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You can easily make tall Cornstalk decorations for your Halloween or fall celebrations and parties.
Steps
Method 1
Method 1 of 2:
From a magazine
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1Get a magazine.
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2Remove the staples.Advertisement
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3Take one of the pages and lay it on the table.
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4Overlap a second page near the end of the first one.
- Overlap only about 2 inches (5.1 cm).
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5Start loosely (about one inch diameter) rolling paper #1 and when you get to paper #2 it will be rolled up as well.
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6Before paper #2 is completely rolled, get another sheet (paper #3) from the magazine and overlap paper #2 with paper #3 about two inches before the end of paper #2.
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7Continue and repeat the above steps, overlapping until you have done about 20 sheets of paper.
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8When all the paper is rolled up, it should be about one to two inches in diameter.
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9Tape the outer paper (the last one you rolled) to the roll, so that it stays together like a baton.
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10Carefully take scissors and cut 1/2-inch-wide, 1 1/2-inch-long sections in one of the ends of the "baton."
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11Insert your finger into the cut end of the paper, and pull out the inner papers so it comes out like a long cone (or light saber, if you're into sci-fi!).
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12Bend down the "leaves" along the entire length of the "Cornstalk."
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13Your final product can be folded at the wide end (the base of the "stalk") to provide support. Lean it against a wall or another way is to put it inside a planting pot along with other "corn stalks."
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Method 2
Method 2 of 2:
From kraft paper (6' tall and bold)
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1Procure a roll of brown Kraft paper. The roll should be 24" tall, available at Office Depot on clearance for $3. The label says 40LB Kraft Roll 24 in. x 900 feet (274.3 m). 47002-OD.
- Use the technique with that. The result will look fantastic and be six foot tall.
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2Unroll at least a six foot length of paper.
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3Curl the sheet into a roll about one and a half to two inches in outer diameter with an inside diameter of at least one inch (two finger widths).
- Make at least 11 turns. You can use up to 20 turns-- any more and you cannot complete cuts.
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4Make three eight inch cuts down from the top evenly spaced around the sleeve.
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5Secure the bottom with glue. (Rubber bands should also work.)
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6Twist the paper a bit, then pull the sleeve out from the top.
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7Spray paint as desired with deep fall colors.
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8Make 30 or so and bind them at the top and flare at the bottom to make tepee shaped corn stands as a fall church decoration.
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Community Q&A
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QuestionHow far down do I make the cuts for the paper roll version?
T. ChinsenTop AnswererStep 4 of the article specifies an 8" cut. As a general rule of thumb, you can cut 1/3 of the length of the tube for the "cornstalk" to still hold its shape. The uncut section provides the strength for the stalk part and needs to overlap when the cut paper tube is pulled out.
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