If you want to obtain large areas, you can fix the flat stalks close together on crepe-Adhesive tape . If the plates become slightly wavy, you can press them between two heavy books. When this is done, draw the desired shape on the back and cut it out with scissors. The crepe-Adhesive tape allows you to cut the straws without tearing at the edges
Finally the different elements are glued with tape-Ribbon and can be painted with Handicraft paint and the cards can be decorated with Lace ribbon . This way you get individual, interesting and not everyday decorative objects with a particularly unusual look.