Flowers

Tissue Flowers

Materials Needed:

• Tissue paper
• Green Pipe Cleaner
• Plaster of Paris
• Plastic Cups or Small Flower Pots

Instructions:
Cut three 4 - 5 inch circles out of tissue paper.

Cut a green pipe cleaner in half.

Roll one end of your pipe cleaner half into a small circle; poke the other end of the pipe cleaner through the centre of one of the tissue paper circles.

Pull the circle up to fit snugly below the circle you made in the pipe cleaner. Crumple the circle a little bit so it looks "fluffy".

Repeat with the other circles.

Make 3 or 4 flowers and twist the ends together.

Pour some Plaster of Paris into a 3 to 5 oz. paper or plastic cup.

As it sets, stick the flower bouquet in it. When set solid, arrange the flowers to your liking.

Decorate the "pot" with a ribbon or stickers if you like.

Styrofoam cup flowers

Materials Needed:

• Styrofoam cups - any size
• Scissors
• Markers or paint
• Optional: sequins, other tiny decorations

Instructions:
Pre heat oven to 300c.

Using scissors cut straight down the sides of the cup about 2/3 way. Repeat all around.

Set cup(s) on oven sheet bottom down.

Put in oven for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. If oven has a window you can watch for the right time to remove it. Remove promptly.

The cut strips will bend to look like petals on a flower. Or let it curl into a wreath.

Styrofoam Tray flowers

Materials Needed:

• Styrofoam Meat Trays
• Glue
• Pipe Cleaners
• Pom-poms

Instructions:
Cut out a circle and snip around the edges or cut out a daisy shape. Boil in hot water and they curl up for a nice flower. Add pipe cleaners and a pom-pom for the centre.

Photo Flowers

Materials Needed:

• Small Clay Pot
• Construction Paper
• Popsicle Stick
• Photo
• Pipe Cleaner
• Floral Foam
• Spanish Moss

Instructions:

Make a flower using construction paper.

Cut the shape photo into a heart shape.

Glue the heart-shaped photo in the centre of the construction paper flower.

Wind the pipe cleaner around the lolly stick until it is covered completely except about 1 inch on the bottom.

Glue the flowers onto the stick 'stem'.

You can make leaves out of construction paper, and attach them to the stem. Put some floral foam in a little clay pot, glue down some spanish moss to cover the foam (optional).

Stick the flower into the foam.

‘Bun’ Case Flowers

Materials Needed:

• Green, Yellow or White Pipe Cleaners
• ‘Bun’ Baking Cases (assorted colours)

Instructions:
Bend the top of your pipe cleaner.

Stick pipe cleaner through the top of the bun case

Squeeze it tight.

Keep doing this until you have about 5-6 baking cases on your pipe cleaner and keep squeezing them.

When you get done, carefully bend the cups back but not to far.