DIY: Hold your phone while charging!

Let us try to make a mobile phone holder out of the ordinary lotion bottle that you usually throw in the trash or in the storeroom after using the content in it.

Materials needed:

1. Plastic bottle (It should be wider than your phone)
2. Scissor or plastic cutter
3. Marker
4. Sandpaper or filer
5. Fabric cloth, any old clothing that you are not using anymore will do
6. Mod Podge
7. Brush to apply the Mod Podge
8. Box cutter/Exacto knife

Let’s begin.

First, take the plastic bottle and mark the height of the holder you want. Make sure how safe it can hold your phone. For reference, see the picture.

Cut the bottle along the line with scissors or a box cutter until you get the phone holder shape.

Next, draw a curved box shape on the back of the bottle towards the upper part.  Then cut it out, so that we can hang wherever we want. Smooth out its rough edges by using sandpaper.

Then, sand the surface of the whole bottle.  This will help to rough up the surface so that the Mod Podge will stick well.  Also, it is better to sand the printed ink so that it will not be visible from the other side.

Then, cut a piece of fabric, big enough to wrap around the phone holder and keep an inch or two extra on the top and bottom.

Then apply a substantial layer of Mod Podge to the front part.

Next, place the fabric right on top at the center.

Then, apply more Mod Podge around the side of the container and continue to wrap it with the fabric downright against it, pulling it tightly.  Make sure to pull the fabric down around the curve of the bottom of the bottle so that it will keep the fabric flat and smooth.  Use good amount of Mod Podge in the process.

At the back of the holder, overlap one of the edges over the other.  Be sure that the fabric is smooth all around the bottle and then cut a straight line up the back of the container, trimming off the excess fabric.

Now, apply a nice thick layer of Mod Podge over all of the fabric and seal all of the edges of the fabric with the Mod Podge, ensuring the fabric won’t peel off.

Lastly, measure and cut fabric to fit the bottom of the bottle.  Apply a layer of Mod Podge on the bottom of the bottle, attach the oval shape fabric on the bottom and then apply another coat of Mod Podge on it.  Now keep it upside down in a way so that it can dry, without touching anything.

Once it gets dry, cut out the fabric on the square opening at the upper part of the holder using a box cutter/Exacto knife.  Once it is cut down, apply more Mod Podge around the opening and allow it to dry again.

Then use the box cutter/Exacto knife and run the blade right along the edge of the phone holder all the way to remove any stray threads or chunks of dried Mod Podge.

And the phone holder is ready for use.

Happy DIY!!!

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