Coiled Paper Coasters

Few weeks back, while browsing I came across some stunning coiled paper baskets and had to give it a try someday. Basket project is for later on, but I definitely wanted to try coiling papers and make something with it, which was easier and quicker to make. These coasters were the easiest thing that I could make with coiled papers. But one of these days I am going to make those baskets...:)




I made some with colorful magazine paper and some with just black text on white paper. They both are nice, but I like the colorful ones much better.

You'll need:
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-Magazine or any printed paper.
- Scissors
- Glue.

Steps:
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- Take a page out of a magazine or an old text book and cut the page in half lengthwise.

- Take one half of the paper and fold in half lengthwise and then open it up. So you get a mark for the center line of the paper.

- Bring the two long edges of the paper to the center mark.

- Fold again, by bringing the long edges again to the center of the paper.

- After that fold in half to get a strip of paper sturdy enough to coil.

- Make lot of strips like these. And then start coiling. In the picture below I show how I started coiling. You need to coil tighter and keep gluing as you go. In the picture the coil is loose, since I wanted the picture to be clear in showing how I am coiling the strips. Once you are done with one strip, take another strip and keep on coiling.

- Once you are happy with the size of the coaster, you can glue the end of the strip.
- You can seal the coaster with 2 or 3 coats of mod-podge.

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