Weaving A Floor Mat Out Of Newspaper

Kids can also change the way the weave looks by cutting wavy lines zigzags or lines are varying thickness into the construction paper.

Weaving a floor mat out of newspaper.

One of the spreads should be folded along its center crease. Hello everyone in this video you will learn how to make beautiful dinning mat out of newspaper you will surely enjoy the process of making it and will be glad to see results. Paper weave place mats by laughing kids learn. For each placemat you ll need two newspaper spreads.

These paper weave place mats are simple enough for a three year old to make. Weave use the strips of colored paper made in part b to weave into the slotted paper made n part a. Continue folding each side of the newspaper to the center crease line until each side measures 3 1 2. This is one of the cool tricks we learned a long long time ago and it still works.

Cut straight lines 1 inch 2 54 cm apart from the fold to the edge of the paper farthest from you. Fold the sheets in half. Cut the sheet into strips as above. Lay two thicknesses of full sheets of the newspaper out onto a flat work surface.

Rotating the mat and folding and tucking into the horizontal strips along the edges. Continue weaving the strips until you have four vertical and four horizontal more vocabulary enrichment woven over and under. Turn the newspaper so that its center fold is closest to you. Fold each side of the newspaper to the center fold line and crease the folded edge.

Weaving these mats costs very little and gives the newspapers a second life.