Making A Chair Out Of Paper

Start with a six inch square piece of paper.

Making a chair out of paper.

In the video below we make a comics themed chair by covering each finished roll with the comics pages. Lab sheets student and teacher instructions and challenge signs are all. How to make simple chair covers. Using an archival spray from a craft store will prevent the newspaper from yellowing over time.

This stem challenge is always one of my students favorites. Can you create a chair that can hold a stuffed animal using only paper and tape. There is a lot of opportunity for variety in this challenge depending on whether you restrict the supplies and or the size s of the stuffed animals. Check out the tutorial by instructables user mr.

Each person has a group including 3 people per group. If they re old suitcases you already have it makes it extra special because it s like a walk sit down memory lane every time. Try making them out of vintage suitcases. Lay it with the colored side facing down.

Custom tailored slipcovers whether purchased or homemade are not an option. Want your diy chair to have a nostalgic look. Slipcovers are one of the quickest and simplest ways to give an old chair a new look. First of all you gather the supplies which is 6 inches of masking tape and 4 sheets of paper.

An origami chair can be used as for mini dolls. If your paper comes on a roll like wallpaper does tear a sheet that s a little wider than the width of the seat 60 cm. This is fun to use as for your origami furniture set. Can you build a paper chair that can hold the weight of a stuffed animal.

Then start tearing strips lengthwise along the sheet between 1 2 1 1 2 inch wide. Second you start building a chair that you think will be the best design and stable. You could use other types of paper such as wrapping paper wallpaper maps your child s artwork to personalize the piece. You will figure out that paper always tears better in one direction than the other.