Step Five

You will begin to form a woven box shape with your strips of paper.  

As you reach the end of your basket, the strips will likely be uneven.  It is okay to cut the strips to an even length, but make sure that there is enough of the strip left over to weave back into your piece. 

After your strips are evenly trimmed, begin weaving them back into your piece.  This simply means to fold the strip over and repeat your under-over pattern on the inside of the basket.  To secure each strip even more, use a hot glue gun.  Place a dab of glue onto the back of the strip after you have woven it back in.

You can be creative with this! You can finish with a simple, straight line or you could create a triangular design.  Try it all out.  Its all how you fold the strips of paper. Experiment!