Recycle Magazines or Catalogs and Make Containers From Them

Container or Glass Cover Made
From Folded Magazine Pages
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• Magazine or catalog
mine was about 10 inches tall and 8
inches wide
• Glue gun
low temp works great and is easier on
the fingers as it doesn't get as hot
• A good supply of glue sticks
Materials

Instructions
• Start heating up the glue gun now before
you start preparing the papers so that it
will be heated up and be ready when
you are finished
preparing the pages

Preparing the Pages
• Tear out the pages from the magazine or
catalog
depending on the final look you want,
either use only
picture pages or
only text pages
or mix them up
• It doesn't matter if
you don't tear
the page straight

Preparing the Pages
• Put the page in front of you so that is wider
than tall
• Fold the page in half

Preparing the Pages
• Fold the folded page in half again (it is now
quarter folded and about 1 inch wide

Preparing the Pages
• Open the last fold and refold so that both
edges are folded towards the center crease
• this way you won't have any unfinished edges
• the strip of paper will now be about 1/2 inch
wide

Preparing the Pages
• You can use the paper strip as is or glue it shut
• I find that it is easier to make a spiral with it
when the paper strip is glued shut
• To glue it use the glue gun and run a thin strip
of glue along the bottom of the open edge
side and then press together

Making the Base
• Take a paper strip and pull it over a pencil to
make it curl
• You have to decide now if you want the fold
on top or on the bottom

Making the Base
• Take a paper strip
and start at one end
and coil it around a
pencil
• Keep on winding
for a little bit

Making the Base
• Put some glue on the inside of the
paper strip and press it onto the
little circle
• You won't have to hold it very
long as it will hold quickly
• That's the reason why you
use a glue gun instead of
regular glue which would not dry fast
enough

Making the Base
• when you just about run out of a paper strip
maybe have about 1 inch left, start a new
paper strip and then go back and glue the last
paper strip over it
• this makes a nice seam

Making the Base
• keep on adding paper strips until you have the
desired size of circle
The circle can be used as a coaster
Top side – fold on top Bottom side – fold on bottom

Making the Sides
• Glue paper strips on the outside of the
circle, one next to the other until you are back
to the first one

Making the Sides
• Create a simple circle with paper strip the
same as the diameter of your base circle by
gluing the ends together. You can use paper
strips that have been joined to make them
long enough

Making the Sides
• Place the paper strip circle over all the upright
strips, this holds the uprights together

Making the Sides
• Now take a paper strip
and glue it over the
bottoms of upright
strips
• Next fold the uprights
down and glue them
to the bottom

Making the Sides
• Glue another paper strip around the folded
down uprights.
• I had a problem as
the paper strip was
only a little bit
longer than the
circumference of the circle and the
ends stuck out at an
odd angle

Making the Sides
• So I cut a one inch strip of
paper from a magazine that
was taller
• I cut and folded it to the
same size as the other strips
and then glued it around the
base (the downward folded
strips) to make it look neater
• Or you can use the longer strip from the
beginning

The Finished Holder
• Once I was all done
I realize that these
containers make great
glass or can holders
for cold drinks

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