All you'll need is:
1. One or two magazines (I used a J. Crew catalog because of the pretty, coordinating colors)
2. Glue Gun and 10-20 glue sticks.
3. Chip Clip (optional)
4. Decorative twine or rope (optional)
Rip out an entire page of the magazine. (Don't worry about the edges being neat.)
Then fold the paper in half length-wise, not top-to-bottom.
Continue folding the paper in half until the strip is about 1/4 of an inch wide.
Continue folding the paper in half until the strip is about 1/4 of an inch wide.
Place a few small dabs of glue along one side of the strip. I used clear tacky glue at first, but I found that a glue gun is much easier and less messy because it dries a lot faster.
Roll the strip up with the glue-side facing so it forms a small coil. Once it is rolled up, glue down the end of the strip so it lays flat against the rest of the coil.
Then fold up another strip, apply the glue, and begin wraping the new strip around the coil at the spot where the last strip ended. (They should touch tip-to-tip so it's like one continuous, long strip.)
Stop when you think the circle is big enough and Voila! You're done!
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