With the leaves putting on a great show outside, we wanted an easy quick craft to brighten up our home on the inside. These low maintenance “flowers” are a great pop of colour for your kitchen, hallway, or bedroom, and you can make new ones if you ever want to change up the colours again!
You’ll Need:
- Any jars (we used a mix of mason + recycled salsa jars)
- Spray paint
- Plastic drop sheet
- A variety of tissue paper colours
- Floral wire or pipe cleaners
- Scissors
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Set up your plastic drop sheet outside and space your jars apart. Shake your spray paint can for a few minutes and then spray the jars in an even motion at the proper distance indicated on the instructions. Let the first coat dry and spray again if needed.
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While the jars dry, you can begin creating your tissue paper flowers! Cut out squares – anywhere between 2×2 in. or 4×4 in. depending on how small or big you’d like your flower to be. We went with 3×3 in. You will want about 6 or 7 squares of tissue paper – the colours are up to you!
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Fold the square accordion style and wrap your floral wire or pipe cleaner around the center. Cut the edges into a rounded shape (you can experiment with different ends such as zigzag or triangular for different flowers). From here you can skip onto step 4 if you would like a more realistic petal look (rose style) or you can use your scissors to cut in towards the centre of the flower on both ends to create a more wild/frilly flower.
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Now for the fun (and somewhat challenging!) part… fluffing! Separate the tissue paper to create the volume and layers of your flower.
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Once your jars are finished fill them with your beautiful tissue paper flowers and enjoy – no water necessary 🙂
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