What Can Be Done From Old Newspapers: A Selection Of Ideas With Photos

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-17 22:26

What can be made from old newspapers: decor for all times

Do you think old newspapers and magazines are only good for throwing away or recycling? But no! You can make many of them not only useful, but also simply beautiful things.

3D Butterflies

The easiest way is to use old newspapers and magazines for interior decor. For example, you can make all kinds of 3D butterflies from them. For this:

1. First you need to draw or print and cut out a butterfly pattern.

   

   The butterfly pattern should be uncomplicated, the openwork variations do not hold their shape well

2. Then pick up material - newspaper or magazine sheets.
3. Trace the stencil and cut the image along the outline.
4. Fix the finished product on the surface in the interior.

Butterfly options and mounting methods:

• To create a 3D effect, the wings must be slightly bent and the body must be glued to the base along the line of symmetry.

  

  The single-layer newspaper butterfly is easy to make

• Volumetric butterflies look beautiful on a newspaper surface. For better expressiveness, the edges can be darkened, for example with a pencil.

  

  Newspaper butterfly on a printed background

• Multilayer crafts made from two or three blanks look much more interesting. For reliability, parts can be fastened with a thread.

  

  Layered butterfly looks better

• Butterflies from newspapers do not have to be glued. They can be arranged in the form of a hanging decoration, fastened in the center with a thread.

  

  Butterflies can be attached to strings

• The correct selection of material is of great importance. Combining newspaper and magazine sheets in one decoration with the addition of other types of paper can give an unexpected effect. For example, a combination of newspaper and craft paper looks good.

  

  The combination of different materials gives interesting results

• The butterflies can be attached to a wreath-shaped base.

  

  Butterflies from newspapers and magazines can be collected in a decorative wreath

• From small ones, you can make a decorative panel.

  

  You can make panels from bright newspaper and magazine pages

• It is better to use double-sided tape for fixing small parts. In order for the butterfly to be located at a certain distance from the surface and "flutter in the air", it is worth using dense foam tape (it will set the very necessary distance).

  

  Foam tape as a bonding material will give the butterfly a "flutter in the air" effect

• Butterflies can be made using origami technique. It's quite simple. It is necessary to fold the paper with an accordion, pull it in the center with a thread and spread the wings.

  

  Origami butterflies are simple to make and look more sophisticated.

Envelopes

Magazine envelopes look romantic. They are made simply, just like from ordinary paper.

A thicker and more beautiful envelope will come out of two layers: newsprint and craft paper.

Newspaper envelopes can be used as decoration or for wrapping a small gift

Schemes for folding envelopes: simple and curious ideas

You can use newspaper and colored paper

Ideas easy to execute

Heart envelope

Simple rectangular option

Picture frame

To make a photo frame from newspapers, you will need:

• PVA glue;
• scissors;
• glue stick;
• knitting needle;
• frame-base.

Execution order:

1. First, square blanks measuring 20x20 cm are cut from newspapers.
2. Then, with the help of a knitting needle, tubes are twisted on them and fastened with glue-pencil.
3. And already from the tubes the framing of the frame is assembled.

Choose a frame for photos smooth, preferably unpainted, so that the newspaper tubes hold well

Now you know how old newspapers and magazines can be used. This means that you can make a lot of useful and beautiful crafts, and most importantly, give yourself joyful moments of creativity.