Paper hand woven basket

I luv handicrafts. I remember when i was younger, i will always get an A for any handicrafts, but not in art ie drawings :P

I handmade many things when young - blouse, purse, hat, skirt, pencil case, autograph (made from scratch ie from A4 papers), cross stitch etc

As I grow, i find that i have lesser and lesser time for my hobby. so..as time goes by, i have not time at all for these.

Now that I am happily unemployed, I am back again trying to get a feel of handcrafting.

I got this idea from The Star


Paper cut out from flyers



Rolled up papers to form thin straw



Since I dun have glue at home, I made some from starch. Learned this when i was very young. Glue is needed ti stick the end of each paper so that it dun unroll.














Ta daa.....the final product. I made some changes to the method, instead of gluing the ends, i cut plastic bag to stripes and wrap it around.

I know i know, my basket is crooked. I need to improve on my weaving skill. Guess it's not bad for a first timer :)