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Jan 10, 2025
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in this video we're going to make this
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exact bble you can make them out lots of
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different papers and cards but we're
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going to make this exact one using some
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old
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wallpaper so let's get started you're
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going to want your strips now I
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recommend a really thick paper or a thin
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card and I'm making them 9 in
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Long by 3/4 of an inch wide now you can
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play around with these measurements
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later but you're going to want six of
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these strips and these measurements work
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really well you're also going to want
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some Thin wire that you can bend easily
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just any sort of craft wire will do
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really there's nothing special there and
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you could use different colors I'd cut a
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good 6 in some ribbon to hang it up with
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and maybe some to decorate the bottom
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but that's up to you you may even want
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to tassel so let's get started the first
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thing you're going to do with your paper
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strips is Mark them so I recommend that
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you get one of your strips
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and you mark the center so obviously it
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was 9 in we're going to Mark 4 and 1/2
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in along and it doesn't matter if it's
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not in the center of the width yet but
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you can then Mark the center of the
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width because you do want to be in the
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center of the width before you start
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making any holes and then from either
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end it's up to you how far in you come
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half an inch is quite a long way um qu
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of an inch is quite near the end but
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either will do you're just going to get
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more o less overlap at the top so don't
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stress over that but about quarter or
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half of an inch in and we don't need to
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mark them all once we've got one that's
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going to be our
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template so what you can do depending on
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your paper and what you're going to use
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to make your holes you can do them all
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at the same time so you can see I'm just
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getting them all perfectly lined
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up which is proving a challenge cuz the
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paper's got a texture to it so it's
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stopping them sliding
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and then you're going to make a hole in
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the
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center now you want to use a needle
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that's got a sharp point so it goes
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through but you also want a wide eye
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because the hole you make has to be big
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enough for that wire to go through now
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I've decided I might struggle with all
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six so I'm just going to do half of them
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so just take your needle and where you
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marked it right in the center Pierce
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that hole take the eye of the needle
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through and wiggle it about a little bit
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just to make sure you've got a decent
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sized hole
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and then repeat that at either end now
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this is where you just have to be
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careful if you've gone for quarter of an
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inch from the end like I have here just
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be careful you don't rip that
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paper after all it is
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paper so you can see I've just turned it
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around doing the same at the other
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end and then you can just take one of
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those and line it up with the other
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three and repeat the whole process but
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you've got that hole to go through now
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so that's just acting as your
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guide so you should have three holes in
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each of your six
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strips and that's those ready to make
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your
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bble so we'll turn our attentions to the
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wire okay so the wire you've got you
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want to form the loop that's going to be
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the bottom of your bble now I find the
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easiest thing to do is to wrap it around
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a pencil now you might use a pen
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something even thicker depends how big
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you want that Loop to be now I don't
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want a particularly large loop so just
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round a pencil now you can use pliers if
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you haven't got pliers I'm sure you'll
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be able to wrap it around enough with
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your fingers you saw I did there and
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don't wrap it so tightly on your pencil
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that you can't get it out that is a
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problem I've had so just slide your
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pencil out and you should have a lovely
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loop on the
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bottom like mine there
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and then we can think about putting
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those strips of paper onto the
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wire so the first one you're going to do
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you're going to feed it on so the
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pattern is fa down so the pattern is
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going against the
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loop okay and then repeat for all the
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others so they are all pattern side down
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if you've got a pattern if you've just
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got colored paper then it really won't
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matter but if if there's any pattern on
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your paper make sure that is going down
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to the loop so that it ends up on the
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outside of your
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bble and once you've got all six on it's
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time to build the
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bble so you start by taking the bottom
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strip of paper okay so it's really
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important to make sure you take the
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bottom one
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first and you're going to fold it up
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up and then poke the wire through just
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like that and then you're going to take
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the other end of that strip and poke the
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wire through that other end and you form
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the first Loop of your
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bble and as you can see the others are
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still loose in
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there now if your bbl's nice and stiff
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that's fine if you find the paper is a
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bit soft and it's drooping and you want
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it to stay up into a nice ball shape a
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tip is just to get a bit of blue tack or
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tape and put it on the wire so that the
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strips Cann slide down the
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wire so if your paper's not thick enough
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that will really
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help okay so you can see that's what
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I've done
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here so the next step is to take the
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next strip up okay so it's now the
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bottom one that's loose if that makes
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sense and you're going to fold that up
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over the top now what you'll notice is
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that I'm working
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clockwise and all the really matters is
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that you keep working in the same
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direction so I recommend clockwise
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you're just going to repeat that process
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with each strip steadily working
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clockwise to get them all on so I hope
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you're enjoying the video and making
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good C progress with your paper bble and
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if you are please give me a thumbs up
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below because then it'll spread to more
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people and then more people can enjoy
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making paper bbls and obviously it helps
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this channel so as you can see the ball
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is
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appearing sometimes you have to move the
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others out of the
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way but it's actually quite easy to
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do and then once you've got them all on
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you've effectively got your paper
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bble so all that's left to do that you
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have to do is make your loop on the top
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so that you can hang your
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bble so again just do it by wrapping it
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around whatever you did at the bottom if
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you want the same size Loop so my case
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the pencil it just is a little bit fider
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because you've got the bble there so it
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can be really helpful to have pliers
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here where you can't get your fingers in
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so
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easily but you're just twisting it
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around the wire the same as you did
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before now what I would say is there's
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lots of ways you can embellish these
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bubles
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so as well as our next step which is
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hanging it in some way you can see I've
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got that a little bit tight on the
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pencil can't you but it's out I like to
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use a ribbon to hang mine but I have to
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say if you're using sort of rustic
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colors and maybe doing Autumn or fall
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decorations um a rustic bit of string
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can be really nice on those colors so
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it's entirely up to you what you hang it
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with but just feed it through the
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loop and then tie it off and then you
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can hang it on your Christmas tree or
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wherever you're wanting to hang it but
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these can look so much better if you add
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embellishments to the bottom so you've
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got that little Loop why not use it it's
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great to hang a load of ribbons off or a
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tassel um tassels look really good so
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you can see this one I've allowed it to
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go quite flat which gives me a different
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look Al together and I've attached a
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tassel now you can make tassels from a
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video on my channel which is on the
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screen and in the description below so
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yeah no reason not to only cost you a
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couple of Pence probably so I hope you
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enjoy making your paper bobles and using
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them for whatever this time please let
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us know in the comments below what
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holiday you're using them for and what
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size you made them
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