This is the ancient scroll we made with our 10-year-old son. The scroll was made after an excursion to the Cheese House Museum, located in the village of Tomarovka Belgorod region and will participate in an exhibition dedicated to this excursion. From the guide we heard several legends about the origin of cheese and learned about the beneficial qualities of cheese products, the stages of their production, and also tasted the most popular varieties of cheese. Why did we make a scroll? To answer this question, a little background: There are about 700 types of cheese in the world. Cheeses are distinguished by the method of milk coagulation into rennet and fermented milk cheeses, and by the method of production - into hard, soft and brine cheeses. Separately, there are processed cheeses, which are made by melting natural cheese using special salts. Historians believe that it is quite possible that cheese is as ancient as bread, because as soon as people mastered cattle breeding, curdled milk and cottage cheese appeared, which made it possible to preserve milk, although in a modified form, but for quite a long time. Curdled milk and cottage cheese turned out to be the “parents” of cheese. The art of making cheese was well known already in Ancient Egypt during the time of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, who bequeathed barrels of goat cheese to be placed in his tomb. My son and I decided that if cheese was found in the tomb, then why not there should be a recipe for this cheese.

There are many varieties of scrolls, but we liked this particular scroll, which is twisted on both sides.

At work I took two tubes from used fax film and we painted them with brown acrylic.
On office paper I typed out the text of the cheese recipe, after which they mercilessly crumpled up this sheet and put it in a plate, where they had previously dissolved a heaping teaspoon of coffee in hot water. A minute later the paper was pulled out and placed on the file to dry. In the open air, the paper will dry for a long time, and if you put it on a radiator, the drying process will speed up much more.

When the paper is dry, unfold it: if the antique effect does not suit us, then you can take a pinch of instant coffee and sprinkle it (crushing it into small grains in your fingers) in the right places, and then sprinkle a little on top from a spray bottle and dry again.
After all the manipulations, the paper can be ironed by placing it between two sheets (so that all the inscriptions and coffee stains do not remain on the iron), or it can be left wrinkled.

We glue double-sided tape to the top and bottom edges, and glue our tubes to the tape.

But what is a scroll without a personal seal?

We tie a string on the top tube, leaving one end long (we will then tie the scroll around the closed), the other is short.

We take any household candle and drip wax onto the file, creating round shape. The wax hardens quickly, but not as we would like, so when you see that the wax begins to flow (as there is a lot of it) from the intended circle, extinguish the candle and wait a little for the wax to harden... and then light it again candle and drip again.
When our circle becomes more or less thick, we put our tied whip on it and drip wax onto it until it is no longer visible.

Since we have a scroll from Egypt, the seal will be with the pharaoh (I have a beautiful spoon brought from Egypt). You can use a beautiful embossed button or brooch, or make a wooden seal.
We make sure that the wax hardens a little, but not completely, and press our spoon into it.

We paint our seal brown acrylic paint on both sides. The paint must be thick, otherwise the wax will repel it.

Well, the print is ready! (can't be distinguished from sealing wax)

We wrap our recipe in a scroll and tie it on top with the long end of a string.

And in this form our scroll will take part in the exhibition.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by!!!

I hope our MK is useful to someone!!!

Such a scroll can be made as an invitation to any celebration, as a congratulation (especially for a man), or simply for interior decoration

For centuries, people used scrolls to record information, much like we use pieces of paper today. Do you want to create a scroll as part of a school project, or do you need it for costume party, or even just out of pure curiosity, but in any case this will not be difficult. Just choose a more or less suitable paper, and then think about what you are going to write or draw on the scroll.

How to artificially age a scroll?

If you want the scroll to look like an ancient manuscript, you can artificially age the paper using tea or coffee.


Advice

You can also buy antique paper at the store and create a scroll from it.


Check out the different types of scrolls beforehand to decide which one is best for you. The scrolls were actively used for many centuries in a row in countries such as China and Egypt, as well as Greece. Look in the electronic space to see what different scrolls look like - this will help you choose the one that seems most aesthetically pleasing to you. Decide whether you want the scroll to appear modern or reminiscent of something ancient. If you want to give your scroll an antique look, consider ways to age the paper. The scroll does not necessarily have to be an exact copy of what you saw on the Internet, because it creative process. So it is quite possible to make an original scroll, where you combine all the characteristic features inherent in different scrolls.


Choosing scroll paper

Next, you should select the optimally suitable paper to create. . You need to choose it for your scroll carefully. For this purpose, it is suitable as dense, colored paper, and drawing paper or regular paper, which is used for printers. All these paper samples will have to be given an “old” look with the help of tea and coffee.


Aging

Initially, brown paper is suitable if you want the scroll to look very old, but you do not want to age it yourself, then simply cut out a rectangle from the paper. By the way, paper for shopping bags is also suitable. If desired, it is possible to glue several sheets of paper together to make the scroll longer. Don't be afraid to use different shades of paper, just make sure that all sheets are the same width. Alternatively, you can also use papyrus paper, similar to what the ancient Egyptians did.


You need to decide what you will write on paper. Since ancient times, scrolls have been used not only as decoration, but also for various records. So it’s worth thinking about what to write or draw inside. You can, as an option, put text with pictures on one scroll. If you want the scroll to look like an ancient Egyptian one, then try writing several hieroglyphs on it, made in the appropriate style. You can draw a pirate treasure map on a scroll and write some story about exciting adventures. The content of the scroll is a field for your imagination. If you need to put printed text on a scroll, then it must be printed immediately. You won't be able to do this after the paper has aged.


Advice

You can color paper using coffee or tea. To do this, choose a suitable drink, and then brew enough of it so that you have enough for a whole leaf.

Take a fairly spacious baking tray, put paper in it and then treat it with tea and coffee. You can also blot the paper with a sponge, lubricate it with a brush, or simply pour liquid over it. The main thing is that in the end it acquires the shade you need. Make sure that the coffee or tea is not very hot when applying it to the paper. It is convenient to use tea bags. Rub the paper with wet tea bags until it reaches the desired color. To add extra texture to the paper, lightly sprinkle it with instant coffee beans or tea leaves.


Conclusion:

Creating a scroll is a creative and very interesting process. You need to artificially age the paper, decide on the text that the scroll will contain, and also write or print it. Such an item will become an interesting interior detail or decoration for a performance.


Ancient scroll

Master class on making a scroll

Making ancient scrolls

Guests will make their first impression of the celebration when they see the invitation. Therefore, it is important to ensure that the invitations are designed in an interesting and unusual way. An antique-style scroll invitation will be an excellent alternative to traditional cards.

Scrolls are associated with antiquity, so you should not use them for ultra-modern and newfangled themed celebrations. They are inappropriate for a wedding in the style of a beach party, Hawaiian, or Soviet.

Such invitations will ideally fit into the concept of weddings that involve immersion in history: in ancient Russian, knightly style. Will fit harmoniously into the idea classic celebration or eco-wedding style.

Besides, Scrolls suitable for adventure scenarios, for example, for a “pirate” wedding. They could not be more appropriate for weddings based on historical fairy tales, films, cartoons and fantasy books.

DIY invitations in the form of a “scroll”

You can turn to specialists who will bring your ideas to life, but It’s much more interesting to make invitations yourself and save money. This does not require any special skills or abilities, but you can find necessary materials won't be difficult.

Tools and materials

To make a scroll you will need:

  1. A4 sheets of paper are the most common option. Format larger size cannot be printed on a regular printer. You need to take thick sheets for watercolors or drawing. Paper will also do self made. It has an uneven structure, reminiscent of fabric;
  2. printer;
  3. a black pen if you write the text by hand;
  4. coffee or tea, spices - vanillin, cinnamon, so that the invitations acquire a subtle pleasant aroma;
  5. solution container;
  6. regular or corrugated scissors;
  7. candle, matches (second option – black distress ink);
  8. brush;
  9. hole punch;
  10. silicone stamps for decoration;
  11. thin rope;
  12. sealing wax (a special wax gun with glue-type sticks is very convenient) and wax seal (homemade or custom-made).

Important! What exactly you need from this list depends on how close you plan to bring your scroll to its ancient counterparts. The minimum inexpensive kit for making simple options includes: paper, a black pen, a candle, scissors, coffee or tea, and a string for bandaging.

Aging the paper


Distressing is necessary because the white sheets do not go well with the chosen invitation concept. A warm, saturated solution of coffee or tea is poured into a rectangular container, vanillin and cinnamon are added. Sheets of paper are placed one by one in the solution and kept for a couple of minutes to half an hour, depending on how rich the shade you want to get.

The paper can be crumpled beforehand, and then slightly straightened out, so that when stained, dark “antique” creases will form.

The sheets are then laid on a flat surface to dry. If you're in a hurry, you can dry it with a hairdryer. If you want the inside of the scroll, where the text will be printed, to be lighter than the outside, the sheet of paper is placed on a newspaper. For additional streaks, you can place instant coffee granules on damp paper.

You can look for craft paper in construction or stationery stores. This is a dense packaging material of light brown color. If you can buy such paper, you can save time on aging. When rolled up, it looks like an ancient scroll. You can also spray it with hot coffee or tea to create characteristic stains.

Burning the edges

There are two ways.

In the first case, the sheet is rolled into a tube and several layers are burned simultaneously on a candle. This quick way , but we must take into account that the edges may end up with deep depressions, which does not always look aesthetically pleasing. In addition, the burning edges will need to be dipped in a container of water.


With the second method, firing is more uniform and accurate if you quickly pass the edges of the sheet through the flame so that they do not have time to become heavily charred. Practice on a scrap piece of paper first. You may have to experimentally determine what angle of inclination of the paper to the flame is optimal. Otherwise, soot will appear.

You can also create a burning effect using distress ink. You need to randomly tear off the edges or trim them with scissors, and then tint them with ink.

Choose a font and print

The text is usually printed after the painted sheets have dried, but before firing. It is advisable to set the font to brown. Don't forget to print the word "Invitation" on the outside.

Pay attention! If you print the text first and then color it, be sure to use a laser printer rather than an inkjet printer, otherwise the ink will bleed.

You need to choose a suitable antique font. Choose applied fonts that imitate calligraphic writing or are stylized in the Old Russian style.

Suitable:

  • Aquarelle;
  • Olietta script BoldItalic;
  • Monotype Corsiva;
  • Monika Script;
  • Primo.


You can also write invitations manually. But this method is suitable if you have beautiful calligraphic handwriting and few invitations. Otherwise the process will be tedious.

We print and decorate

In the same way as the invitations were made, you need to make rectangular labels. The names of the guests are printed on them. A hole is made with a hole punch. The invitation is rolled up and loosely wrapped in rope. Its ends are passed through a hole in the tag and tied in a knot.

The twine tails must be placed on a flat, heat-resistant surface. It would be best to separate the sealing wax from silicone mold for baking, worse - from glass and metal. Fill the tails of the rope with hot sealing wax, stepping back a little from the end. Wait until it cools down slightly. Make an impression on wax.

Idea! The imprint may include the names of the newlyweds, the wedding date, wedding symbols, for example, swans or pigeons. Prints with imprints of flowers and geometric patterns also look beautiful.

Instead of a rope, you can use gold braid as decoration, with tassels attached to the ends, as well as a lace ribbon. The inner surface of the invitation is decorated with silicone stamps.


Those invited will probably want to preserve such an original message. You don't have to break the seal or cut the rope to read it. It can be easily removed even when tied.

If you want to make decorative scrolls classic version, you need expensive delicate paper pastel colors with gold or silver embossing. It will not need to be painted or fired. It will be enough to simply type the text.

The edges can be trimmed with serrated scissors and finished with gold distress ink. The leaf is rolled up into a tube and tied with a satin or silk ribbon, a strip of narrow lace, a thick twisted golden thread, decorated and fastened with artificial flowers. Sealing wax is inappropriate here.

Such invitations are appropriate not only for, but also, for example, for.

Composing the text

The text should emphasize the theme of the celebration and reflect a friendly, sincere attitude towards the guests.

Usually it is necessary to indicate:

  • date, place and time of the holiday;
  • names of those invited (if a couple is invited, then the lady’s name is written first);
  • if they want to see the guest only at an official ceremony or banquet, the time and place of the specific part is indicated.

Scroll invitations eloquently tell the invitees that the celebration will have a certain style. Therefore, it is necessary to indicate in what style the wedding will be held and briefly, perhaps in a humorous tone, talk about the desired dress code.

The message can be written in verse, or old ornate phrases can be inserted into the text. It all depends on the desires and imagination of the future spouses.

Newsletter

Some difficulties may arise during distribution. The scrolls will not fit into a regular envelope. You can, of course, put them in a box and send them by post as a parcel post, but all the solemnity is lost, and the invitee will have to go and receive the parcel post in person.


The following options are preferable:

  • deliver it yourself and hand it over personally– this is the most reliable and pleasant way for guests, but it is not suitable for those invited from afar;
  • convey by messenger: you can hire an actor or ask someone you know to dress up in a themed costume, for example, an ancient Russian hero or a pirate;
  • courier service: Suitable for delivering invitations to out-of-town guests.

Advice! If it is not possible to transfer the scrolls using one of these methods, there is only one option left - sending the text by email.

Invitations are usually sent out at least a couple of weeks before the celebration. They must be delivered to guests from remote areas within a month or a month and a half, so that people have time to purchase tickets, take time off from work, and plan their expenses. If you plan, it is advisable to invite guests even earlier, since many people have vacations during this period.

Useful video

Scroll invitations look original and unusual, but are you afraid that they are difficult to make? Look detailed master class on how to make an invitation in the video and you will see that it is really simple:

Conclusion

Invitations in the form of scrolls compare favorably with the usual cards. Guests will appreciate creativity to organize the celebration. Don't be afraid to use your imagination and embody the most creative ideas when creating invitations, especially since this requires minimal effort.

This is the ancient scroll we made with our 10-year-old son. The scroll was made after an excursion to the Cheese House Museum, located in the village of Tomarovka, Belgorod region, and will participate in an exhibition dedicated to this excursion. From the guide we heard several legends about the origin of cheese and learned about the beneficial qualities of cheese products, the stages of their production, and also tasted the most popular varieties of cheese. Why did we make a scroll? To answer this question, a little background: There are about 700 types of cheese in the world. Cheeses are distinguished by the method of milk coagulation into rennet and fermented milk cheeses, and by the method of production - into hard, soft and brine cheeses. Separately, there are processed cheeses, which are made by melting natural cheese using special salts. Historians believe that it is quite possible that cheese is as ancient as bread, because as soon as people mastered cattle breeding, curdled milk and cottage cheese appeared, which made it possible to preserve milk, although in a modified form, but for quite a long time. Curdled milk and cottage cheese turned out to be the “parents” of cheese. The art of making cheese was well known already in Ancient Egypt during the time of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, who bequeathed barrels of goat cheese to be placed in his tomb. My son and I decided that if cheese was found in the tomb, then why the recipe for this cheese wouldn’t be there either.

There are many varieties of scrolls, but we liked this particular scroll, which is twisted on both sides.

At work I took two tubes from used fax film and we painted them with brown acrylic.
I printed the text of the cheese recipe on office paper, after which they mercilessly crumpled up this sheet and put it in a plate, where they had previously dissolved a heaping teaspoon of coffee in hot water. A minute later the paper was pulled out and placed on the file to dry. In the open air, the paper will take a long time to dry, but if you put it on a radiator, the drying process will speed up much more.

When the paper is dry, unfold it: if the antique effect does not suit us, then you can take a pinch of instant coffee and sprinkle it (crushing it into small grains in your fingers) in the right places, and then sprinkle a little on top from a spray bottle and dry again.
After all the manipulations, the paper can be ironed by placing it between two sheets (so that all the inscriptions and coffee stains do not remain on the iron), or it can be left wrinkled.

We glue double-sided tape to the top and bottom edges, and glue our tubes to the tape.

But what is a scroll without a personal seal?

We tie a string on the top tube, leave one end long (we will use it later to tie the scroll closed), and the other short.

Take any household candle and drip wax onto the file, creating a round shape. The wax hardens quickly, but not as we would like, so when you see that the wax begins to flow (as there is a lot of it) from the intended circle, extinguish the candle and wait a little for the wax to harden... and then light it again candle and drip again.
When our circle becomes more or less thick, we put our tied whip on it and drip wax onto it until it is no longer visible.

Since we have a scroll from Egypt, the seal will be with the pharaoh (I have a beautiful spoon brought from Egypt). You can use a beautiful embossed button or brooch, or make a wooden seal.
We make sure that the wax hardens a little, but not completely, and press our spoon into it.

We paint our print with brown acrylic paint on both sides. The paint must be thick, otherwise the wax will repel it.

Well, the print is ready! (can't be distinguished from sealing wax)

We wrap our recipe in a scroll and tie it on top with the long end of a string.

And in this form our scroll will take part in the exhibition.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by!!!

I hope our MK is useful to someone!!!

Such a scroll can be made as an invitation to any celebration, as a congratulation (especially for a man), or simply for interior decoration

Making a scroll with your own hands is interesting idea. This item reeks of antiquity, which in itself is fascinating. It can be used as an invitation to special events. It is safe to say that guests will be delighted, because it is not often that you can meet them in ordinary life. How to make a scroll with your own hands? Very simple. If you are interested, then let's take a closer look at this issue.

What should I use?

When preparing any celebration, it is very important to think through each stage. One of the most important is the invitation, because it is the business card, indicates the direction and sets the tone of the holiday. A DIY scroll will look creative and fresh against the backdrop of boring ordinary invitations. You can make this option at home, the main thing is to follow the sequence.

To make a scroll you need to prepare everything you need:

  • paper – preferably watercolor, if not, then any paper will do;
  • strong brew of tea or coffee;
  • soaking container;
  • scissors;
  • glue;
  • ribbon;
  • decor

Manufacturing process

At first glance, it may seem that making a scroll with your own hands from paper is difficult, but this is not at all the case. The process is exciting and creative, you can involve children, they will be interested. Let's look at what to do and how to do it in order:

  • The first thing to do is brew strong tea or make coffee, let it cool a little, the liquid should not be too hot, it is better to let it be a little warm.

  • To give the paper an antique effect, you need to crumple it, then smooth it out well with your hands.
  • Cut the paper to the required size and place it in a container for soaking, pour the tea leaves solution on top and leave for 10-15 minutes.
  • After the time has passed, you need to dry the sheet on newspapers, a towel or a hairdryer, this will be the fastest way.
  • You need to process the edges - tear them off or burn them. In the second option, you should act quickly and carefully - the paper should not catch fire, otherwise all your efforts will be in vain.

  • Now you can start designing your invitation or congratulations. The text can be written with a pencil or paints, dipping it into water each time so that the inscription blurs a little - this will add a special charm. You can print a pre-selected verse on paper and carefully glue it. Very little glue is needed, after which you need to put the scroll under the press so that it does not deform.
  • If desired, we add various decorative elements - ribbons, seals or stamps.
  • You can tie a scroll using twine and a seal from polymer clay, can also be attached to beautiful sticks and rolled on both sides. Any of these options will look original.

Computer design of the scroll

The design can be done on a computer; a variety of programs allows you to select all the elements that you want to see on the scroll. Such programs can be found on the Internet and downloaded; in addition, you can use an online editor. It allows you to create pages of the desired format and save them to your computer. In the future, only printing and design. The design of the scroll with your own hands must be done in accordance with the points indicated above.