Take two additional triangles and nest them inside your taco so that their points just barely meet in the middle (use photo gallery for reference. Squeeze a scant line of glue into the crease of your triangle. Select the triangle you’d like to show fully in your finished crown, we shall designate this your “taco” triangle. Tissue paper by itself is generally too fragile to work with.Ĭrisply fold all of your squares into triangles. IF YOU ARE USING TISSUE PAPER, you will want to cut an equal number of squares from either brown paper bags or the white craft paper to glue your tissue paper to. (You will be folding these squares, however, so you can always position any damaged portions to the inside of your crown.) Trace your squares on your wrapping paper and cut out, taking care to keep your cuts to the INSIDE of your tracing marks, so they will not show. Wrapping paper and tissue paper is easier to navigate pretty-side-up so that you can avoid sections with writing or tape.
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Using your cardboard t-shirt box or the top of a gift box, cut a perfect square to trace as your template (ours were 3 inches by 3 inches).įlip your paper from your gift bags pretty-side-down and trace your squares., then cut out. Lay gift bags flat and trim off and discard any handles or tags. Cut along the bottom of the bag and discard - this section is too thick and has too many seams to work with. Smooth flat (some papers you may be able to iron) your wrapping paper and tissue paper, and cut your gift bags along one corner seam from the top to the bottom of the bag. Instructions for Basic DIY Paper Crown from Upcycled Wrapping Paper:ĭecide which paper or papers you’d like to use for your crown. I know that I, for one, look much better in a crown. Scroll on down for 3 ways to upcycle your wrapping paper into pretty paper crowns - it’s an eco-friendly upcycle and will save you money on NYE favors, which will just end up in the trash anyway.
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It added such a fun and playful aspect to our holiday, we may have to turn this into a tradition! How’s a girl to creatively upcycle tons of wrapping paper? How about making pretty DIY paper crowns for New Years Eve with her 10-year-old niece?! We actually did this all on Christmas afternoon and our whole family each wore a crown for Christmas dinner. I greedily snatched up a ridiculous amount of our wrapping paper waste this year and then realized, “Oh crap, I now have a small mountain of old wrapping paper.” And so, dear readers, I am turning into my mother. Because most wrapping paper isn’t recyclable because of the tape, poor fiber quality, and plastic additives (for luster, glitter, or metallic prints). Kids can make this really simple modular crown and wear this on their birthday’s or any special occasions and get the feeling of prince or princess.Why crafting with old wrapping paper, you ask? Because Americans produce 25% more trash between Thanksgiving and New Years. Here’s the completed easy origami modular crown that your kids would love. Repeat above two steps until all the segments are connected.ĩ.You may have to slightly bend the rectangular edges to get the segments to fit together. Slide the rectangle of one segment into the opening of the other segment and continue to slide until it locks in place. Align the rectangular edges against each other.Take two of the segments with pointy folded sides pointing out.Repeat steps for the remaining sheet of paper and to assemble them follow these below instructions: With 8 units, the crown is approximately 7 inches (18 cm) in diameter.Ĩ. You need around 7 to 8 units for an adult and less for kids.
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Fold the paper in half on the vertical axis. Fold both the top right and left corners to the centre.Ħ. Fold the paper in half on both the horizontal and vertical axis. Start with a 6-inch x 6 inch (15 cm x 15 cm) square paper, colour side down (thicker paper works better for the Crown)Ģ.
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How to make Modular Paper Crown Step by step instructions to make Modular Crown:ġ.