Ever received those ad-fliers on the street and wondered what to do with them? Often we pick them up out of sympathy for people who stand hours in the sun to give them away. They probably earn a pittance.
If you can use some quick thinking and have a thing for funky stuff when it comes to dressing up, it’s possible to make the best use of these.
In this project, I have used a cardboard flier from one of the restaurants near home.
It is amazing what a strip of duct tape or decorative tape can do. Go ahead and try this with industrial tape of different colours too. My roll of gold colour tape came in handy.
materials you need
Method:
In a few easy steps, you can get a funky pair of earrings.Tape the cardboard with enough tape.What I have here is a thick surface tape. With tape that is thinner, you may need to be careful while cutting and pasting.
Cut the cardboard into squares. Optionally, you may first cut the cardboard and tape each piece.
Use the small hole punch to poke holes on one corner of each of these pieces.
To these two sets, add a fish hook each.
A problem may arise with these cut pieces. The edges may feel sticky because of the duct tape glue. To set that right, you can lace the edges with the super glue or gorilla glue or multi-surface glue, and let them dry out. Your cardboard earrings are ready.
The earrings are light weight. Get over the notion that they are cheap. They are funky and you just did your bit, not to throw away something into a landfill.
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