the resulting 24 pieces of rack are braided to the end of the bottom. The tubes are expanded as needed.

There is an easier way to make the bottom of a box or chest.

The bottom of the future product is cut out of cardboard, the size of which corresponds to the bottom of the base: boxes, buckets, bottles. Tubes for the frame are glued onto it and fixed on top with the same cardboard circle, square or oval.

On top of the wicker bottom is installed weighted base, which is braided in the same way as in the first case. The density of the weaving is regulated by the number of vertical posts.

To make the box look complete, the last row is woven as follows: each vertical post is inserted behind the next one and pulled down with an awl for 3-4 rows, the end is cut off with a stationery knife. There are other ways to decorate the top edge of a product, demonstrated in various master classes.

The lid is woven in exactly the same way, but slightly larger than the box itself, the height of the lid is 4−5 cm.

It is not difficult to weave a box from newspaper tubes with your own hands - it is the same square box of a larger size, so there is no big difference in weaving.

A chest made from newspaper tubes, the weaving master class for which is given below, is also not much different from making a box: mainly only in the shape and method of attaching the lid.

So far, what has happened is just a preparation, appearance product depends on final stage. Using a large brush, thoroughly saturate the walls and bottom of the box with PVA glue. You need to tap the bottom with a hammer so that it is flat, you also need to tap out all the uneven places and those where the vertical posts were “hidden”. While the braids are slightly damp, adjust the lid and hide all the flaws. Allow time to dry - about 5 hours.

The finished product must be varnished, if necessary - in two layers. Varnishes come in matte and glossy. The hand-woven box just needs to be decorated. Decouped boxes look beautiful and different every time; finishing with ribbons and beads will make them elegant. If decoupage is planned in the future, first the box is covered with napkins, then a layer of PVA is applied, and after drying the surface is varnished.

Having mastered the weaving of boxes from newspaper tubes, you can safely begin to the production of more complex products: baskets, organizers, souvenirs, toys, handbags and other original and necessary items, since the possibilities for this type of handmade are endless.

Nowadays, weaving from newspaper tubes is becoming increasingly popular. This activity is not difficult enough, and it is also very exciting and interesting. The cost of purchasing the starting material is almost minimal, since absolutely everyone has everything that is needed to make a round box from newspaper tubes.

Old newspapers or newsprint.
An ordinary knife.
Thin knitting needle.
PVA glue.
Food coloring.
Clear varnish
Brush for processing the finished product.

Step-by-step description of making a box.
1. Direct weaving of the box will be done from newspaper tubes, of which approximately 200-220 pieces will be required. In order to get a newspaper tube, you need to cut a newspaper or magazine, using a regular knife, crosswise into strips, the width of which is about 5 cm. If you plan tubes of more than dark colors, then you can use newspaper. For light tubes and bright colors should be used newsprint, since the letters may show through when painted.

2. In order for the tube to be long and neat, the knitting needle should be used as thin as possible. A knitting needle is placed on the edge of a newspaper strip at an angle of 35-40 degrees. The smaller the angle, the thinner the tube. From thin tubes the product turns out neater and more delicate. Pressing the edge of the paper tightly against the knitting needle, you need to twist the tube. Coat the remaining top edge with PVA glue and screw the tube to the end. Pull out the knitting needle. The tube is ready.

3. To paint the tubes, you can use stain and food coloring.
To paint with stain, simply dip the tubes into a bottle with this solution and immediately remove them. Leave to dry in fresh air for 3 hours.
To paint tubes with food coloring, you need to dilute them according to the instructions and lower the tubes into a container with paint for 5-7 seconds. Dry in a warm place until completely dry.

4. To weave the bottom of the box, you need 4 groups of tubes, 2 in each, lay them crosswise on top of each other. These tubes are called risers.

5. Place 1 working tube under the lowest group of tubes and braid each group in turn.

6. In order to extend the working tube, you need to fold one edge of the next in half and insert it into the working one. There is no need to glue anything.

7. After 6-7 rows of weaving, the risers must be divided so that 8 single ones (from 4 groups) are formed. Substitute another working tube in the same way as the first one. Next, weave the product with a “rope”. To do this, you need to wrap the first working tube around the riser from above, and the second from below. Braid the second riser in the same way, only the tube that was on top will go down, and the bottom one will go up.

8. After the bottom of the required diameter is ready, the working tubes must be glued and carefully cut after drying.

9. To weave the walls of the box, you need to raise the risers up. To do this, we place one riser from below under the nearby one and carefully lift it up. We do the same work with the others.

10. If necessary, increase the risers.

11. Insert the mold into the product. When using it, the product will turn out more neat and even. Place 2 working tubes.

12. Weave 2-3 rows with a “rope”. In order to get a pattern, 1 working tube must be replaced with a different color. Next, weave according to the intended pattern.

13. After weaving the walls of the box is completed, glue the working tubes and cut them.