I decided to get handy this afternoon and try make cork bark tubes.
I've always seen the "sheets" in stores but i've never seen them in tubes for sale, I put my mind to it and came up with this logical process in a few easy steps.

Please excuse the crappy photo's, i used my cellphone.

Kids, make sure you have adult supervision
What you'll need:
- Cork Bark sheets, the larger the easier.
- A bucket big enough to submerge the cork bark
- Boiling water
- A 500ml coke bottle (or any cylindrical tube for that matter)
- Something very heavy
- Elastic bands

Step one:
Get yourself some cork bark sheets:



Step two:
Place the sheet into a flat bucket:



Step three:
Fill the bucket with BOILING water until the cork is completely submerged:




Step four:
You'll notice that the cork floats (DURR!), place your heavy "thing" on top of the sheet.
I used my sweet jar




Step five:
Wait 10 - 15 minutes. Let the cork absorb as much water as possible, this will make it pliable.

Step six:
remove the sheet, be careful, it is VERY hot.
Place it on a flat surface and place a 500ml bottle on top and begin rolling the sheet very slowly into a tube around the bottle and hole it on with elastic bands.
I stole my girlfriends hair elastics :whistle:




Step seven:
Leave it to dry and harden.
You can do this quickly by using a blow drier.
Bob should be your aunty:




Enjoy!

That's how you did it! Will try it out in the morning

Awesome. Thanks for sharing

Very clever! Thanks for sharing

Thanx Cascade, Ceratogyrus has mentioned that one can shape cork bark in boiling hot water! :whistle: Nobody has been paying attention.

Fantastic...hope the sweets in the sweet jar was still OK..... :woohoo: