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Posted in Yarn | No Comments »Good mother's day gift for a 12 year old girl to make?
We are unable to drive and have no time to shop, we have all kinds of supplies so almost anything is possible (as long as it doesn't involve yarn or sewing.) Sooo, other than a personal made gift bag with candy in it, any ideas?
if you have tissue paper and pipe cleaners you can make home-made flowers...all different colors and shapes...you can even spray a little bit of parfume on them and voila.... it's scented... Mom will have a whole bouquet made with love...it's simple and you can let your creativity loose... do you have some decoupage glue? cover a jar with tissue paper and you have a vase to put the bouquet in.
here are some easy instructions to go by but you can be as creative as you'd like...
Materials needed for one flower:
4 sheets of tissue paper (any color)
1 pipe cleaner
scissors
ruler
coloring marker
How to make a Paper Flower:
1. Stack 4 pieces of tissue paper together.
2. Fold the tissue paper together starting at the bottom allowing 1" folds. Fan fold back and forth making a 1" by 6" piece.
3. Cut the folded tissue at both ends as shown, rounding off the corners.
4. Fold a pipe cleaner in half. This is used for the flower stem. Squeeze the tissue paper in the middle and twist the piper cleaner tightly to secure.
5. Fan out the piece on both sides of the pipe cleaner. Remember, there are 4 layers. Begin pulling up the petals. Start with the top tissue being careful not to tear it. After you have done the top layer, go on to the second layer, then the third and the fourth. Straighten out the flower to your liking.
6. You may use a marker to highlight and add more color to your flower.
7. The pipe cleaner may be shaped into a leaf on one side.