Easy Paper Basket

by Filipp in Craft > Paper

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Easy Paper Basket

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Hi everyone! This Instructable tells you how to make an easy DIY paper basket that you can actually put things in.

Materials

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You will need:

-3 medium sheets of construction paper or cardstock

-scissors

-pencil

-ruler

-tape

Cutting...

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From one of the sheets, measure and cut out 8 strips of paper 3 centimeters wide and 30 cm. long.

...and More Cutting...

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From the other sheet, measure and cut out 4 strips of paper 3x42 cm.(3 cm. wide, 42 cm. long.)

If they are not long enough, tape them together.

...and More Cutting.

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From the third sheet, measure and cut out 3 strips of paper 3x72 cm. If they are not long enough, tape them together.

Pleating

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Place the 4 long strips next to each other and start pleating the 8 strips through them. Continue doing that until you have did it with all 8 of them.

Spacing

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Push all the strips as close to each other as possible and even them out.

Folding

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Fold the edges up at a right angle on all 4 sides. I only pictured three...

Pleating

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Get those long strips of paper and start pleating them through the outside edge of the basket. You're almost done!

Cutting

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Make a cut at all 4 corners.

Folding

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Fold the edges down. YOU ARE DONE!!!