Vase by hand from a cardboard tube

A vase is just a trifle that can give a special charm and comfort in any room. Of course, to get this beautiful little thing will not be very difficult. However, a truly beautiful and refined vase is not cheap. Well, some cheap products do not paint the home at all, or even look at all. We offer you to make such a piece of jewelry yourself, with little effort and spending some free time. Products made with their own hands, look very original and unusual, besides, it is always pleasant to admire the subject of their creativity. One of the options is a vase with your own hands from a cardboard tube. Several ideas for creativity we will offer you in this article.

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We make a vase from cardboard

First let's analyze the simplest version of making a vase of cardboard with your own hands. To do this you will need the following:

• Carton box is rectangular and small in size.
• Adhesive.
• Several sheets of corrugated cardboard.
• Paints.
• Putty.

Procedure:

1. Form a hexagonal shape from the box.
2. Tend to manufacture the decor elements of our vase from corrugated cardboard. To do this, cut small triangles with different sides.
3. Apply to the edge of the glue and lay out the decor elements along the faces of the future vase, leaving small spaces between each figure.
4. After you have pasted the entire vase and it is completely dry, apply a small amount of putty in the spaces between the decor elements.
5. After drying, paint the vase with contrasting colors: dark color - on the sections between the triangles.

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Unusual cardboard vase

The production of such a vase is somewhat different from the previous version. In order to make a vase from cardboard, you will need:

• Narrow glass can, for example, from canned mushrooms.
• Cardboard.
• Scissors.
• Marker.
• Adhesive.
• Ruler.

Procedure:

1. Begin with the bottom. Take the jar, attach it with the bottom to the cardboard and outline the contour with a marker - this will be your bottom for the vase.
2. Cut it with scissors, adding a couple of centimeters to the drawn outline.
3. From the remaining cardboard, cut a large number of thin stripes 1-1.5 cm wide. The width of all the strips should be the same, so for this purpose a ruler should be used.
4. Cut from the obtained strips of the same lengths of 3-4 cm long. Their length depends on the diameter of the bottom of the future vase.
5. Make the manufacture of the vase itself. To do this, paste the cardboard pieces along the edge of the bottom. You need to do this in such a way that the blanks do not go beyond the contour drawn by the marker.
6. Place a second layer of cardboard pieces in a staggered pattern. In the same way, continue to spread the entire vase.
7. Periodically insert the artifact in the jar to check that it climbs.
8. When the bank completely disappears, work can be stopped. Leave the vat to dry until morning.

The next day a new vase can be used for its intended purpose.

Important! The bank inside can be left, then the construction will be somewhat stronger. In addition, such an article can be used as a candlestick, but then the candle must be inserted into the can.

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Floor vase from cardboard

In order to make an outdoor vase from a cardboard box with your own hands, you will need:

• Cardboard from boxes.
• Cardboard tube( suitable for linoleum).
• Hot glue or glue "Titan".
• Adhesive PVA.Pencil, stationery knife, scissors.
• Lots of paper or newspapers.
• Polymer putty, for example, finishing "Hercules".
• Acrylic paints.
• Fine sandpaper.
• Acrylic lacquer. Crackleur is two-stepped.

Procedure:

• Draw the shape of your future vase. In our case, this is a form of ancient Greek amphora, so four pieces of cardboard will have pens.
• Cut out the blanks from the cardboard. Four blanks with handles. Approximately 30 pieces should be produced.
• Glue the workpieces to the pipe. Bundles with handles glue from two sides of two.
• Try to position the blanks close to each other - about 1 cm apart.
• Cover the resulting shape with paper or newspaper slips with PVA glue. Do this preferably in several layers, so that there is a good density and that the newspaper does not tear during the application of the papier-mache layer.
• Soak the egg cartons in water, then press and mix them with the PVA glue using a mixer. After the mass is thoroughly mixed, cover it with the whole vase.
• When the vase dries, turn it upside down and also coat with a mass, or apply a mesh-serpyanku.
• Coat the bottom of the product with putty, and when it is dry, cover the entire vase.
• After drying, go around the craft with sandpaper to make it smooth.
• Paint the vase with gold spray paint.
• Draw a drawing and paint it. However, before drawing a picture, you must first make a sketch of the vase, so that everything is properly thought out, how it will look like in the result.

Important! When drawing an ornament, you can make a stencil so that the pattern is even, circle with a pencil and paint with a thin brush.

• Apply a two-step craquelure on a practically finished product to give the effect of antiquity, creating small cracks.
• Spread gold acrylic paint and immediately erase, so that the gold remains only in the cracks.
• Cover the vase with acrylic lacquer.

So, do not be afraid to experiment and let go of your fantasy, because making a vase of cardboard with your own hands is not difficult. But such a product will always please you and surprise your guests.