Make Your Own Creative Bows

I was surfing the web and discovered a tutorial on making bows out of magazines.  Well, I thought, how about paper from old books, instead?  Some time ago I had purchased an old dictionary from the thrift store for $2. I have made some cool projects from it.  Let me show you what I did to make these awesome bows!

The supplies you will need are as follows:

•  an old book that you can take pages out of (I like it when the pages are kind of yellowed)
• glue dots
• stapler
• (not shown) Xacto knife makes it easier to get the pages out of the book

Step One:

 

• Cut the paper into strips that are 9.5 inches long and 1/2 inches wide.
• Cut 3/4 inch off three of the strips and cut 1.5 inches off two of the strips.  Final strip is 3 inches long.
• (NOTE:  This book has pages that are 9.5" x 7".  If you were using a magazine page that was 11" x 8.5", then I would cut them 3/4" wide, cut 1" off three of the strips, and cut 2" off two of the strips.  Final strip would be 3.5" long.)

 Step Two:

• Twist each strip as shown and staple in the middle. 
• Use a glue dot to make the small strip into a circle.

Step Three: 

• Use a glue dot for each twist and attach to the twisted strips that are the same size as show above.

  

Step Four:

• Attach sections with glue dots to get completed bow as shown above.

Finished Bow -

You can add extra strips as shown to make the ribbon streamers, if desired.

  

That's it!  Now  your imagination can go wild.  What else can you make bows with?  Have fun with it!