How to Turn Junk Mail and Paper into Very Nice Bowls

Step 13 How to Roll the Paper Instead

Get yourself a 1/2" dowel rod.
Uncut paper.

Basically, take your sheet of paper and you roll the paper around the dowel rod at an angle for a longer tube, taping the end so it stays rolled and slide it off. Do this many times. Around 25 or so is a good number.

Then tape each roll to the other, and start coiling then together.

Once you are done coiling your paper, tape the end down, and turn it from the pancake shape into that of a bowl, like in Step 7.

Then glue and sand and use the acrylic sealer like in steps 10 and 11.

Comments

[chipper35]

I'm skeptical, but I still may do it........one thing, though: it's sorta like you took the "low" road here.....what with the going on and on about the "scraps" of paper, then you cave and use a roll of tickets.........kinda odd.

Interesting, nonetheless.

[thydzik]

wait, how did it go from a roll of scrap paper to a roll of tickets? any pictures of the bowl made from scrap paper?

[laminterious]

Yea, I will put them up once I am done. i am making a big one for our table, a nice large centerpiece bowl for fruit and whatnot. I have been scrounging paper from where ever I can to get it to the size I want.

[emsh]

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[mowie]

wats with the pic

[Father Christmas]

lol im thinking the same thing

[MR.builderguy]

I think that's very cool!

[laminterious]

Thanks!

[cafy59]

Super tutorial - its a definate for all my spare paper!