Beneath you’ll discover a straightforward step-by-step tutorial for make a gum wrapper chain. Use massive strips of ornamental paper and so they can flip into all types of enjoyable issues.

When college students discover ways to make a gum wrapper paper chain from some bigger strips of paper (versus these teeny tiny ones that this challenge originated as) they will study a ability that may take off in many various instructions.

Listed here are just some concepts that college students got here up with, every time I introduced this challenge out. The zig-zag chains may very well be changed into:

• Bookmarks
• Bracelets
• Crowns
• Arm Bands
• Belts
• and, the let’s-see-who-can-make-the-longest-chain contest!

I feel the concept originated with a seek for deplete numerous 12″x12″ ornamental paper somebody donated to my college. A seek for do one thing aside from your standard, standard paper chains resulted on this discover of gum wrapper paper chains. It’s a good way to make a sequence, nevertheless it definitely doesn’t need to be so tiny. Working massive helps college students handle the folding, and so they could make one thing fairly enjoyable in a comparatively quick time too. It’s nice exercise for people who simply have to do one thing totally different. In case your college students give you one thing new to do with these, I’d like to see it!

Supplies for a Gum Wrapper Paper Chain

• Scrapbook sample paper (12″ x 12″ dimension)
• Paper cutter
• Stapler

Instructions to make a Gum Wrapper Paper Chain

PREP: Use a paper cutter to make strips of paper which are 1.25″ x 12″ in size. You’ll want about 25 for every scholar to make a crown.

Paper Craft Cactus

Due to craft paper punches, this cactus craft challenge is simple to do, even for big teams.

I like how the cardboard inventory is available in a number of shades of inexperienced so you may combine issues up a bit. Darkish spikes on mild inexperienced, and visa versa. A lot extra attention-grabbing than in the event that they had been all the identical.

MATERIALS
• Miniature clay pot, about 2″ tall*
• Mannequin Magic (leftovers or any brown shade)
• Craft paper punch, 3″ circle*
• Star paper punch*
• Recollections cardstock inexperienced paper*
• Pink card inventory paper
• Inexperienced markers, numerous shades
• Scissors
• Glue stick
• Craft glue
• Small stick (Michaels has matchsticks)

DIRECTIONS
1. Fill the pot to the highest with Mannequin Magic. This can be a good time to make use of up leftovers to might have round.
2. College students get six circles of their alternative of inexperienced paper. To make the cactus, they fold every in half and crease. Every half circle is glued in a sandwich trend, and lastly the 2 ends are glued collectively to make a whole fan form. I like to recommend a minimal of six circles, however extra (to a degree) would look even higher.
3. Draw cactus traces on all sides with a marker.
4. Minimize tiny spikes from leftover inexperienced paper and glued across the sides with a glue stick.
5. Place the match stick within the pot, and the cactus slides on prime.
6. The flower is comprised of two crimson stars and a little bit of yellow Mannequin Magic that’s glued along with craft glue.