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So this is not (really) wedding related (NWR), but I’m sure some crafty, kitschy bride out there could make this wedding related somehow. And if she can’t? Well, it’s still really frigging cool. Withour futher ado, the magazine bowl! It’s easy—just time consuming!

Gather your materials! Some old magazines, glue, Mod Podge (or other decoupage glue), a foam brush for decoupaging (not pictured), clear spray sealer (optional), and a bone folder (optional).

Step 1: Tear out all the pages from your magazine. Hello, reduce, reuse, recycle!

Step 2: Fold the pages diagonally.

I find that it works easier if I use my bone folder after I fold to make the creases better. It flattens out the magazine quite nicely!

Step 3: Glue the little flap down.

Do this over and over and over again until you have a whole lot of little magazine folds!

Step 4: Glue your magazine folds together, end to end. (I did this a little bit as I went because it’s easier to deal with a few glued together than a whole bunch.

Step 5: Starting with one end, start rolling the magazine folds around each other. I found it helps to use a rubber band to hold your roll together while you’re busy folding more magazine folds!

Then keep adding on more folds and keep rolling them around themselves. Keep going until you have a “magazine roll up” that is the desired diameter of the bowl you want.

Step 6: “Telescope” your bowl out. Push down the middle and pull up the sides until you like the shape you have.

Step 7: Using a foam brush, coat the inside, outside, and bottom of your bowl with Mod Podge!

Step 8: - Optional - Spray with a coat of acrylic sealer. I chose “gloss” sealer to match the glossy Mod Podge.

And surprise! Now you have your very own magazine bowl! (I promise it looks better in real life than it does in this photo.)

The best part about magazine bowls, you ask? Looking down at the inside. Fantastic!

How would you use something like this in your wedding?