How Do You Make Corn Stalk Decorations?
• Get a magazine. • Remove the staples. • Take one of the pages and lay it on the table. • Overlap a second page near the end of the first one. • Overlap only about 2 inches. • Start loosely (about one inch diameter) rolling paper #1 and when you get to paper #2 it will be rolled up as well. • Before 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. • Continue and repeat the above steps, overlapping until you have done about 20 sheets of paper. • When all the paper is rolled up, it should be about one to two inches in diameter. • Tape the outer paper (the last one you rolled) to the roll, so that it stays together like a baton. • Carefully take scissors and cut 1/2-inch-wide, 1 1/2-inch-long sections in one of the ends of the “baton.” • Insert 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