All you need is a paper plate and yarn to make this paper plate lacing activity which creates a beautiful Spirograph. It is one of the best quite rainy day activities. It is therapeutic and relaxing.
Materials required to make this paper plate lacing activity
- Yarn
- Paper plate
- Punching machine
- Tape
Method
- Punch holes in the rim of the paper plate. We used foam plates as they were available at home. However paper plates would have been a bit steadier. We used the design in the rim as our guide to evenly space out the holes.
- Cut yarn. If the yarn is short, you may need to attach frequently. If the yarn is pretty long, it may get tangled. So cut according to our convenience.
- Confession to make : I noticed that I have missed taking a picture how we started the lacing. Sorry about that. I have numbered the above picture to give you an idea.
- Attach yarn to the back of the paper plate with a piece of tape. Pull through the hole number 1. Push it through the hole number 6.
- Again bring it through hole 2 and push it through 7. Repeat bringing from 3 and pushing it through 8. It is pretty simple. Always we will have 5 spaces between the lacing.
- Continue till you complete the entire circle of holes.
- If you need to add yarn in the middle of lacing, attach the end of the yarn to the back of the plate with tape. Start from the same hole using a new string after attaching its one end at the back of the plate.
The below picture is what we got “spacing” out 5 holes between lacing.
The below picture is what we got when we “spaced” out 10 holes. Bring it through hole 1 and push it through 11 and bring back through hole 2 and push through 12 etc.
How do our paper plate lacing Spirographs look?
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