DIY Magazine Boxes

Sometimes it's really messy to have too much magazines in our house. Magazine takes up a lot of space and the best way of clean this mess is by recycling it or throwing it. But maybe some will feel reluctant to throw it. So why not make use of those magazines to make something new. In this tutorial I will show you how to make this colourful magazine box.


What you need :
Magazine 
Glue


Step 1

Rip out the pages from the old magazine. Then take one page and fold it a few times but make sure don't make it too thick.




Step 2

Apply glue to where you stop folding the page. Then cut it out and you will get your first strip. 




Step 3

Repeat step 1 and 2 to get the magazine stripes. To make this box you will need to use many magazine stripes so repeat the process. 




Step 4

Roll the stripes into circle. Before you roll it, apply the glue all along one side of the strip. The stripes may get away when you roll it so you might need to hold it longer or you can try to clip it so it would stay in place.




Step 5

Continue the process of gluing and rolling. This would be the base of the box. 




Step 6

Repeat step 4 and 5 to make another roll of magazine that will later be the lid of the box. You should make it slightly bigger than the base. 

Step 7

Measure 7.5 cm on the magazine page then fold and glue it to get a wider strip. (7.5 cm is the width of the strip) This strip is used to make the side of the box therefore you should make it thicker to give additional support. You can decide how tall you want your box be so the measurement doesn't matter.




Step 8

Apply glue to the side of the base and then wrap the wider strip around the base of the box. You need to make sure that your strip is long enough so that it fits the base of the box. You can decorate your box by using the magazine stripes and stick it outside of the box. Make sure that it fits the lid after you stick the stripes. 




Step 9 

Next, measure 2.2 cm on the magazine page. (2.2 cm is the width of the strip) Then fold and glue it to make another strip. This strip is used to make the lid. The measurement doesn't matter as long as it works best for your box.

Step 10

Finally, apply glue to another roll of magazine. Then wrap it with the strip we made earlier to make the lid of the box.



Now you have finally done it and you can use this box to put your stuffs. I hope you will enjoy it.

DIY Bacon Magnetic Bookmark

We always want a cute bookmark for our book to mark the pages and the places we last read. It's so boring to put ordinary bookmark at our book. In this tutorial I will show you how to make this cute magnetic bookmark. It's fun and easy to make this bookmark. The magnetic bookmark will stay in place and won't fall out. Just spend some time and you can make yourself a bacon magnetic bookmark.






What you need :





Red coloured paper
Thick paper (I use sketch paper here or you can use card stock)
Plain white paper
Magnetic strip
Marker pen 
Double sided tape
Scissors
Glue


Step 1

Cut the red coloured paper and thick paper into rectangular shape with length of 14.5 cm and width of 5.5 cm.



Step 2

Glue these 2 pieces of paper together.

Step 3

Draw some uneven stripes at the plain white paper and cut it out. 




Step 4 

Stick the stripes of white paper to the red coloured paper. The bookmark started to look like a real bacon.




Step 5

Draw the eyes and mouth on the bookmark.



Step 6

Fold the bacon bookmark into half.

Step 7

Cut 2 magnets from magnetic strip. Stick the double sided tape to the backside of the magnet. Adhere the magnet to one end of the bookmark.



Step 8

Take another piece of magnet and let it attach to the first magnet you adhere earlier. The sticky part is facing upward.




Step 9

Finally, fold the paper down so that the magnet can stick to the other side of the bookmark.





Your bacon magnetic bookmark is ready to use. Get reading with this lovely bacon magnetic bookmark!

Papercraft Ukulele

The paper craft ukulele is so cute and easy to do. You only need scissors, glue and of course a little patience to make this. You can make this ukulele in few minutes. It's very easy to do. You can download the ukulele template from the site, Pizza By The Slice and print it out to make it. I make this one from the site.

You can link to the site to download the ukulele template. 
Press here >>> Pizza By The Slice

Also, I made myself a black and white version paper craft ukulele which is just as lovely as the one I downloaded from the site. I draw the black and white version referring to the template from Pizza By The Slice.



Make yourself a cute ukulele today. Just print it out , cut and glue it to make your own paper craft ukulele.

How to Make Honeycomb Balls

Honeycomb balls are very easy to make and you can probably make it by using the stuffs or supplies from your house. It can be used as decoration for parties or events. You can DIY without having to purchase it from the store.

What you need:
Paper (any paper will do but thin paper works best)
Scissors
Glue stick
Cardboard
Pencil
Ruler
Compass or any round object
Needle and thread

Step 1 

Draw a circle on a cardboard by using a compass or a round object. In this tutorial I will draw a circle of diameter 9 cm. You don't need to follow exactly the size of the honeycomb ball in this tutorial. You can decide how large you want your honeycomb ball be.

Step 2

Draw a horizontal line at the centre of the circle. On the horizontal line, measure and mark 1.5 cm for every section. Then draw vertical line at the mark. If you use circle of different size, you can divide the diameter of the circle into few equal section to get the length of the spacing between the lines. It doesn't matter if you use how many lines as long as they alternate like A-B-A-B-A. It's not necessary to get a very accurate measurement. Just make sure that the spacing between the lines is quite even.

Step 3 

The line will be marked as line A and B alternatively. (A-B-A-B-A)

Step 4 

You need to cut out the papers which is larger than the circle. I use paper with length of 9.5 cm. For a complete honeycomb balls we will need 20 sheets of paper. You can use 20-25 pieces of paper for one honeycomb ball.

Step 5

Place the paper on the cardboard with the drawn circle. Make sure that the paper covers the circle. Then take the sticky glue to stick along all the line A.

Step 6 

The place another piece of paper. Glue all the line B. Repeat the process by alternating your glue lines until you finish sticking 20 pieces of paper.

 
Step 7

Cut out a circle with diameter of 9 cm from cardboard.

Step 8

Trace the circle on the honeycomb papers. then cut it out. After tracing the circle on the paper, you can cut the cardboard slightly smaller than the honeycomb ball papers so that when you open up the ball, the cardboard hides well between the papers so it is less visible.

Step 9 

Cut the papers and cardboard into halves and make sure that the cutting on the papers is perpendicular to the glue line.

Step 10

Now we have 2 semicircles. Glue the 2 semicircles together at the glue line, Make sure that the glue line where you glue is alternative to the glue line on the previous sheet.

Step 11

Glue the cardboard to both ends of semicircle.

Step 12

Poke a hole and insert the thread and needle at the corner of the semicircles. Tie a knot at the thread and make sure that the thread loop is loose so that the papers have enough space to open around. Repeat this process at the other end. One end of the string can be left longer so that you can hang it up.

Step 13 

Open the ball now. You can see the balls started to take its shape.

Step 14

Finally, you can glue the cardboard. You can choose to use masking tape or paper clips so that you can store them flat after that and you can use it in the next time.

You can choose to use tissue paper instead of using thin paper which gives a better result. You can use any measurement for the circle and the spacing between the lines. For the papers, you can use as many sheets as you like. The more you put, the smaller the spaces between the honeycombs. So it really depends on how you want to make it.

Although it takes some time to make these honeycomb balls, but it's so satisfying when you finally open up the balls and used that for decoration. So, enjoy making your own honeycomb balls!