The article will present you with master classes and photos of finished work on making boxes from newspaper tubes.
Weaving a rectangular box and a box from newspaper tubes: master class, photo
Baskets and boxes woven from newspaper tubes have a special beauty and charm. Visually, this material resembles natural vine. The advantage of such products is that to make them you do not need to collect vines and weave crafts, putting a lot of effort into this (this can be quite difficult and even traumatic).
It’s quite simple to twist a tube from a sheet of newspaper:
- Flatten a sheet of newspaper
- Take a long wooden kebab skewer
- Apply a layer of glue to a sheet of newspaper
- Starting from a corner (any corner), start twisting the tube
- Lubricate the edge of the tube well with glue and secure it tightly.
- Thus, you should twist a lot of tubes from which you will weave the product.
There are several basic forms of “newspaper” boxes:
- Square
- Rectangular
- Oval
- Heart shaped
- Round
IMPORTANT: You can weave the base of the box yourself, but you can also make the base from cardboard. Such cardboard should be double and its inner part can be covered with fabric.
What can be stored in such boxes:
- Cosmetics
- Decorations
- Sewing kit
- Keys
- Creativity kits and more
You can set the shape of the basket by placing something rectangular: a book, notepad, box, packaging for something. The ends of each tube should be pinned to the mold to make the process easy. Neat and comfortable. You can also weave a lid onto a woven box (it should be 1 cm more box in diameter). Decorate the finished product to your liking or in the style of your interior.
How to decorate a woven basket:
- Paint with any acrylic paint
- Open with varnish
- Decorate with ribbons
- Decorate with lace
- Glue rhinestones, bows, sparkles
- Decorate in the style of “decoupage” or “scrapbooking”, and much more!
Video: “How to weave a chest from newspaper tubes?”
Weaving a square box and box from newspaper tubes: patterns, diagrams, description
A box woven from newspaper tubes can also have many successful uses:
- For storing logs
- For storing jewelry
- For storing clean or dirty laundry
- For storing children's toys
- For storing writing instruments
- For storing old photos and more.
You can decorate your interior with such wicker boxes and caskets. You can weave several identical products in different diameters: from small to large.
A row of identical boxes and caskets woven from newspaper tubes 
Large wicker box with clasp 
Interior decoration of the boxes ( carton, covered with fabric) 
How to tie a cardboard box with newspaper tubes? In order to create beautiful patterns in weaving boxes, the following diagrams will be useful to you:
Simple scheme for beginners 
Knitting the pattern and the bottom: detailed diagram 
What weaving can be like: the most common patterns Video: “Original box made from newspaper tubes”
Weaving boxes and boxes from newspaper tubes with a lid: patterns, diagrams, description
A box or casket woven from newspaper tubes is very beautifully complemented by a lid. The lid can hide the contents of the box and decorate the product. The lid of the box can be decorated with pictures, photographs, bows, lace, ribbons and much more.
In order for the lid to fit well on the box, it must be 1 cm larger in diameter than the box itself. You can also make a box with a hinged lid that will close with a hook or loop.
Box with hinged lid 
Wicker box with a regular lid What is important in weaving a box or box. Job description:
- Prepare all materials in advance, having a large number of newspaper sheets in stock.
- Wind a large number of tubes to make your work easier
- As a base and form for tying, you can use any object of a suitable shape, for example, a book or a cardboard box.
- It is advisable to make the bottom out of cardboard, as this will make your work easier, but you can weave it yourself. The wicker bottom is ideal for products large size, storage boxes, for example.
- To make the product neat, do not forget to attach the tubes to the mold and carefully tie each twig.
- Use a small metal knitting needle or crochet hook to carefully thread the tubes through and tie beautiful knots.
What kind of weaving can be used to create a box: diagrams Video: “Weaving from newspapers: box, master class”
Weaving oval caskets and boxes from newspaper tubes
An oval box, woven from newspaper tubes and decorated to your liking, looks very delicate and original. Every needlewoman must have such a vintage box, because it is very practical to place any needlework kit in it: threads, fabrics, beads, seed beads and much more. Also, such boxes are useful for storing cosmetics and much more.
It is not difficult to weave such a box, because for the base you can take any shape: glass, cup, plate, jar, vase. The bottom of the box can not be woven, but made of cardboard, covered with fabric.
Round box decorated in vintage style 
How to weave a round box? 
Round box with lid They will help you create beautiful boxes from newspaper. detailed diagrams weaving with job descriptions:
Weaving a round box or dish from newspaper tubes: diagram 
Types of weaving, patterns, deep round box with lid 
Round box and other products made from newspaper tubes: weaving Video: “Delicate box made of newspaper tubes”
Weaving heart boxes and boxes from newspaper tubes
Weaving a heart-shaped box is a little more difficult, but quite doable. To do this, you should use a heart-shaped cardboard base that can be covered with fabric.
Job description:
- Cut out two identical hearts from cardboard
- The size of the hearts should correspond to the preferred size of the box
- It is advisable to choose thick cardboard for work.
- Wind up newspaper tubes in advance
- Using glue, glue the tubes along the entire diameter of the cardboard heart, secure with clothespins and hold them until the glue dries completely.
- Then remove the clothespins
- Cover the second bottom with fabric on one side, secure with clothespins and glue, let it dry.
- Place the base mold in the center of the cardboard base and begin weaving, attaching the ends to the edge of the mold.
- After completing the weaving, attach the fabric-covered heart with glue to the bottom of the box.
The base of the heart-shaped box and the tubes for weaving glued to it 
Use a heart-shaped box as the basis for weaving the box. 
Box made of newspaper tubes in the shape of a heart Video: “A box made of newspaper tubes in the shape of a heart, with roses”
Weaving a round box and a box from newspaper tubes
A round box can become your favorite thing in the interior and an item for storing personal items; it can be stored in a visible place, or hidden in a closet. Depending on your preferences, you can knit a product of any depth and diameter.
Large round box 
Round box with a lid, decorated with flowers 
Vintage style box To create a beautiful box, you will need weaving patterns from newspaper tubes:
Patterned patterns of weaving from newspaper tubes 
Weaving methods: patterns Video: “Round miracle box made from newspaper tubes”
Weaving boxes and apple boxes from newspaper tubes
The “apple” box looks very original and interesting. It is easy to store any small item in such a box, and it can also be used instead of a candy box or a key holder.
What is important to know, job description:
- You can use a regular small flower pot as a mold or base.
- Thus, you can knit a product to increase volume
- When you reach the middle of the product, reduce the diameter of the weave and round the edges.
- The lid for the “apple” is a little more difficult to knit; you can make a regular flat lid or with a recess (pit) for the tail.
Apple box made from newspapers 
Weaving an “apple” box If you like to make things with your own hands, then you will love this round newspaper basket box.
How to weave a box from newspaper tubes for beginners
We will need:
- newspapers
- stationery knife
- glue stick
- PVA glue
- thin knitting needle
- water stain, or acrylic paint, food coloring
- acrylic varnish.
First we make tubes from newspapers
We unfold the sheets of newspaper, fold one sheet of newspaper in half and cut it lengthwise, then fold the resulting sheet in half again and cut it again. You should get newspaper strips the width of a quarter of a newspaper sheet.
Using a knitting needle, we begin to twist the strip diagonally. Pay attention to the angle between the knitting needle and the newspaper, it should be as small as possible.
At the end of the twist, seal the corner.
How to weave a box from newspaper tubes, master class for beginners
We begin to weave the box from the bottom, take 16 tubes for the base and arrange them as shown in the photo; it will be better if you glue them together at the intersection points.
Take one working tube and bend it in half. Start weaving with a rope. When the tubes run out, we extend them by inserting one tube into another.
The bottom of this box is woven in a regular pattern, so the transition to the walls is smooth. When the size of the bottom is sufficient, we place a heavy weight-form on the weaving and begin to braid the form with the same “rope”.
When we reach the desired height, we remove the working tubes and bend the tubes one after another outward, so the shape of the box will look like a barrel.
The lid is woven according to the same principle, only a ready-made woven box was used as a form for its walls.
You can make a handle for the lid. The shape of the handle for the lid can be very diverse. Shown here unusual idea its forms. This method is also good because the handle becomes functional and you can put something in it.
This is how you can weave an original box from an ordinary old newspaper, which for many years will please and be beneficial.
Now you know how to weave a box from newspaper tubes. All that remains is to paint it and give it a more aesthetic appearance. The blue box is painted with acrylic paint, the brown boxes are painted with water stain. After painting, cover the entire surface of the box with PVA glue diluted with water, then cover it with acrylic varnish or any varnish for wooden surface. The lid of the box can be decorated with lace, flowers, scraps of fabric, beads, braid - use whatever your imagination tells you. We wish you success in needlework and creative inspiration!
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Master class
Recently, weaving from newspaper tubes has been gaining immense popularity. This work will help develop fine motor skills hands, patience. In this article we invite you to see how to make a box from newspaper tubes.
Let's start simple
The process of making a box from newspaper tubes can be followed in a master class that is suitable even for beginners.
To work, we will need a bunch of unnecessary newspaper tubes, cardboard, scissors, a pencil, and a disk.
This master class is provided with step by step photos, where everything is shown very clearly. The first step is to make the tubes. Watch the video on how to make these tubes correctly. They can be made not only from newspaper, but also from office paper.
The next step is to paint these tubes. To work you will need water, cosmetic pigment or water paint, plastic bottle. Painting technology: pour water into a bottle, take the tubes and wet them on one side, then turn them over and wet them again on the other side. At the end, the tubes should be placed on a tray to dry.
We wait until the tubes dry. There are many more than 300 of them.
Take the disk and trace it on cardboard. Then cut out four circles. You can cover the cardboard with self-adhesive tape. We will need cardboard because we are making a box from newspaper tubes with a cardboard bottom.
Take the tubes and start gluing them onto the cardboard, the length between the tubes is 1 cm, as shown in the photo. We coat the tubes with a thick layer of glue, and glue the second circle on top.
Take the first tube and bend it as shown in the photo. Next, the first newspaper tube needs to be folded up the second one behind the next column, with the second tube at the top. You need to take a closer look at the following photos.
We repeat the same steps.
We add more and more tubes. When the end remains, you need to drop a drop of glue into the wide part of the newspaper tube and insert the narrow side of another newspaper tube.
We reach the first column from which weaving began.
The next step is to lift the walls of the box, as shown in the photo.
We begin to make a kind of “rope” using three newspaper tubes: take the bottom one and wind it every two columns, that is, behind the third.
The same manipulations must be continued with further newspaper tubes.
When we get to the very beginning, we need to take the tubes out.
Again, as shown above, we lengthen the tubes and begin to weave. Example: we stretch tube number one above and below the posts, then the second tube under and above the posts.
We continue to work, lengthening the tubes.
We continue weaving in a circle.
When we have woven about ten cm of the box in height, we need to weave it to the column where we started weaving, add a third newspaper tube and start the weaving pattern, placing each lower tube behind the third column.
We weave another circle.
Here's what it should look like:
We continue weaving, increasing the newspaper tubes with the main color.
We weave the next few rows like this.
We weave until we reach the first column where everyone started. At this stage we bend the tails in inner part products.
Using a thin hook you need to hide the posts inside, as shown in the photo.
Spray the remaining ponytails a little with water and then trim them.
The process of creating the lid will be shown in the following photos, which we will consider step by step. First, glue the tubes onto the cardboard again, coat them with glue and glue the second disk.
On your own, it is possible to create functional things from completely standard items that usually go in the trash. The proof is provided by photographs of boxes made from newspaper tubes. Execution preparatory work and the weaving itself will take some time, but the result is worth the effort.
Preparation of materials
To bring to life the idea of boxes made from newspaper tubes, you will need the following materials:
- Packaging of A4 newsprint paper.
- Stationery knife.
- Scissors.
- Joiner's glue moment.
- Water-based stain (any color).
- Water based varnish.
- Round shape for braiding (you can use a pan).
- Gloves.
- Knitting needle or kebab skewer.
At the first stage of preparation, you need to cut the sheets of paper in half, along the long side. The formation of the future vine begins already from the finished strips. To do this, twist a sheet onto a skewer so that a tube eventually comes out. The corner is lubricated with glue and the workpiece is secured. Done, now we do the same operation with all the sheets.
Preparing the vine involves further coloring it. To do this, you can use a water-based stain to which varnish is added. For approximately every 0.5 liter of dye, you will need 10-15 tablespoons of varnish.
Using a brush that is five centimeters or more wide, begin painting the vine. To speed up the process, you can take a whole armful, the main thing is to make sure that the material is completely painted.
Newspaper tubes should be dried loosely so that air can circulate freely between them. The vine painted with water stain can run off, so from time to time the batches of prepared tubes must be turned over.
Stages of weaving a box
Detailed instructions on how to make a box with your own hands will be given below. But before you start working, you need to learn how to weave from paper wicker like:
- Ordinary rope. It is woven by crossing two working tubes around each post. The front vine goes behind the next tube of the base, and the back goes to the front.
- Chintz. To perform it, the number of racks must be divided by 3 plus or minus 1. One or more combined working tubes are wound on one and laid behind the next main vine.
Preparing the bottom
To make it you will need cardboard, glue, decoupage napkins and an improvised press. First of all, two circles of the required diameter are cut out. The latter depends on the chosen form for braiding. Each workpiece is painted in white and primed (with glue and water 1:1).
After drying, the circles are painted over with a layer of varnish and a napkin with the design you like is applied. Using a wide, clean brush dipped in varnish diluted 1:1 with water, smooth the surface of the picture. Leave to dry.
Afterwards, between two cardboard circles, the working tubes are secured (using PVA glue) and the workpiece is placed under a press until completely dry. It is shaped like a sun. Photos of boxes made from newspaper tubes with a similar bottom can be seen below. The distance between the tubes should not exceed 2 cm, but should not be less than 1.2 cm.
Weaving a box
Having chosen a weaving pattern, in our case chintz, we get to work. How to weave a box step by step:
- We place the bottom blank under the mold, which needs to be weighted by placing a bag of cereal or a dumbbell in it.
- We raise the working tubes. The right one always goes under the left one and goes up. The procedure is repeated with all racks.
- We weave the first row with regular rope, and the subsequent rows with chintz. If you have an even number of racks, then the chintz should be done with two tubes at the same time.
- You can close the weaving next to the rope.
- We thread the working vine into the weaving and drip glue near each exit of the main tubes.
- After drying, cut to the root of the stand.
- We prime it and let it dry, and then varnish it.
As it turned out, learning how to make boxes from straws yourself is not difficult, the main thing is to master the basic techniques and technologies for its manufacture. One of them is the correct extension of the working tubes. To do this, the edges of the vine are cut obliquely, smeared with glue and inserted into one another. This way you can remove unpainted sections from the material.
Cover weaving
To make it, you need to place crossed, double or triple tubes on the work table. The sun should have the same number of ends as were used when weaving the main element.
We put a newspaper vine folded in half on any main pair and begin to weave with a regular rope until the moment when it is necessary to separate the pairs. Then we make a few more rows and smoothly move to a spiral pattern.
When the diameter of the bottom of the box itself is reached, the weaving should again go in even rows, one after another. We lift the tubes and weave five more rows with rope. We strengthen each tube of the base with glue and after drying, we cut them off. We repeat the processes occurring with the box.
The master class on boxes made from newspaper tubes is completed. In this kind of product you can store both jewelry and food products. At the discretion of the craftswoman, it is possible to sew a cover for her from natural fabric and attach various decor. May your hands never fail you!
Photos of boxes made from newspaper tubes
For those who like to use waste material and weaving from newspaper tubes, I hasten to show the amazing works of the craftswoman Sovenok. Very neat and beautiful braided trays and boxes were woven by the author from gray newspaper consumer paper. The tubes were painted with water stains - Mocha, Maple, Mocha + Rosewood, diluted and mixed in different proportions. Below you will see detailed photo master class from the author on weaving a box with a soft textile pad on the lid
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The photo below shows everything you need for the job. Among other things, 300 green “fern” and 100 “walnut” tubes (the tubes remained), padding polyester, tablecloth linen, an aluminum mold (a primus lid), weights from collapsible dumbbells. The only thing missing from the photo is the glue gun.
Below is the author's text. I twist the tubes from strips 7 cm wide onto a 1.5 mm knitting needle from gray “Consumer” paper. Thickness in finished form- 4 mm. She showed the tubes in section. I always moisten the working tubes with water so that they become elastic. At the same time, the water stain that I use to paint them does not wash off and does not stain your hands, which is convenient. For stand-ups I always use dry tubes and try not to bend or break them. I ALWAYS splice the tubes on the wrong side of the weave. To do this, I cut off the thin tip of the tube at an acute angle (as in the photo) BEHIND THE STAND, along with the gluing area (there is usually some unpainting there due to the glue). I put a new one on the tube cut off in this way with the wide end. I try not to spare the tubes. Quality comes first! 
I begin to weave the lower part of the box. I splice the tubes for the risers, otherwise they won’t be long enough to bend. I glue 4 pairs of risers with a glue gun (or I DO NOT glue them together, depending on the situation). I try to place the joints of the upper and lower pairs so that they are then covered with working tubes. The remaining joints are in the center. 
I use one working tube to weave 2 rows and cut them. I glue the ends. At the same time, I try not to glue them to the risers, so that later the risers can be separated beautifully without kinks. The photo shows the WRONG side.
I take another tube and again weave 2 more rows with one working tube. The photo shows the WRONG side. I marked the place where the first working tube was glued with a circle on the right. Circled on the left is the place where the working tube joins (the second row is not finished yet).
The photo shows the FRONT side. In the circle I showed how I spread double risers, helping with a knitting needle so that they don’t break. The working tube is marked with a square. In the triangle, I glued a second working tube for the “rope”.
The beginning of the second row of the “rope” was marked with thread. I will do the transition to the “reverse rope” all the time at this position.
I showed how I cut the working one. a tube so that the joint is BEHIND the riser.
I have already woven 4 rows with a “rope” and the distance between the risers has increased - almost 2 cm. In the triangle I showed how I use a knitting needle to dig out a place for inserting additional tubes. In the square there is a stop sign for the transition, and in the circle you can see what the transition looks like.
I wove 2 more rads with a “string”. It’s time to place the risers, and to hide the place where the placement is made, I weave a volumetric roller with gray tubes like a “rope” of 4 tubes. In the circle I showed how I glued additional tubes. In the square is the mark of the FIRST stand. Between the first and second risers there is a red working tube. Between the second and third - yellow, between the third and fourth - green, between the fourth and fifth - blue. To make the joint of this row invisible, you need to join the end of each of the four tubes in the same places at the end of its weaving. Trim the ends. I'm weaving a row. Let's go...
We've arrived. In the circle is the mark of the FIRST stand. Between the first and second risers there is a joint working tube, which lies behind the FIRST riser - marked it in red. I marked the remaining working tubes with the corresponding colors in the same order as at the beginning of the row.
I don’t cut the first working tube (red) yet, but lay it tightly to its beginning. The second (yellow) working tube is joined between the second and third risers, sliding it UNDER ONE tube. I help with a thin knitting needle.
The second (yellow) is docked, now you can trim the first (red). She's not going anywhere anymore.
The first one (red) is cut off and is not visible. The second (yellow) is docked. I join the third (green) between the third and fourth risers. I slide it UNDER TWO tubes.
The third (green) is docked. I cut off the second one (yellow). The last of four workers left (blue).
For order, the last one (blue) also needs to be docked between the fourth and fifth risers, but I don’t do that. I cut it BEHIND the fourth riser (shown in the square) and extend it with a green tube to continue weaving. I cut off the third working one (green). Phew... finished docking. Next, I’ll show it one more time to reinforce it. :)
Then I spread the double risers and weave them with a “rope” into 2 tubes. So, in the square I showed a working tube already extended in green. In the mug I glued a second working tube. And in the triangle I showed how I spread the risers with a knitting needle. Let's go...
I weave a “rope” with two tubes.
The old mark for the beginning of the row (in the circle) was left behind, since I continued weaving the last of the four tubes of the “gray” row, rather than starting the row where it should have started. As a result, this is not noticeable and I simply make another mark for the beginning of the row (shown in a square). In the triangle - transition to the “reverse rope”.
I wove 3 rows. I marked the places of transitions with circles. The square showed how long the tip I cut when doing extensions.
I try the bottom of the box on the mold - it’s time to make a smooth transition to the walls.
I built the following structure: a rotating circle, on it is a paint bucket, on it is a weight for weighting (it is under an aluminum form), a form on which is a wicker round and again a weight. I put all this on a stool and whip it. In each row, I bend the risers down a little so that the weaving fits smoothly to the shape. Wet tubes are elastic and easily take the required shape.
I lower the risers lower. Don’t forget to make the transition to the “forward” and “reverse” rope at the marked place. The distance between the risers is less than 2 cm, so I don’t double them.
The risers are at the bottom and you can turn the form over.
At a height of 4.5 cm, I begin to weave a rope from 4 tubes. I added additional tubes (put them next to the risers and bent them). Shall we repeat the lesson? The first riser is marked with pink thread, the tubes are decorated in the same order as last time. I'm weaving a row.
I wove a row. I'm joining. It's half past two in the morning, so no comments.
The docking is complete. I extend the blue tube, mark the beginning of the row again with a pin and...
I add 3 working tubes for weaving the second row.
2 gray rows of 4 tubes are already ready. Here is the result. The joints are not visible. There is a bend left.
Before weaving the bends, I moisten the risers with water so that they fit better. For this I use a soft brush. I bend one riser BEHIND one, IN FRONT of two, down.
The second riser is again BEHIND one, IN FRONT of two, down.
The rest are the same. At the same time, I TILT the bend inside the braid.
There are 3 last stops left.
I put the first one (red) also BEHIND one, IN FRONT of two and DOWN
I lay the second one (yellow) in the same way.
All three are packed. The joint is invisible. Hooray!!! The bottom part is done!
I'm starting to make a lid. I cut out 2 circles with a diameter of 8 cm from thick cardboard. Using a ruler, I put marks around the circumference at a distance of 1 cm. Then (important!) I draw radii to them from the center. I cut out larger circles from linen and sew a needle-forward seam along the edge to then tighten the fabric. I put padding polyester on a fabric circle, a cardboard circle on top and tie it with thread. Since the marks on the mug remained under the fabric, when gluing the tubes I was guided by the radii. On the right I showed a ready-made soft circle from the inside out.
I hot glue the risers. There were 26 of them.
I glued the risers. All that remains is to glue the second soft pad.
Ready. You can start weaving, but STOP! I forgot something. I will be weaving a rope from 4 tubes, so I take the tubes moistened with water and glue them between the risers with hot glue (marked them in yellow). The working tubes are wet, the risers are dry.
I am weaving a “rope” from 4 tubes.
The gray row is finished, the photo shows the WRONG side. In the yellow circle I showed where the last of the four working tubes was built up in green. There is a joint in the black oval. The row does not fit tightly to the circle. This means that the circle on the wrong side needs to be made larger next time.
I weave a “straight” and “reverse rope”, marking with a pin the riser at which I make the transition.
I wove 4 rows. This is what transitions look like. The distance between the risers has increased, it's time to double them.
I wove 3 more rows and substituted 4 working tubes for weaving a gray “rope”.
The gray “rope” is ready.
I'm trying it on for the uniform. Yes.... we should have started the smooth transition to the wall earlier, but that’s how it happened. Next time I'll do less stand-ups. Transitions are marked in yellow.
I built the pyramid again.
I spread the bones, helping with a thick knitting needle.
I weave a “rope” into 2 tubes. You have to simultaneously raise the risers and lower them when weaving. The distance between them is very small - inconvenient. But what can you do... it didn’t fit into the mold. :(I'll take it into account next time.
I continue to weave and lower the risers.
Since the weaving bends downwards, the distance between the risers almost does not increase. Weaving is inconvenient. :(
The stands had to be lowered quite steeply - in just 5 rows. I turn it over.
I continue to weave upwards with risers. It's cramped, the wet tubes are shaggy. I hide this mess as best I can.
Since it is impossible to try on the lid with protruding risers, I weave it by eye, not very tightly to the shape. Or I take out the mold, try it on the base of the box and estimate approximately how much wider the lid should be than the mold.
The height of the lid is 5 cm. The height of the bottom part of the box is the same, BEFORE the gray volumetric rims. I cut off the working tubes.
Since the distance between the risers is small, there is nowhere to hide them - I cut them off. :(((
