Wallpaper
This is probably the first thing that comes to mind when you see a stack of yellowed pages with long-outdated news. There is a special charm and philosophical spirit in this sadness, so why not transfer it to the walls?
Newspaper strips can be used to cover one wall, making it an accent, or they can be combined with other materials, for example, with brickwork ― a real chic of industrial style!
Collage
It is not necessary to cover the entire wall, because printed publications make original collages, which are easy to make. Take the object you like as a basis, mark the outline and fill it with newsprint. Such collages look great in offices and living rooms.
A wall in a dressing room can be well decorated with a collage of pages from fashion magazines – this idea will definitely appeal to lovers of dressing with taste.
Panel
Paper over several wooden frames with old newspapers, and apply a drawing on top using a stencil – you will get a nice panel, which can be made even by a person who is far from art and not very assiduous.
If you are ready to spend time on this idea, make a panel from magazine tubes or cut newspaper strips.
Painting
Cut and torn pages of old magazines can become material for a real masterpiece in the pop art style, but not everyone can cope with such a creative project. To begin, take a sheet of paper, draw a simple outline with a pencil and assemble it from colorful pieces using glue.
An option for the laziest: frame your favorite newspaper clipping and hang it on the wall – isn’t it a painting?
Frame
It is easy to decorate a photo frame or baguette using magazine tubes and glue. The sticks can be of different lengths, placed straight or at an angle, twisted into spirals and rectangles – it all depends on your desire.
Making such simple crafts together with children is a pleasure, minimal effort, and an excellent result.
Clock
It is easy to decorate a wall clock with the same tubes, making a rim around the dial. But you don’t have to use a real, working piece of furniture as a basis if you’re pursuing purely creative goals.
In just a few minutes, you can create a fake clock from accordion-folded or rolled magazine pages.
Organizer
This material is directly related to office supplies, so why not make a convenient module for storing writing utensils from it? You can make this from the tubes that have already been mentioned many times, or go the simple way.
Cut off a piece of the desired height from an old magazine, divide the pages into five equal stacks, fold them like a flower and secure with glue – the pencil case is ready!
Basket
Those who have already gained experience and confidently weave paper vines into the desired pattern will like the idea of making a box for handicrafts, a casket, a bread bin, a candy box and any other container for storing dry items.
Waste paper baskets made of such material look original in the interior of an office or home office – there is logic and a bit of irony in this.
Stand
If you are fascinated by the idea of weaving from magazine tubes, but you are a beginner in this craft, start with the basics – make a few coasters for hot mugs and plates. Schemes and detailed video tutorials for those wishing to master this simple technique are easy to find online.
Bag
The same technology is suitable for the independent production of bags and string bags, and they do not necessarily have to be used for their intended purpose. Such items fit well into the kitchen interior and can serve as decorative storage for food, dishes or household utensils.
A bag woven from magazine rods can be hung on a door handle and used to store canvas shopping bags, gloves, umbrellas and other small items ― similar to the Soviet “bag with bags”.
Flower pots
Your guests will definitely be surprised when they see how creatively you decorated ordinary flower pots. Flowerpots for them can be woven from old magazines using the principle of a birch bark basket or a willow basket, or they can be glued together from tubes in a spiral.
Roller blind
If you take a large magazine apart into spreads or use newspaper strips, the length of the sticks will be enough to assemble a full-fledged curtain.
You will need strong threads and equally strong nerves to cope with this painstaking work, but the interior will certainly be transformed.
Decoupage
Using the decoupage technique with old magazines and newspapers, you can decorate any surfaces and objects, from tabletops and furniture fronts to vases, candlesticks and decorative bottles.
New Year’s decorations
Pages covered with letters will become a fertile and original material for creating decorations for the New Year and Christmas: Christmas trees, angels, birds, pine cones, garlands, wreaths and Christmas tree balls. Of course, it’s more fun to make them with kids.
Furniture
Stop cutting, tearing and twisting old printed press, it looks great in the interior and as a whole. For example, a table can become a coffee table in an unexpectedly literal sense of the word. And it’s also easy to make a nice pouf from a pile of magazines.
We hope that the muse has already visited you, and you are looking at the piles of old editions with barely restrained enthusiasm. Go for it!
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