Today my eldest put in a request for a paper flower. After all I did promise to make her one when I wouldn't let her take a flower from a stranger's yard this morning. She then made sure I was good on my word earlier this evening.
So without a plan of how this was to be done I began to improvise with some paper and tape. Before I knew it a paper flower had been made, much to my eldests utter delight.
And here is how it was accomplished...
What materials do I need?
- paper [it can be any type be it newspaper, colour, decorative scrapbook paper, et cetera]
- sticky tape
- scissors
- pipe cleaner
Instructions:
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| 1. This will be the flower petal template. |
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| 2. Cut out four flower petals on your pretty paper of choice, using the petal template above. Ensure you cut along the middle line creating a slit in each petal. |
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| 3. Take a small section of the piper cleaner, and fold it into an 'M' shape. |
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| 4. Press the 'M' fold close together and twisting a little to look like a 'V'. This will be the stamen of the flower. |
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| 5. Slide your first petal on to the piper cleaner just below the stamen, via the slit. |
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| 6. Turn the ends of the petal and folding it closed, you will create a square corner. Use a little sticky tape to close this corner. |
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| 7. Repeat steps five and six for the second petal, but position it away from the first petal. |
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| 8. Add your third petal following the previous steps. |
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| 9. Add the fourth petal in the same fashion. |
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| 10. The finishing touch fold into the lower piper cleaner a little leaft shape and spray some perfume into the flower. |
