How to Create Flip Flops out of Newspaper
Choose your material., Cut the paper into equal strips, about 1cm each., Trace your foot on a separate piece of paper., Cut out your foot tracing. , On another piece of paper, draw a flip-flop outline around your foot tracing, about how big you...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Choose your material.
It can be anything from newspaper to loose leaf.
The only requirement is that it has to be an entire sheet of paper, or ripped/cut into long strips. -
Step 2: Cut the paper into equal strips
It is better when they are straight edged, so you could use a ruler and draw the lines or use a paper cutter. (If the page doesn't fit you can always fold it and cut) , Be sure to hold the pen or pencil straight up and down while tracing or you might end up with a distorted version of your foot.
You could also dip your foot in paint and have a footprint on a piece of paper, but that is much messier. ,, (About a centimeter is a good distance) , Take some strips of paper and clip them together with tape or binder clips.
This will be side A.
Take one strip and weave it through them perpendicularly, going over and under.
Take another strip and weave the same way, but going under and over so the first strip is fixed in one place.
Continue until the amount of strips on side B is the same as side A. , Repeat, switching sides every turn.
Continue until it is as long as your flip-flop shape. , Put tape on the lines you drew and cut out. , (It sounds like a lot but if you fold the newspaper and then cut, it goes a lot faster.
They do not have to be perfect, as long as they are not drastically too big) OPTIONAL:
Wet them and let them hang to air dry for more comfort. , Measure the distance between where the strap would hit between your first two toes and where it would hit on the side of your foot.
Add about 2 inches.
Create a strap the width you would like using the same weaving technique as before.
Do the same for the other side. ,,,,,,,, -
Step 3: about 1cm each.
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Step 4: Trace your foot on a separate piece of paper.
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Step 5: Cut out your foot tracing.
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Step 6: On another piece of paper
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Step 7: draw a flip-flop outline around your foot tracing
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Step 8: about how big you would normally want your flip-flops to be.
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Step 9: Take the strips of newspaper and weave them together.
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Step 10: Fold the outermost strip on side A so it is going in the same direction as side B and weave.
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Step 11: Trace the flip-flop shape onto what you have just created.
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Step 12: Cut out "feet" in the shape of your flip-flop out of the newspaper
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Step 13: at least 30.
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Step 14: Create your straps.
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Step 15: Tape the straps together so their ends line up
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Step 16: like attaching a pole to a tree for support
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Step 17: but leaving 1 inch loose.
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Step 18: Create a hole between where your first two toes would be.
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Step 19: Feed the straps through the hole
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Step 20: split them
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Step 21: and tape.
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Step 22: Tape the other ends on the sides of your feet where you chose them to be.
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Step 23: Create some 1" by 2" rectangles out of newspaper.
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Step 24: Flip over your very thin flip-flop and tape the rectangles around the edge
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Step 25: sticking out a considerable distance so it looks like a sun.
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Step 26: Place the stack of "feet" on top.
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Step 27: Fold the rectangles around the "feet" and tape.
Detailed Guide
It can be anything from newspaper to loose leaf.
The only requirement is that it has to be an entire sheet of paper, or ripped/cut into long strips.
It is better when they are straight edged, so you could use a ruler and draw the lines or use a paper cutter. (If the page doesn't fit you can always fold it and cut) , Be sure to hold the pen or pencil straight up and down while tracing or you might end up with a distorted version of your foot.
You could also dip your foot in paint and have a footprint on a piece of paper, but that is much messier. ,, (About a centimeter is a good distance) , Take some strips of paper and clip them together with tape or binder clips.
This will be side A.
Take one strip and weave it through them perpendicularly, going over and under.
Take another strip and weave the same way, but going under and over so the first strip is fixed in one place.
Continue until the amount of strips on side B is the same as side A. , Repeat, switching sides every turn.
Continue until it is as long as your flip-flop shape. , Put tape on the lines you drew and cut out. , (It sounds like a lot but if you fold the newspaper and then cut, it goes a lot faster.
They do not have to be perfect, as long as they are not drastically too big) OPTIONAL:
Wet them and let them hang to air dry for more comfort. , Measure the distance between where the strap would hit between your first two toes and where it would hit on the side of your foot.
Add about 2 inches.
Create a strap the width you would like using the same weaving technique as before.
Do the same for the other side. ,,,,,,,,
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