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This bell will be a wonderful gift for students and teachers. But it can also be a great decoration for your home. It is very easy to manufacture.

newspaper tube bell


For the manufacture we need:
- newspaper or magazine.
- PVA glue.
- a knitting needle.
- spray paint gold color.
- white bow.
- universal glue "Titan".
Getting to work. We take a magazine and cut into strips of size 45x10 cm.

newspaper tube bell


Now we begin to twist the strip into a tube. Put it on the lower right corner and fold tightly. When the whole strip is rolled up, we coat the upper left corner with PVA glue.

newspaper tube bell

newspaper tube bell


Here's a tube we got.

newspaper tube bell


Immediately prepare how many tubes, so as not to interrupt the weaving of the bell to twist the missing tubes.

newspaper tube bell


We begin to weave a bell. To do this, take 6 tubes. And put them cross on a cross of 3 pieces.

newspaper tube bell


Take two tubes and connect them together. Then bend from just above the middle. This will be the working tubes with which we will weave a bell.

newspaper tube bell


We take the working tube and lay it on the cross from the tubes. So that the tubes are sandwiched between the working tubes.

newspaper tube bell


Since the working tube has two ends, the first one we turn forward onto a row of tubes, and the second we start for it.

newspaper tube bell

newspaper tube bell


Then we go to the third side of the cross and turn off the second tube and put it on top of the row, and start the first one on it.

newspaper tube bell


We also cross the working tubes on the fourth side of the cross.

newspaper tube bell


When we fixed all sides of the cross, then we got the foundation. And now, when the base is ready, we begin to braid each tube individually. In the same way, crossing the tubes, we braid each main one.

newspaper tube bell

newspaper tube bell


So weave a complete row.

newspaper tube bell


We also weave the following rows, but we bend the main tubes so that the weaving is obtained in the correct form, a bell. We will get the shape of a volumetric oval.

newspaper tube bell

newspaper tube bell


Weave another 17 rows.

newspaper tube bell

newspaper tube bell


Gradually we remove the ends of the main tubes so that the edges of the weave are wider than the middle of the bell.

newspaper tube bell

newspaper tube bell


So the main bell is ready. The weave is over.

newspaper tube bell


Now we fix the ends of the main tubes. Weave them into the base.

newspaper tube bell

newspaper tube bell


Now we start weaving the tongue for the bell. We take three tubes. Clamp the ends on one side and start weaving.

newspaper tube bell


We put the first tube on the second. Second to third. And the third to the first. So we continue to weave.

newspaper tube bell

newspaper tube bell


When a sufficient length of the tongue is twisted, we make a ball at the end of the chain. To do this, grind the remaining ends of the tubes to the edge of the chain. And fix with glue.

newspaper tube bell

newspaper tube bell


In the same way weave and a handle for a bell. But we use 4 tubes. And weave it into the base.

newspaper tube bell


We also weave the tongue from the inside.

newspaper tube bell

newspaper tube bell


Now it's time to paint the bell. We take a spray paint and paint the bell inside and out. Let the paint dry completely.

newspaper tube bell

newspaper tube bell


We tie a white bow to the bell handle. All our bell is ready.

newspaper tube bell


Good luck to all.
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