Materials
Wooden craft dowel (anywhere between 1/2” – 1/8” diameter, 1 foot long)
Roll of brown craft paper
Masking tape
Designed paper
String, twine, or yarn
Scissors
Instructions
Cut a long strip of craft paper, any length you want the scroll to be. Cut the width of the paper 10”. This ensures the scroll can be held by the dowel.
Tape one end of the craft paper strip along the length of the dowel. Remember to center it.
Lay the designed paper on top of the craft paper at the opposite end of the strip. Make sure the pattern is facing up. Leave about ¼” of the designed paper hanging over the edge of the craft paper.
Tape the two papers together on the opposite side. Trim the designed paper to the same width of the craft paper. Also trim any excess tape.
Tightly roll up the craft paper around the dowel, following the natural curl of the paper.
Once you reach where the 2 papers are taped together, keep rolling so the little ¼” rolled up. Hold the rolled up craft paper and ¼” piece and roll up the designed paper the opposite way. The idea is that the designed paper acts as a cover to the craft paper.
On the edge of the designed paper (opposite the dowel), make a small tab out of tape.
Attach a piece of string to the tab, long enough to tie nicely around the scroll.
Tips
These can be made any size. Simply adjust the measurements. The basic instructions are the same.
We used paint marbled paper for our designed paper. Anything can be used, though. Pieced together origami paper works well, too.