Kidz Crafts, Paper Flowers

HOW TO MAKE A PAPER FLOWER FOR KIDS

2 regular size straws (the ones which bend are the best)
Thin colored card
Colored Tissue Paper

Cut the colored card into squares depending on what size you want your paper flowers to be
Trace the flower bulb shape onto the card and cut out the shape
Pierce a hole through the centre
Join the 2 straws together by pushing the end of one into the end of the other one
(if you’re using bendy straws, then keep the bendy part near the top
Leave about 1cm of the straw coming through the other side

Start by passing the colored card flower shape through the hole
Scrunch up your tissue paper and unfold again
Tear 5 - 10 pieces into square like shapes
Then add around 5-10 pieces of cut out paper tissue through the hole
They can be the same color or different ones

Once you look at your flower you will see if you need extra pieces or not.
Fold the edges and shape the tissue paper until your flower looks how you want.
Add some blu tac, or other similar sticky piece to the top, sticking the extra stem part to the flower so you cant see it
Cut a small circle shape of card and pass it through the hole
Stick small pieces of blu tack at the top of the flower at the back, in the centre of the stem and at the end.
Wrap some colored tissue paper around the straw stem, sticking it together with the blu tack

That’s it a great homemade paper flower.