We love flowers and look forward to the time we can plant annual flowers in the spring. Our love of flowers often shows up in our crafts like today's Paper Plate Flower Craft. We've also made
Crafting with kids is not just a great way to get creative, but it's also a fantastic opportunity to teach them about recycling and reusing materials. Today's project is super easy and perfect for kids
This artful paper flower for kids to make is magical….and scientific! Explore absorption, diffusion and kirigami in this STEAM project.
These coffee filter hydrangeas are SO PRETTY and they're super easy to make! Transform regular coffee filters into these beautiful flowers that look surprisingly realistic! These DIY coffee filter flowers are inexpensive to make, and it's such a fun craft for both kids and adults. It's almost magical to watch the coffee filters change colour as the liquid watercolour paint spreads across them. Then watch the colours fade and change once again as they dry! This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps us run this website.
Last fall I planted over 100 tulip bulbs in my front yard and I waited anxiously all winter long for them to emerge from the ground. Guess what? They are all
These awesome crafts can be made using only paper and glue. If you’re looking for craft ideas to scratch your creative itch, these crafts are fun, cute AND only take paper and glue to make! I firmly believe that crafting is
These paper roll flowers and butterflies are the perfect craft to make for Spring or Summer! Use your toilet paper rolls and turn them into a fun flower craft.
Waldorf window stars are a beautiful craft to decorate windows with color. But, did you know it's not merely stars you can create with kite paper? There are endless designs to create out of the waxy, window star paper (kite paper and window star paper can be used interchangeably to call this type of paper), and today we share how to create tulips and daisies to welcome Spring. Create an entire garden right on your windows! Gather Your Supplies: Waldorf window star paper Scissors or paper trimmer Glue stick Create A Tulip 1. To create a tulip, you will need one sheet of window star paper in the color you'd like the flower, and one sheet of window star paper in green for the stem. 2. Begin with the flower colored square of window star paper. 3. Fold it in half diagonally to make a triangle shape. 4. Fold this triangle in half. 5. Fold one side of the triangle inward, making the crease in the center. 6. Repeat with both sides. 7. Turn shape over to flat side. 8. Fold corners inward to created a more rounded shape. Next, we will create the stem! 1. Begin with the green square of window star paper. 2. Fold the square in half diagonally to form a triangle. 3. Unfold to reveal center guide line. 4. Fold edges inward to meet at center guide line. 5. Repeat with both sides. 6. Fold the bottom edge in to meet the center guide line. 7. Repeat fold on both sides. 8. Fold one of the top edges inward to meet center guide line. 9. Repeat fold on both sides, creating a point. 10. Fold point in half vertically, with folded sides of paper on the inside. 11. Fold in half horizontally, with fold on outside to create a leaf shape. 12. Add glue to top of the stem and attach flower. Ta Da! Create A Daisy 1. For a daisy, you will need two sheets of kite paper in the petal color of your choice, plus a small piece of yellow kite paper for the center of the flower. Begin with one square of petal colored paper. 2. Fold the square in half 3. Fold this rectangle in half again 4. Open to reveal guide lines 5. Cut on the guide lines. 6. Repeat these steps with both sheets of petal color paper to end with 8 small squares. 7. Fold square of paper in half diagonally to make a triangle. 8. Unfold to reveal guide line 9. Fold one corner in to meet center point and repeat with other corner. 10. Fold one edge inward to meet on center guide line. 11. Repeat with other side's edge to form a point. 12. Fold down top point to create a more rounded shape. 13. Glue all petals together, slightly overlapping one another. Then cut out two circles of yellow paper, one slightly larger than the other. 14. Glue the largest circle in the center of the petals. Glue the smaller circle on top of the larger one to form the center of the flower. Ta Da! These daisy shaped window stars look wonderful hanging without a stem, but if you would like to create more of realistic Spring Garden look, you can cut out a stem shape from green paper to add to the bottom. Hang your flowers in a sunny window with a little spot of glue or tape and let the Springtime colors fill your home with joy. To see more things you can create with Waldorf Window Star Paper, see our blog post on Three Ways to Fold Waldorf Window Stars or how to make A Spring Waldorf Window Transparency. There are lots of other flower and Spring shapes to add to your new window garden! Share your flowers with us on Instagram @bellalunatoys and use the hashtag #bellalunatoys for a chance to be featured on our feed! Follow along on the blog for more tutorials like this in the future.
Did you know that you can make a beautiful paper flower in the same way that you make a paper snowflake?! It's so much fun! Learn how to make paper flowers by following our easy photo and video tutorials below. These kirigami flowers are SO PRETTY! And all it takes is a few simple folds and cuts to transform a single piece of paper into a beautiful flower. Design your own flower shapes or use our free PDF templates. (We have 9 different shapes to choose from!) This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something
Make this beautiful pressed flower suncatcher with only a few supplies! This is an easy craft to make on your own!
Create these gorgeous pressed flower jars with our printable template that makes beautiful bookmarks, cards or gift tags! It's no secret we are huge fans of pre
A huge gallery of creative toilet paper roll crafts and brilliant ideas! Everything from kids crafts and art projects to bird feeders and cord organizers. I'll never throw away a toilet paper roll again! What a great way to recycle something that would normally end up in the trash.
These coffee filter flowers are SO PRETTY! This simple craft is beautiful enough for adults, but easy enough that kids can make them too. They make beautiful party decorations and are also a great gift idea for teachers or Mother's Day. Easy Coffee Filter Flowers It's hard to believe these flowers are made out of coffee filters! For pennies you can make a beautiful flower bouquet that won't wilt or fade. Best of all, these coffee filter flowers are SO EASY to make. They're made from simple supplies (coffee filters painted with liquid watercolor paint and tied together with a
As you all know by now, I love painting with watercolor. I have shared my
Wild Easter Lily by KHall65890 I love Easter! I love cuddly chics, bunnies, lambs, baskets, bonnets, decor, pastels, lace, flowers, Cadbury ...
How to make a Scandinavian flower doodle decoration for your mantle. A fun cool paper craft for both adults and teens, a great gift idea too.
How to make a hanging paper cone vase or mussie tussie for Spring, Mother's Day, or to make treat and popcorn cones. Step by step photos.
We have another wonderful heart and flower craft to share with you! This paper heart flower craft is perfect both for Mother's day (a great alternative to your regular Mother's day card) or for V-day.
Explore chromatography using coffee filters and markers and turn your results into a colorful bouquet of flowers! Such a fun combo of art and science!
Say What? Blooming Paper Flowers? Yup, these little paper flowers will actually bloom right before your very eyes! This is such a fun and simple little experiment, but you have got to try it.
Are you looking for easy crafts to do at home? You've probably already got the supplies to make these beautiful paper flowers! This creative project is perfect for adults and older kids such as teenagers. This lovely DIY bouquet makes for awesome home decor, as well as a colorful centerpiece for parties.
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LEARN HOW TO MAKE THREE TYPES OF EASY, BEAUTIFUL DIY PAPER FLOWERS OUT OF RECYCLED TOILET PAPER ROLLS! Lately, we've been diving into crafts made with toilet paper rolls. We made Emotion Buddies to help preschoolers learn to talk about their feelings, and we turned toilet paper tubes into cute, quirky animals. With scissors, hot glue and string, we created a beautiful rustic tassel garland; one that is actually hanging up in my house right now! And today, we're going to continue with the toilet paper roll crafts and make three different versions of paper flowers using only toilet paper rolls, scissors, and hot glue! Here's how to make them! DIY Paper Flowers Made Out of Toilet Paper Rolls Step 1. Gather Supplies. Supplies Needed: Toilet Paper Rolls Scissors Hot Glue Gun and Glue Optional: Felt Balls - 20mm Flower 1: DIY Petal Flower Made With Toilet Paper Rolls: Step
Engage your kids with the wonders of nature by creating a beautiful pressed flower mobile together. This DIY tutorial will guide you through the process of making a stunning mobile using pressed flowers and everyday materials.
Egg carton crafts encourage creativity in kids and it's also a great way to use up all those pieces of cardboard after Easter Sunday is over.
Transform paper towel rolls and tissue paper into a lovely hyacinth flower craft kids can make this spring.
This pressed flower craft is SO PRETTY! Make your own pressed flower lanterns that are beautiful, and really easy to put together! With a bit of mod podge and dried flowers you have a gorgeous candle holder that's super inexpensive to make. Pressed Flower Craft Making this pressed flower craft is so simple, and the results are so pretty! These pressed flower lanterns provide a pop of colour from the dried flowers and a soft glow from the tea light candles inside. If you're looking for a table decoration for a summer wedding or party, these pressed flower lanterns are
I've said it once, and I'll say it again. I've got a black, black thumb. And this saddens me because deep down, my heart is really green. I love looking at plants, I love eating plants, and goodness one year I was even a tree for Halloween! But I'm a plant killer. So this makes today's toilet paper roll craft perfect for me. These cardboard roll plants are pretty to look at, and impossible to kill. Make Toilet Paper Roll Flowers and Cacti Yup. Aren't they pretty? If you're interested in making yourself some everlasting recyclable plants, keep on reading! Materials to Make Toilet Paper Roll Plants (*Note: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links which mean I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support.) Cardboard Rolls Craft Paint Paint Brushes Scissors Pencil Steps to Make Toilet Paper Roll Plants 1. Sketch out your flowers and cacti onto your toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls. then, use your scissors to cut out your plants. (Be sure to keep the tube completely uncut on the bottom so that your plant will stand.) 2. Cover your work area. Then, paint your cardboard roll plants! (Chuck painted the flowers and I painted the cacti.) Let them dry. And you're done! Now you have a garden of everlasting cardboard roll flowers.. and cardboard cacti that never need to be watered. And here's an up-close shot of Chuck's flowers... just because I love how colorful they look. Yup. I think these plants that will stand up against my black thumb. Happy crafting! Psst- Interested in other flower crafts? Check out these links below! Cherry Blossom Tissue Paper Flowers Print with Flowers Oil Pastel Flower Sun Catchers Egg Carton Flower Wreath Interested in other toilet paper roll crafts? Check these out! Toilet Roll Airplanes Cardboard Space Shuttle Toilet Paper Roll Bird Feeders Homemade Sidewalk Chalk Cardboard IPod Speakers
Learn how to use paper plates for easy weaving projects!
Kids will really enjoy learning about the seasons and discovering something new each time they pick up a bottle, turn it upside down and shake it all around!
Spring is finally here! Maybe it's been spring for awhile where you are, but I live in Canada, so it takes a little bit longer to warm up where I am. And my oh my, have I ever missed the flowers and the leaves! I love walking my 6 year old daughter to school each morning and seeing the magnolias just ready to bloom, the buds on the trees just ready to burst and the bright yellow forsythia flowers highlighting our backyard. I love this time of year! And since I've been in such a wonderful spring mood, I decided to make
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These handprint lilies are so beautiful and surprisingly easy to make! They'd make such a thoughtful handmade gift idea for Mother's Day if you make a small bouquet and tie them together with a ribbon. Or you could make a bouquet of handprint Easter lilies if you use white paper. Can Easter lilies be pink? I think they're just white? Either way, they're adorable for spring and they're a wonderful low mess craft to make with the kids! I had such an awesome helper when I made these paper handprint lilies! My spunky 5 year old loves crafts, and she
Waldorf window stars are a beautiful craft to decorate windows with color. But, did you know it's not merely stars you can create with kite paper? There are endless designs to create out of the waxy, window star paper (kite paper and window star paper can be used interchangeably to call this type of paper), and today we share how to create tulips and daisies to welcome Spring. Create an entire garden right on your windows! Gather Your Supplies: Waldorf window star paper Scissors or paper trimmer Glue stick Create A Tulip 1. To create a tulip, you will need one sheet of window star paper in the color you'd like the flower, and one sheet of window star paper in green for the stem. 2. Begin with the flower colored square of window star paper. 3. Fold it in half diagonally to make a triangle shape. 4. Fold this triangle in half. 5. Fold one side of the triangle inward, making the crease in the center. 6. Repeat with both sides. 7. Turn shape over to flat side. 8. Fold corners inward to created a more rounded shape. Next, we will create the stem! 1. Begin with the green square of window star paper. 2. Fold the square in half diagonally to form a triangle. 3. Unfold to reveal center guide line. 4. Fold edges inward to meet at center guide line. 5. Repeat with both sides. 6. Fold the bottom edge in to meet the center guide line. 7. Repeat fold on both sides. 8. Fold one of the top edges inward to meet center guide line. 9. Repeat fold on both sides, creating a point. 10. Fold point in half vertically, with folded sides of paper on the inside. 11. Fold in half horizontally, with fold on outside to create a leaf shape. 12. Add glue to top of the stem and attach flower. Ta Da! Create A Daisy 1. For a daisy, you will need two sheets of kite paper in the petal color of your choice, plus a small piece of yellow kite paper for the center of the flower. Begin with one square of petal colored paper. 2. Fold the square in half 3. Fold this rectangle in half again 4. Open to reveal guide lines 5. Cut on the guide lines. 6. Repeat these steps with both sheets of petal color paper to end with 8 small squares. 7. Fold square of paper in half diagonally to make a triangle. 8. Unfold to reveal guide line 9. Fold one corner in to meet center point and repeat with other corner. 10. Fold one edge inward to meet on center guide line. 11. Repeat with other side's edge to form a point. 12. Fold down top point to create a more rounded shape. 13. Glue all petals together, slightly overlapping one another. Then cut out two circles of yellow paper, one slightly larger than the other. 14. Glue the largest circle in the center of the petals. Glue the smaller circle on top of the larger one to form the center of the flower. Ta Da! These daisy shaped window stars look wonderful hanging without a stem, but if you would like to create more of realistic Spring Garden look, you can cut out a stem shape from green paper to add to the bottom. Hang your flowers in a sunny window with a little spot of glue or tape and let the Springtime colors fill your home with joy. To see more things you can create with Waldorf Window Star Paper, see our blog post on Three Ways to Fold Waldorf Window Stars or how to make A Spring Waldorf Window Transparency. There are lots of other flower and Spring shapes to add to your new window garden! Share your flowers with us on Instagram @bellalunatoys and use the hashtag #bellalunatoys for a chance to be featured on our feed! Follow along on the blog for more tutorials like this in the future.
Are you the type of person that loves flowers, but wishes they would last a bit longer? Paper flower crafts may be for you. There are a fantastic choice and quality of papers available today, allowing you to make realistic looking flowers. On the other hand, paper flowers can come from pure fantasy. The...
Wax Paper Pressed Foliage Bookmarks: Wax paper can be sealed to itself if you iron it. The heat melts the wax, and when it cools it now has a light seal. I wanted a way to preserve some leaves and flowers I collected in Korea, and I thought of sealing them in wax to hang as art on the…
Make pressed flower luminaria for any occasion or create as gifts. Charming lanterns that show off the beauty of flowers with soft light.
Learn how to paint fireworks with acrylic paint and paper rolls. The perfect kids craft for the summer holidays, these fireworks paintings are absolutely gorgeous, and they're SO EASY to make! How to Paint Fireworks with Acrylic Paint Who knew that a cut up paper roll could create such beautiful fireworks?! These firework paintings are so colourful and impressive looking, yet they're incredibly simple to make! We chose seven different colours for our fireworks, but you can make it even easier by choosing three or four of your favourite colours - they'll still look awesome. Try red, white, and blue to
Learn how to make this easy and cheap toilet paper roll mandala. With a few supplies, you can turn trash into stunning wall decor.
Make these beautiful seed paper hearts from recycled paper. Give them as Valentines with the printable to share your flowers with friends.
Are you looking for easy crafts to do at home? You've probably already got the supplies to make these beautiful paper flowers! This creative project is perfect for adults and older kids such as teenagers. This lovely DIY bouquet makes for awesome home decor, as well as a colorful centerpiece for parties.
