Happy New month to all the creative users of this community and I welcome you all to my post once again. In a world grappling with environmental concern, repurposing materials such as cardboard is a small but significance step towards sustainability. Cardboard often considered as waste and discarded after it's intial use has now become a material I used to craft various diy project and today I present to you a diy cardboard basket made from cardboard.
Materials
Carton
Scissors
Ruler
paper cutter
Pencil
Evostik gum
Adhesive
MAKING PROCESS
step I
I began by peeling one side of my cardboard, I peeled an entire piece of cardboard and I decided to make use of the lighter part of the cardboard.
step 2
Then I made circular cardboard shape and cut it out, then I duplicated it into two pieces.
step 3
At this step, I cut out some strips measuring one centimetre wide from the carton. I made a good number of it. After the cutting, I doubled the strips with the help of Evostic gum to make them thick and strong not easy to cut.
step 4
After doing that, I then began the base of my basket construction and gum the stripes of cardboard which I made and attach them on the circular cardboard as shown below.
step 5
Next i gummed the other circular cardboard together and used it to cover the first one to give me the base.
step 6
After doing that I then cut some strips again measuring 0.4 cm wide and then gummed them together using adhesive to form a very long strip.
step 7
At this step, I then used the 0.4 cm wide strips to weave the base of the basket.
step 8
After doing that, I then finished weaving the entire basket and I trimmed the top edges of the basket with my scissors.
step 9
At this stage, I then constructed the top edge of the basket, first I picked a 1 cm strip of cardboard that can round the top of the basket and used another cardboard and weave it from edge to edge. After that I then gummed them together to form a circle.
step 10
Then I mounted the constructed edge on the basket and gummed it with adhesive.
step 11
After doing that I then constructed the handle of the basket using cardboard and I gummed it to the top of the basket.
After completing my craft here is my final result
With these few steps and some crafting skills I have been able to create a cardboard basket that can serve as a multiple purpose tool. I have come to the end of my crafting and I hope you all liked my craft very much. Till we meet again and bye for now.