Needlework in the lives of many people is far from the last place. A relatively new direction in this matter was weaving from newspaper tubes. Beginners can weave a tea house, which will be a worthy decoration of almost any room.
What is required?
To facilitate the weaving process and make the occupation as comfortable as possible, it is recommended that you first prepare all the necessary tools and materials. So, To make a house you will need:
- newspaper tubes;
- glue of good quality;
- paints of various colors;
- pencil;
- scissors;
- a small piece of wallpaper;
- wire;
- acrylic varnish for fixing the structure (available at a hardware store).
Also, additionally not too hard cardboard and decorative elements are needed (here it all depends on the ability to buy something and on the imagination of the person himself).
Weaving technique
There are several ways to weave a tea house. In complexity, they are approximately the same, but differ from each other in many nuances. To visualize how you can make a house with your own hands, you need to learn each method individually.
To start making a house should not be from the base, but from the roof. To do this, you need to take a sheet of cardboard and draw a triangle on it, then cut it out with scissors and glue it so that a cone-shaped figure is obtained. To make it stronger, it is better to paste wallpaper on it. In shape it is easy to guess that it will be a roof.
For convenience of further use, it is recommended to make a loop at the top of the roof. To do this, you will need to insert a wire into one of the newspaper tubes.Next, this tube must be bent and glued to the top of the roof with glue. Thanks to the inserted wire, you can give it any desired shape. Now the whole roof must be pasted with newspaper tubes.
After the roof is ready, it can be put to dry a little. At this time, you can closely engage in the manufacture of the foundation of the future house. From the cardboard in the same way you need to cut and glue the cylinder. At this stage, you need to cut out the window in the house. Here, too, you need to show imagination and think about its shape. It can be anything: round, square, oval or even triangular.
The base of the house is also better for wallpapering. When the glue dries a little, you can proceed to decorating with tubes. At the same time, it is important not to forget to interlace them with each other. When the base is ready, it is necessary to glue it with a roof.
An important point: if the newspaper tubes are still not holding very well, you can fix them with small clothespins.
Wicker house for tea is almost ready. Now you need to paint it in the colors that were planned. You can start the decor only after the paint has completely dried. As decorative elements, you can use anything you want: flowers, beads, rhinestones, small toy animals (for example, these can be figurines from key rings).
If you want to make the roof of the house unusual, you can decorate it by slicing wine corks. To do this, take a few corks and cut them into circles. Next, these circles need to be carefully glued with an overlap. The result should be an imitation of a tiled roof.
There is another master class of simple weaving for storing tea bags. If in the previous version the house was round, then here it will have a rectangular shape. Weaving should begin from the bottom. In this case, weaving should be carried out from double racks (one of which is shorter than the other). Gradually you need to rise, not forgetting to make a hole through which, in fact, tea bags will be served.
As we move up, weaving should be narrowed. The roof needs to be weaved last. Further, the process is no different from the previous master class. The house needs to be painted and allowed to dry properly. You can use the decor, but you can do without it, leaving the classic version.
Making a tea house step by step from newspapers is easy. If you can’t come up with your own version, then you can see the most successful examples that more experienced craftsmen share on the Internet.
Beautiful examples
Beginners should pay attention to the classic model of tea houses with a minimum set of decorative elements. A worthy option would be a classic round house with a roof and a window. To make it is very simple, while it fits perfectly into any interior. For the manufacture you will need a minimum set of tools and a sufficient number of newspaper tubes.
A more complex version is presented in the form of a mushroom. Weaving such a house is more difficult; decoration elements are required. It looks very interesting and attractive.
A very unusual option is a Chinese-style tea house. It is difficult to make; skills and patience are required. But it will look wonderful in an identical interior.
Next, see a workshop on weaving a tea house from newspaper tubes.
