Make a Tissue Flower and Vase
Make a Tissue Flower and Vase
Put a bright flower on the breakfast table. Or give it as a special present. Here is how to make it: You will need: five sheets of tissue paper of different colours: pipe cleaners: coffee can, quart milk carton, or large plastic bottle: newspapers. Tools: pencil; scissors: yardstick. Optional materials you could use are gift-wrapping paper or crepe paper: white glue: enamel paint: thinner: paint brush.
Choose five sheets of tissue paper in the colours you want to use for the petals of your flower. Stack the five sheets on top of each other. Measure and draw a square 15 inches by 15 inches on the top sheet. Cut out all five squares at the same time.
Pick up the top square only. Fold it three times. Starting about halfway up on each side, round off the top with your scissors.
Open up the tissue paper. Than hang it over a yardstick, with the rounded edges pointing down. Push the tissue together on the yardstick, gathering the part that’s pushed together.
Take hold of the gathered part and wind a pipe cleaner around it to hold it together.
Do the same with the four other pieces of tissue. When all are finished, twist the five pipe cleaners stems together and wrap another pipe cleaner around them all.
To make a vase for your flower, first cover your work space with newspapers. Then cover a coffee can or milk carton with gift-wrapping paper or crepe paper. (If you use a milk carton, cut the top off first).
You can also use a large plastic bottle-an empty bleach bottle or distilled-water bottle for a vase. Remove the label and, if you wish, paint the bottle with enamel paint.
