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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Not your average Flower

Now I have seen and have made those tissue paper balls.  But here is a little twist to it…. I used napkins instead of tissue paper and I love the look of it.

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What You’ll Need:
- Large and small party napkins (I got some of mine from the dollar store)
- Scissors
- Twist ties (like the ones from garbage bags or loafs of bread) or string or even teeny tiny rubber bands (like the ones for little kids hair)

The How To:
- First decide which color napkins you want to use to create your flower.  Pick 2 colors.
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- Take 4 of the larger napkins.
-Then unfold them and lay them on top of each other.
- Now use 1 of the smaller napkins and unfold it and lay it on top of the big napkins.
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- Now comes the part that is just like making those paper fans that we used to make growing up.
- Fold the napkins like an accordion…. and keep folding and folding and folding until you have folded the whole napkin stack.
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- Then I folded the accordion in half to find the middle of it.
- This middle spot is where I secured it with the twist tie or string.
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- Now on each end of your ‘fan’ you are going to want to cut the ends.  Making them rounded or like a half circle.
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- Next carefully lift the smaller napkin up (remember to do it carefully so you don’t accidentally rip the napkin)
- Then cut the edge of the smaller napkin so that it is not a straight line….making it a scalloped edge.
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- When that is done start lifting up the different layers of the bigger napkins.
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- And then rearrange them to your liking.
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I just love the look of these flowers.  Using the napkin makes it feel like it is almost made out of fabric.
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These ones almost look like the flowers found on lilly pads.
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And I just couldn’t help it.  With a new little one on the way I made some smaller ones to decorate the wall with.  I just LOVE pink and grey together!
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ps….this is a great craft for kids too!

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