Paper Mat Weaving Patterns

I thought it would be great to make these with the kids at home because it reinforces fine motor skills while creating a beautiful pattern.

Paper mat weaving patterns. Make a placemat with strips woven across the full width. With the placemats. The pattern is made by going over and under alternating warp threads with your weft thread creating a checkerboard pattern. You can weave placemats out of ribbons construction paper heavier types of paper and incorporate decorative materials like glitter sequins the sky is the limit.

The table cloth are not so used any more. Like us on facebook. When you are done collecting supplies be sure you have at least the basics scissors construction paper glue ruler and laminating sheets if you want to preserve your placemats. Weave baskets or a fish.

The problem with the table cloth is that you have to be more careful to not spoil it because then you have to wash it. They are super easy to make and only require a few things you probably already have. Learn how to weave paper mats here and here. It is more practical and looks better when we put placemats on the table for every single person.

Speed weaving on a square pin loom. As you might have gathered from reading the other weaving pattern tutorials in this round up the rigid heddle loom is often the choice for large scale weaving projects such as this shawl. Mark the same number of cut lines just make then longer. This is a great weaving pattern for making something patchwork that you can later piece together and for using up scraps of yarn.

How to make a simple loom and weave using construction paper. The paper placemat you see above we used for australia day. Still more elaborate paper weaving patterns. Namely it has a diamond shape but with a dot in the middle.

How to make a paper mat how to make mat with paper easy paper mat crafts arts. This pattern is the same as the one immediately above. Top 10 free placemat patterns and tutorials. Of course this type of activity can be made more challenging by cutting zigzags into the first piece of paper and again cutting simple strips in the other paper for weaving see photo.

Read about strip folding. Read about palm weaving. August 6 2014 diy. When you are done making these check out these free kindergarten worksheets.

Cut eleven weaving strips from one color of construction paper or cut strips from two colors 5 from one color and 6 from the other. A common variation is the basket weave where you alternate going over and under two warp threads rather than one. When marking the cut lines fold the paper in half instead of at 2. In the video below the plain weave is explained using paper weaving.