Mother's Day Crafts
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Potted Daffodil Picture
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Dryer Sheet Flowers
by Twila Lenoir
Celebrate Mother's Day by making a big bouquet of dryer sheet flowers in a rainbow of colors. Give to mom, grandma, sister, aunt...or to brighten the day for anyone special in your life.
You can either recycle already used dryer sheets or try brand new dryer sheets for this bouquet of dryer sheet flowers. We got ours at the dollar store.
Dryer Sheet Flowers
Supplies:
dryer sheets
acrylic craft paints
green chenille stems or pipe cleaners
perfume or essential oil
vase or jar
Dryer Sheet Flowers
Instructions:
1. Take two or three dryer sheets and fold them lengthwise in an accordion (in and out), using about 1/2 to an 1 inch strips.
2. Fold in half and slip the top of the pipe cleaner through, then twist the pipe cleaner tightly. The rest of the pipe cleaner becomes the flower stem.
3. Here's the fun part: pull the layers apart and watch a flower appear. Add a few drops of perfume or essential oil if your using used sheets or sheets with no fragrance.
4. Place a dollop of paint on a clean meat tray, and add some water. Gently brush the top edges of the flower.
5. Repeat the painting in different colors, if you like - make a big bunch of them and present them in a pretty jar or vase to mom or grandma on Mother's Day, or for a special "I love you, Mom" present. Hey, why not go ahead and give them to dad too?
It isnt a good craft, there is much better flowers.
You should use florist tape to make it look real.
Um.. its ok,
it could be better
i really seen this first done with tissue paper. there was no painting involved but you had to cut the paper down to size but in the end it was less time consuming and less of a mess for my girl scout troop of 16 daisies to do the tissue paper.
These are adorable! I have a girls scout troop with 28 girls and are always looking for inexpensive and cute ideas. Thanks!
These are adorable! I have a girls scout troop with 28 girls and are always looking for inexpensive and cute ideas. Thanks!
These flowers and butterflies, too work well with coffee filters. If you color the edge of the filters with marker and then spray lightly with water it makes a beautiful edge.
it s awsome
hey i like it but i don't get how to fold the paper?
You fold over an inch or so from the edge, then turn it over and fold the other way, so from the side it kind of looks like this: ^V^V^V^V^V
Sometimes this is called a fan fold, because if you folded paper this way, then held one end and opened it up it would make a pleated fan.
yes i would like to know how to fold the paper also.please help. thanks
