How to of the Day: How to Make Snowflakes from an Empty Toilet Paper Roll

How to of the Day Learn (and occasionally laugh) with wikiHow's, "How-to of the Day". Try a new skill every day after reading these articles with step by step images and videos. Learn new skills, solve everyday problems. From wikiHow, the wiki how-to manual.

How to Make Snowflakes from an Empty Toilet Paper Roll Dec 11th 2012, 14:00 Snowflake designs are always a popular craft for the holiday season. And what better than combining recycling of unwanted toilet rolls with the snowflake design to make some lovely seasonal decorations? For each toilet roll used, you'll end up with two snowflake decorations that can be hung on the Christmas tree, from a window or used in any other decorative way. Edit Steps Press the toilet roll down to flatten it. Fold the flattened roll in half. Then rotate and fold it in half the other way. After the folds, the roll should be folded into thirds across its circumference. See the figure for details. Align the scissors horizontally with the height of the cylinder (as shown in figure). Cut the roll along each fold made earlier. Only cut about three quarters of the way though, leaving about an inch (2.5cm) from the top of the roll intact. See the image for details. Fold out one of the lengths just cut, as shown in the picture. Continue folding out all of the single pieces, again as shown in the image. The roll will now take on the appearance of an open flower. Draw the red lines as shown here onto each length. These form the snowflake design. Once drawn, cut each red piece. (After a few turns, you may not need to keep marking the tabs but can cut from experience.) Draw the red lines as shown here onto each length. Create a dimensional effect by folding the various edges up and down around the lengths. The image shows the varied folds. Create a dimensional effect by folding the various edges up and down around the lengths. Up and Down Finished. You can attach a string or piece of ribbon for hanging, or simply slip the snowflake onto the tree through the middle hole. Edit Video Edit Tips Until you are familiar to cut freehand lines, recommend a correction marker． Depending on the type of plastic can't erase. Example: Oily marker - polystyrene This can be made in the same way using a plastic bottle or even paper cups. Let your imagination direct you toward recycling whatever possible into snowflakes! This is a snowflake made from a plastic bottle. From polystyrene cup Edit Warnings Always use scissors with care. If cutting plastic, note that the edges may be sharp when jagged. Depending on the size of the empty toilet paper roll, you may not be able to make two snowflakes. Experiment, as there are always plenty more rolls to be collected. Edit Things You'll Need An empty toilet paper roll Scissors A marker Edit Related wikiHows How to Make a Jack O' Lantern from an Empty Toilet Paper Roll How to Make a Snowman out of a Toilet Paper Roll How to Make a Flower from a Toilet Paper Roll How to Make a Fortune Teller out of an Empty Toilet Paper Roll How to Make a 3D Paper Snowflake How to Be Earth Friendly During the Holidays Edit Sources and Citations http://www.geocities.jp/min_pda/ Original source, shared with permission. Article Tools Read on wikiHow Email this Article Edit Discuss Media files: 200px-Etr-snow1_761.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-One-sixth-of_599.png (image/png) 200px-Etr-snow2_465.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Etr-snow3_7.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Etr-snow4_343.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Etr-snow5_27.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-One-cut_158.png (image/png) 200px-Etr-snow5b_916.png (image/png) 200px-Etr-snow6b_939.png (image/png) 200px-Etr-snow_70.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Etr-snow-t_769.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Pscup-snow_3.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Etr-snow-m_350.jpg (image/jpeg)

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions