![]() Step six: Once you’re happy with the placement of the strips, glue the pieces of paper on the strips together in the four corners of the square, to secure what will be the base of your basket. Make sure the edges are all neatly aligned. Step five: After you have woven those eight strips together, gently push the edges together, creating a small, tightly woven square. Important: Each new strip should follow the opposite path of the one above it. Taking four more strips, weave each horizontally through the strips on the table, one by one, going over and under the vertical strips. To start, place four strips vertically on the table next to each other. Step four: Now it’s time to construct your basket with the strips you just made. Repeat the whole process until you have 16 long, thin strips. The strip should now be one-sixth the width of its original size. Step three: Now, run the glue stick along the side of the strip and fold it in half again, pressing down and creasing well. Your strip should now be one-third its original width and glued together. Run the glue stick down the full length of the paper and fold it over again, pressing this piece down well. Step two: Taking one strip at a time, fold one side of the paper one-third of the way widthwise and crease it firmly. Repeat until you have 12 strips, cut from six pages of the workbook. (The larger your workbook, the easier it will be to weave.) Cut a full page in half lengthwise, so you get two strips from each page. Step one: The first step is to cut the strips that you’ll be weaving together to make your basket. It is the perfect opportunity to upcycle old workbook pages and create your own basket instead of going out and buying one. Old workbooks, or you can use a newspaperĬost: Because it requires very minimal materials, this craft should not need to cost you anything. ![]() What better way to organize a student’s home workstation? Kids will be proud to see their hard work put to use to create an eco-friendly study space-ready for their next learning endeavors! Use it for decoration, or as a new place to gather office clutter. In this kid-friendly DIY book craft, you’ll take a workbook or coloring book (or even a newspaper) and transform the pages into a beautiful woven basket. So why not go a step better than recycling and upcycle them instead? But it doesn’t take much diligent work (or coloring fun!) before you’re left with a stack of filled-in workbooks headed for the recycling bin. Doing workbooks at home with kids is a great way to bolster their literacy or math skills, bridge the gap between grades, or keep them engaged during school breaks.
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