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Recycle your phonebook
Do you have an old dusty phonebook and are thinking of throwing it away well dont insted make a pencil holder with it. Oh I was not sure about the time because it took 3 hours to dry the first time and 3 more the second time.
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Step 1First gather your materials like you see here.
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Step 2Second trace a line by the very half of the phonebook and start to cut taking 10 pages at a time do this as straight and even that you can. Well I lost my patience and I used a cutting blade jajaja,dont do this it wont work as well. Well it might work for you.
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Step 3See the picture I had a hard time and my daughter help lol.
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Step 4Third divide your already cut phonebook in to five equal parts use clothespins.
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Step 5Fourth glue a pencil to the spine of the book like you see here. As you can see my glue gun that was in first step was misbehaving and I had touse my wife´s pink gun lol.
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Step 6Now fold backwards to glue in place.
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Step 7Fifth glue the edge of the pages and fold inwards to make a petal shape.
Put clothespins to hold in place. -
Step 8After that glue a little more higher and use another clothespin.
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Step 9This is what it looks like ugly right lol.
Let it completly dry before the next step. -
Step 10Here it is dry.
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Step 11Six get a cardboard or an old box like I did and trace the shape of the
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Step 12See thats the shape.
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Step 13Seven cut your shape lol like you didn't know that.
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Step 14Eight glue the cardboard to the bottom of the pencil holder.
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Step 15You are done this is what it looks like you can leave it like this or
paint and decorate it.Put your pencils or stuff in it.
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Step 16I painted mine.
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Step 17My finished work.
Now let me see your version.
such a smart idea!!!! love it;-D xxxx