You can create the shape of a wine bottle from cardboard. Cardboard boxes work well or you may want to use colored cardboard. If you have access to a printer, use the button below to print a pattern for the bottle, then proceed to Making the Bottle.
On a sheet of paper, draw a rectangle that is 10" (25.4cm) wide and 8" (20.3cm) high. Write "Side" on one side of the rectangle.
Cut out the rectangle, then fold the paper in half lengthwise so the word "Side" shows.
Fold the paper in half a second time with the word "Side" still showing.
Draw a line 3" (7.6cm) down from the top. This is the Hip Line.
Make a mark on the Hip Line 1-3/4" (4.4cm) from the edge "Side" edge. This is going to be the Point of the Dart.
At the top of the paper, make a mark 3/8" (1cm) from the edge labeled "Side." Then draw a line from this mark down to the Hip Line at the edge of the paper.
At the top of the paper, make a mark that is 1" (2.5cm) from the mark in Step 6.
At the top of of the paper, make a second mark that is 3/4" (2cm) from the mark in Step 7.
Connect the marks from Steps 7 and 8 to the Point of the Dart from Step 5. This is Dart Shape.
Without unfolding the paper, cut out the Dart Shape and the line created in Step 6.
If possible during Step 1, align the Hip line of the pattern with the crease in the cardboard where the lids close. If the cardboard does not have a crease, add one during Step 4.
Tape the paper pattern to the cardboard.
Roll the cardboard into a tube.
Cut around the pattern.
If the cardboard does not have a crease, place the cardboard on the edge of a table at the hip line, then bend the top over the edge.
Tape the darts closed from the inside. See the crease at the point of the darts?
To complete the bottle, tape the side closed. Now tape the outside of the dart's.
