I finished Mina's (and Jakob's) Schoolcone!
I started out with Poster board (20x27" - I think) from that I cut a 1/4 circle - the edges overlapped a lot, so I think even a 1/6th might be fine. Then I used this for a templete to cut out my fabric - I cut a little larger around the round edge, so I can fold it to the inside making the top edge covered in fabric. Then glue the posterboard together and form the cone - I just used duck tape (worked ok for me, but you can also attach some double sided tape to one side and then just form the cone that way). Next I covered it in Fabric, I have a sprayglue that I used all over the cone, I laid out the fabric and just rolled the cone over it. Making sure the edges were right. I glued two sheets of crepe paper to the inside - one on each side and making most of it stick out.
To decorate it a little I used a hot glue gun and some trim/ribbon. And I just tied it close with another piece of ribbon.
Hab Mina (und Jakob) 'ne Schultuete gebastelt.
Hab aus einem 50x70 cm grossen Bogen Tonkarton einen viertel Kreis ausgeschnitten (aber ein bisschen kleiner so 1/6 Kreis sollte auch ok sein). Hab's mit Paket Klebeband zusammengeklept, dann hab ich's mit Spruekleber besprueht und dann das Fabric rundrum geklept/gerollt. Mit 'ner heissen Kleber pistole hab ich dann schonen Baender ausenrumm drangemacht. Das Crepe Papier hab ich an der innenseite festgeklept und dann einfach mit 'nen Band zugebunden.
from wikipedia:
A "Schultüte" (or School Cone, even though the word "Tüte" translates more as "bag" from German), often also called Zuckertüte ("sugar bag") especially in Eastern Germany is a paper (and later plastic) bag in particular.
When children in Germany set off for their first day in school upon entering first grade, their parents and/or grandparents present them with a big cardboard cone, prettily decorated and filled with toys, chocolate, candies, school supplies, and various other goodies. It is given to children to make this anxiously awaited first day of school a little bit sweeter.
When children in Germany set off for their first day in school upon entering first grade, their parents and/or grandparents present them with a big cardboard cone, prettily decorated and filled with toys, chocolate, candies, school supplies, and various other goodies. It is given to children to make this anxiously awaited first day of school a little bit sweeter.
The tradition of the "Schultüte" leads back to approximately 1810, to Saxony and Thuringia in Germany. The first documented report of the cone-shaped Schultüte comes from the city of Jena in 1817, closely followed by reports from Dresden (1820) and Leipzig (1836). It started in the bigger cities but spread quickly to the small towns and villages, soon becoming an institution all over Germany.
At first the practice of the school cone, which did not spread to other parts of Germany at this time, was to not give the bag to the kids directly. Marked with the students' names, they were taken to the school by parents or godparents and in a ritual, reminiscent of the Mexican piñata, hung on a metal "Schultüten-Baum" (School cone tree) from which each child had to pick their cone, without breaking them. The story told to the children goes, that there is a Schultütenbaum growing at the school, and if the fruits (the Schultüten) are ripe and big enough to pick, it's time to go to school for the first time.
At first the practice of the school cone, which did not spread to other parts of Germany at this time, was to not give the bag to the kids directly. Marked with the students' names, they were taken to the school by parents or godparents and in a ritual, reminiscent of the Mexican piñata, hung on a metal "Schultüten-Baum" (School cone tree) from which each child had to pick their cone, without breaking them. The story told to the children goes, that there is a Schultütenbaum growing at the school, and if the fruits (the Schultüten) are ripe and big enough to pick, it's time to go to school for the first time.
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