Make 3D, Light-up, Twisted animal Horns!

Step 3 Wrapping in cooking/baking paper.

I stupidly bought a 5 metre-length box of cooking/baking paper.  It's way too short, and it ends up having to be joined.  A join means the paper is more likely to get stuck inside the horn.  Get 10 metres or longer.  Preferably longer. 

So take your roll of cooking/baking paper out of its box.  Be careful with this next bit.  Take a tough pair of scissors and stab a hole through all the layers - even the cardboard core - about 1 inch or 2.5cm from the edge.  Cut all the way around, through all the layers - even the cardboard core.  Try not to tear the paper – it’s easier to work with in one piece.  Discard the bit of cardboard core.

Secure one end of the strip of baking paper to the thick end of the horn, and start wrapping it round the horn.  You have to wrap kind of firmly, or the baking paper will just slip around.  But not so firmly that the baking paper tears.  Wrap it round a few turns, then use a pin or thumbtack or small rubber bands, whichever works best, to hold the end in place – it’s extremely slippery.  I found that small rubber bands worked OK. 

Keep wrapping.  Make plenty of overlap.  Don’t leave any part of the garden support uncovered.  It’s better to use too much baking paper instead of too little (the more slippery it is, the easier it will be to remove the twisted plant support 'core' later.)  Wrap further than necessary – almost to the tip of the horn, and secure it with a rubber band at the tip.  If the baking paper rips, or you run out, temporarily pin it while you start wrapping with another strip of baking paper; pin that too, then slide a rubber band over both, removing the pins.  But joins should be avoided - they make it more difficult to remove the plant support core later.