Spring Flowers Made With Paper Rolls

Since spring time is here and the flowers are popping out their pretty little heads, why not make some flowers of your own? This project is perfect to do inside on rainy spring day or outside on a sunny spring day, but no matter the weather, when you are finished you will get to enjoy a bit of outside beauty inside!

Materials
• Several toilet paper rolls
• Wood BBQ skewers
• Paper or plastic cup
• Tempera or acrylic paint
• Foam brush
• Paint brush
• Crinkle paper or Shredded paper
• Scissors
• Small container for water
• Newspaper (to cover table)

Steps
• Paint the skewers (these will be the stems of the flowers) and set them aside to dry.
• Next using your foam brush paint the inside of your toilet paper rolls, these will be your flowers.

• Then with the foam brush paint the outside of your toilet paper rolls using different colors and add some designs to them with the paint brush. Set them aside to dry.
• If you want you can also paint your cup, this will be the vase.
• After the toilet paper rolls are dry, carefully cut half inch slits on both ends leaving one inch uncut in the middle.
• Then peel back each slit and make a nice round flower.

• Poke the skewer in the bottom of the flowers.
• Take the shredded paper and place it in the vase.
• Put the stems in the vase (crinkle paper will help hold the flowers in place).
• Now that the flowers are opened up you can paint more designs on the flowers.
• Enjoy!

Dawn Sorem teaches arts and crafts classes and she does private classes/parties for both children and adults. If you would like more information or to set up a time to have her do an art project for a group you can contact her at envelopcards@gmail.com. Dawn is also the owner and designer of Envelop Cards, you can view her latest designs and see a list of her upcoming classes at: www.envelopcards.com.