Instructions for a Rectangular Box:
Tear colorful pages out of a magazine or catalog.
Cut strips from each page measuring 7 ¼” x 4 ¾” and 7 ¼” x 3”. In a perfect world, the rectangular box would require 42 long and 34 short strips. But since this is not a perfect world, it would be difficult for any human to roll all the strips to exactly the same diameter. LOL.
So you can expect some adjustments to be needed. The box pictured used 42 long strips and 40 short. I apparently rolled the short strips a bit tighter and thus needed extras on the short sides. The goal is simply to have a level top, so add extra strips if needed to make it so.
Cover your work surface with the Glad Press’n Seal®. The project will lift off much more easily.
Using a glue stick, run a line of glue across one short end of each strip and starting at the other end roll each strip into a fairly tight tube. Be sure you like the colors showing on the outside before rolling each tube. Try to keep them all about the same diameter. The example uses approximately ¼-inch diameter tubes.
Form a rectangle of tubes as shown above. Use tacky glue to glue the four corners together. 
Glue approximately eight more long strips into the center to form the base. Let dry an hour before proceeding. 
Gently lift the base off the work surface and place it in another clean area of the Press’n Seal. Again, this will allow it to be lifted more easily later.To start the sides, glue a short tube atop a short tube of the base. Then glue a long tube atop an adjoining long tube; another short tube and finally a long one to close the rectangle of level 2 (with the base being level 1).
Place an extra dab of glue where each corner meets. Continue adding levels in this fashion until you have about 17 levels (including the base).Let dry several hours.
Spray with a glossy varnish for extra durability and protection from moisture.
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