These paper weave place mats are simple enough for a three year old to make.
Weaving a floor mat out of newspaper.
Continue folding each side of the newspaper to the center crease line until each side measures 3 1 2.
Fold the sheets in half.
Kids can also change the way the weave looks by cutting wavy lines zigzags or lines are varying thickness into the construction paper.
This time cut all the way across the paper so you get 8 strips of paper.
Turn the newspaper so that its center fold is closest to you.
Weave use the strips of colored paper made in part b to weave into the slotted paper made n part a.
For each placemat you ll need two newspaper spreads.
Weave the strips up down through the slots of the white sheet.
Fold each side of the newspaper to the center fold line and crease the folded edge.
Paper weave place mats by laughing kids learn.
One of the spreads should be folded along its center crease.
Cut the sheet into strips as above.
For a more intricate final product try weaving them.
Rotating the mat and folding and tucking into the horizontal strips along the edges.
Lay two thicknesses of full sheets of the newspaper out onto a flat work surface.
Hello everyone in this video you will learn how to make beautiful dinning mat out of newspaper you will surely enjoy the process of making it and will be glad to see results.
This is one of the cool tricks we learned a long long time ago and it still works.