Blinds from paper with their own hands

With the onset of hot summer days, the issue of buying blinds for the windows of apartments becomes topical. However, many do not like such curtains, blinds in the interior because of giving comfort to the home design of office dryness. There are also those who can not afford not the low cost of blinds. Therefore, if the usual plastic light-shielding devices for some reason do not suit you, you can make them from improvised materials, namely paper. This, of course, will be as they say "cheap and angry"! Which is just right for a kitchen , dacha or veranda in your house. Such blinds do not need to be washed and washed, and any color can be selected. - Single-color or with patterns. Since they are done quite simply, you will be able to change these light-shielding devices quite often without damage to the family budget.

How to make paper blinds: the necessary materials

The simplest and cheapest material for making blinds is paper. True, it will not be the usual, for drawing, but a thick, roll. It can be purchased at major stationery stores. By the way, for these purposes you can quite successfully use the remaining wallpaper after repair.

In addition, for the manufacture of paper blinds with their own hands should be stocked with the following materials:

• stationery knife;
• ruler and pencil;
• double-sided tape;
• punch;
• lock and tip (they can be purchased in the hardware store);
• strong dense rope, better linen.

When everything is ready, it's time to get started!

How to make paper blinds: a master class

So, before manufacturing it is necessary to measure a window on which paper blinds will hang. By these measurements, we cut out a cut of paper - we make the width the same, but the length is better done with a margin. After all, we will do pleated blinds made of paper, which means that the material needs to be folded with an accordion that will hide the length. It is better to add 30-40 cm, you can always cut off excess.

1. Folds a piece of paper into an accordion. We advise not to make small creases, it is better to choose a width of 3.5-4 cm.
2. In the middle of a punch hole folded into an accordion, we make a hole.
3. On the lowest crease we paste a strip of double-sided scotch. Its segment should be slightly less than half the fold.
4. In all openings of the paper "accordion" we insert a rope and straighten the blinds. In this way we measure the required length of the rope.
5. Now fix the rope on the top of the blinds, making a knot through the hole and securing with a double-sided adhesive tape along the entire length of the fold.
6. Let's proceed to the bottom of the blinds. Fold the fold in half so that the end of the rope is at the bottom. Due to the length of the double-sided adhesive tape, both edges of the fold are glued together, forming a half-oval resembling a peacock's tail.
7. In the unfolded form at the blinds cut off the tip of the rope, of course leaving a small stock. At the edge of the rope, we first put a latch, and then a tip (instead of it you can use a large bead), which will give the product elegance.
8. Now ready blinds made of paper are hung on the window using double-sided scotch tape.

Such uncomplicated, but very original paper blinds are ready for use with their own hands!

With the help of the lock, they can be lifted if the room requires light, and lower it when the sunlight already interferes. With a careful use of these light-shielding devices will serve you throughout the warm season. And if there is a breakdown, you already know how to make paper blinds with your own hands.