Creative Projects Using Everyday Materials
Wall art, garlands, lanterns, and other decorations made from cardboard, paper tubes, fabric scraps, and jars, explained one clear step at a time.
4 tutorials published
Three ways to decorate glass jars as lanterns lit by battery LED lights: a frosted tissue paper finish, a cut-paper silhouette band, and a twine-wrapped neck with a handle.
Tear or cut fabric remnants into strips and knot them onto twine with a lark's head knot. Covers strip size, mixing prints and solids, trimming, and a glued triangle pennant variant.
Slice flattened paper tubes into even rings, pinch them into petals and glue them into flowers that join up as a light, lacy wall panel.
Cut arches, circles and a leaf from a shipping box, stack them in layers, peel a few pieces to show the ribs and paint in two colors for a lightweight relief panel you can hang.
