The early 1980's were all about Pac Man, Rubik's Cube, and Kool and the Gang telling everyone to "Celebrate." I wanted a giant Rubik's Cube decoration for my upcoming 80's party, but I didn't want to spend $50 on a cardboard one when I could make my own for next to nothing. I started with a rectangular box (that a chair came in) and then cut it down on one side and hot glued it into place to make a cube. Then I put brown packing tape around all of the edges to hide the edges and round it all out.
Even cutting 8.5X11 colored copy paper to 8.5 inch squares wasn't enough to make it look realistic because my box was just a hair bigger than 24". I ended up using nine 7.5" squares for each of the six sides: red, yellow, blue, orange, green, and white.
Then I used black spray paint to paint the edges and the grid. There's no need to waste all the paint on areas that will be completely covered with paper. Then I handed a couple students some fat glue sticks to cover the surface of each piece of paper one at a time, for me to place and rub down. I had to tack a couple corners down with hot glue, but it ended up being pretty smooth and the finished product has has a big enough wow factor that everyone who has walked into my room this last week has commented on it.
