Shield yourself from the elements with gum wrappers

How to make an umbrella out of gum wrappers. It will be a little small, so you may not want to depend on this unless you're less than _{six inches tall}

I know from the title you probably thought there'd be a helmut that protects you from martian death rays. That is another project that you'll just have to wait to see. That's an advanced topic reserved for those without alien implants. For now, you can just use some Reynold's wrap like I do and hope they don't abduct us again and plant little chips in our brains that make us create weird things and make 'ibles of them. But I digress...

I think this is a nice miniature umbrella you could possibly use for a decoration of some type. Again, it could be suitable for a dollhouse.

Let's get started on this project.
You'll need:
13 gum wrappers (14 if you're superstitious)
2 of them of a different color than the others (try your own color scheme - maybe pick your favorite team's colors).
I got the green ones from Wrigley's 5 gum.
Optional equipment:
Ruler
I don't think a protractor is going to help with this (can't find the darn thing anyways)

Here is a 360^o view of the umbrella

Step 1 Make 9 sticks

If you've read any of my other posts, you know the drill.
You will need nine (9) sticks to complete this project. Eight (8) of them will be part of the finished Umbrella. The other one is just for use in shaping the other sticks.

Get busy - you have nine(9) sticks to roll and you'll need four flat wrappers for the umbrella top. You'll want to use the best looking ones you can find for the top since a lot of the surface area will be visible on those wrappers. If any of the wrappers have little nicks or scratches, these are fine for the sticks.

Here's a video of me making a stick. (if you like my slippers - they're on sale on ebay;-)

Here are more instructables that have detailed steps on creating a stick.
footstool
swing set

Comments

[cowscankill]

I made one!! :D It was hard, so I used some tape

[gumwrapper]

I just saw your pics - nice work. If you're going to use an adhesive to make things work - use super glue. It's strong and no one can see it;-)

[theRIAA]

you can eat the paper gum wrappers

[gumwrapper]

Although it probably won't hurt you to eat paper in general, I don't think the gum wrapper paper is any tastier than any other paper. I know there are rice candies that have edible wrappers that would be far more nutritious and delicious.

[theRIAA]

im pretty sure it's like rice/sugar paper. you can't even taste it after 5 seconds. for me, it makes the gum stiffer and last longer...

[mg0930mg]

That's just disgusting.

[cowscankill]

Your stuff are amazing... but I'm scared! Do I have enough gum wrappers?! JK xD Those are my gum wrappers though....

[dsman195276]

man this is cool, but alas i have something in my mouth so i can not chew gun. darn.

[Mr. Rig It]

Wow you must chew a lot of gum, for all of those gumwrapper projects. Very cool, with lots of detail.

[gumwrapper]

Thanks. I usually run out of wrappers (and time) long before I run out of ideas.