You will need:

• Lined card/paper (use our template or draw your own)

• Variety of different

paper strips

• Scissors

• Glue stick

Paper Weaving

1. Fold your lined card or paper in half so that

the lines are on the outside. If you can't print

out the lined template, then draw equally

spaced lines on a piece of paper.

2. Starting at the fold, cut along the lines.

Be careful not to cut all the way to the

end of the paper - you need to leave a

gap of around 2.5cm at the edge.

3. When you unfold your paper you should

have lots of slits for weaving through. It

doesn't matter if these aren't exactly equal.

4. Take your first strip of paper and weave

it through the slits by putting it over one

and under the next. Continue this until

your strip is woven all the way across the

paper.

5. Move the woven strip to the top and then

move to the next strip. Weave it in a opposite

pattern to the first i.e if your first strip went

over and under the slits, the second strip

should go under and over the slits.

6. Continue weaving your paper strips in

an alternating pattern until you have

woven your entire page.

7. Carefully flip your paper so that the

back is now facing up. Apply glue at the

ends of each paper strip.

8. Fold the ends of each strip over

and press down to glue in place.

9.Turn over - you now have

your very own woven paper!