-#100THINGSILEARNT- Lesson 11 :How to make a scroll -DIY

College life can get a little too hectic at times ! Especially during the last month when a lot of people get a little too emotional. (If you are a graduate, you know what I mean ;) )

Anyway in this post I will be showing you how to make a scroll. You know the ones you see on TV, in some old themed movie.

So since college was almost over, I wanted to give my nearest and dearest a small gift for memory sake. I decided to make one of these scrolls.

Here is what you will need:

Chart Paper

Fevicol / Glue

Wooden Dowels or pencils

Thread or Twine

Optional:

Felt Sheets

Thats pretty much it ! The only thing you need to make sure is that you need two dowels or pencils to make one scroll. (Pretty obvious, but yeah !)

I couldn't find any wooden dowels anywhere ! So a pencil is the only other thing I could think of using. Turned out to be a pretty good decision !

So the first step is to cut out the paper. So for this you need to cut the width of the chart with respect to the length of the pencil or the dowel you are using. Make sure the two ends of the dowel/pencil pop outside the paper. 

Once you cut the paper, you have to glue the dowel/pencil to both the ends of the paper. So for this, you apply the glue onto the paper, then roll the pencil on the glue to spread the glue on the entire surface of the pencil. Probably looks a little like this.

 Once this is done, you place the pencil near one end of the paper and then roll the paper one round so that the entire pencil is covered. Do this for both ends and then it should look a little like this.

Thats pretty much it ! Your scroll is ready :D

Now all you need to do is write a message and roll it. You can roll it in more than a single way.

You can either bring both ends to the centre or you could leave them loose or you could bring only one end to the other or if you come up with some other idea, do tell me !!

Let me show you how I did it:

You can also add a few extras. Here's what I did: 

I made a name of the person to whom I was giving the scroll to using felt sheet. With that I applied some glue, stuck it and voila! 

                                         

Please do tell me how it looks or if I could make a change to anything.

Until the next post !

Happy scroll making !!

kV