DIY
Tired of holding your phone while talking with a friend ? We made an Easy tutorial for making a cardboard phone stand at home.
HOLD IT - Cardboard Phone Stand
What do you need?
- Cardboard, 3 pieces (2X 50*50 and 1X40*20 in cm)
- Ruler
- Scotch tape
- Double-sided adhesive paper
- String (1.5 m)
- 2 rubber bands
- Utility knife
- Pencil
- Skewers X4
- Plastic bottle (1.5Ltr)
1st Part
- Copy shape accordingly (download file, all measurements in cm).
- Cut the full lines and notch the dashed lines.
- Paste the adhesive paper accordingly (to be folded).Uncover the paste, flip side and start folding (start with the longer side).
- Make sure to paste the bottom side from the inside.
1st part is done!
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2nd Part
- Copy shape accordingly (download file, all measurements in cm).
- Cut the full line and notch the dashed lines.
- Flip sides and paste the Double-sided adhesive paper on the areas that are about to be folded, uncover the paste and start folding, start with the right side.
- 2nd part is done!
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3rd Part
- .Copy shape accordingly (download file, all measurements in cm).
- Cut the full line and notch the dashed lines.
- Flip sides and paste the double-sided adhesive paper on the areas that are about to be folded, uncover the paste and start folding with the longer side.
- 3rd part is done!
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- Paste the double-sided adhesive paper on the folded area.
- Uncover the paste and connect the bottom of the 3rd part
- Done!
- Tie the string 10 cm from the bottom of the bottle.
- Paste the scotch tape on the string.
- Continue taping all around the bottle.
- Stick the skewer according to mark on the cardboard.
- Push the skewer all the way through
- Cut the the edges , leave no edges.
- Thread the string above the skewer and through the 1st part (according to video 1).
- Continue to thread the string through the 2nd part.
- Pull the string and thread 1st part into 2nd part (according to video 2).
- Stick the skewer according to the mark on the cardboard.
- Push the skewer in.
- Cut the skewer and leave 2 cm on each side.
- Pass the string above the skewer.
- Tie the string on the top side of the 3rd part.
- Roll the bottle until the string is stretched (according to the video).
- Stick the skewer according to the mark on the cardboard.
- Push the skewer in.
- Cut the skewer and leave 2 cm on each side.
- Embrace the two rubber bands, one on each side of the phone.
- Connect the rubber bands with the phone to the skewer.
- Done !
- For fixing the high of phone lift the outer part and nail the skewer through bothe parts, to hold them together.
- Spin the bottle to fix the angle of the phone / camera .
You're done!