Gum Wrapper Shide

If you have any interest in Japan, you've probably seen shide before.  They're the white paper zigzags hanging around Shinto shrines.  Want to make your own?  Chew a lot of gum?  Then you've come to the right place.

(I know these aren't authentic and I don't claim them to be.  This is just for fun.)

Sticks of gum used to come in 17-packs, as seen in the picture.  (Why 17?  Why not 18?)  But recently, a switch has been made to 5x3, 15 packs.  (For the same price.)  Unfortunately, that makes this Instructable is a little late, but it's still fun.  I've included the dimensions of the paper used, so you can make your own, if you don't have the old-style gum packs lying around. 

Step 1 Folding your first link

We start off with the full pack.  Remove the first wrapper and flatten it.  (Pictures 1 and 2)

If you don't have gum wrappers like this, the dimensions are 53mm x 58mm.

Tear the paper in half the long way.  Fold it in half to find the middle, then unfold it.  (Pictures 3 and 4)  Fold both sides in the long way, then fold from the middle again.  The paper will be 1/4 size.  (Pictures 5 and 6)

Fold this in half the short way, then fold the ends in.  (Pictures 7 and 8)

Comments

[ycc2106]

Honestly, why do easy when you can complicate!? Just using normal paper would be like the real one, maybe too real.... ;P

[garooob]

Because I can.  Idunno, maybe you need a smaller version or one that's more durable.  Or maybe you have all these gum wrappers lying around...