Recycled Textbook Decorative Wreath

So if you're like me, you know that textbooks from school go to mad waste for the strange fact that they make you pay $150+ for a book you probably open the day before exams and then they don't buy them back because they decided to make a "new edition" that has 3 pages that are different, thus breaking your wallet and leaving you with wasted paper and heartbreak of all the money you just spent.

But hey, I hope you got an A.

Anyways, brainstorming led me to this recycled textbook wreath that is super easy to make and pretty cute to add something to your room! 

WOOHOO. FINALLY! SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE!

 BASICALLY all you have to do is roll the sheets from your book up, and tape them to a cone shape at an angle, and then glue them all on to a piece of cardboard and then WA-LA! done deal. Donezo. Boom. Badabing Badabang! I don't know what other expression I can use to describe the finalization of the product. I love it. I LUV IT!

Natalie nature would say, I LOVE IT!

Clearly, I love it.

It's cute. And more eco-friendly than throwing your book away.Unless you recycle, which I hope everyone does, but this is recycling too, in a different form... And then you don't have to hate your class for breaking your bank account because you're left with a little souvineer than you actually can be proud of!

All you need, your book, a cardboard piece of whatever the heck you want, I used a banana box that I got from work, and a hot glue gun! 

  Step 1: Pick out your book. I used my old Chemistry book from my first year in college that I've been doing nothing with for the past 3 years.

Step 2: Roll them sheets up guhhhhhrrl!

 I probably rolled about half the book, but I kinda just did a roll-as-you-go type of strategy because I didn't know how much I would need.

Step 3: Cut a circular cardboard type of base that you can glue the paper to. Clearly mine isn't perfect. Nothing's perfect in this world, so It doesn't really matter. You're going to cover it up anyways.

Step 4: Put them in a motion that you can fill the in betweens so it's easier to stack the paper. Once you start to fill it in, you can put them at different levels to add to the shape for however you want it to end up. I cut small pieces and large pieces so it flowed better.

Step 5: Decide what you're going to do with it. Mine is a skirt here.

 Or a hat.

Or a headband

  

Or just a decoration in your room. I sprayed mine with some left over glitter spray paint that I had from another project. I just hung it up with a tack. Wa-la!