Curly Hyacinths. I made lots of them while demonstrating their construction and someone asked if they could have them to use as a table display at her son's party. I said yes and she took all but these two specimens!
I took three extra craft classes last week. One was for trainee teachers, another for adult carers and a third was a drop in taster session. For each I was asked to do Easter paper crafts. Adults don't want to do the same things as children, they want to take part in activities that challenge and please them or that they can use in their family life or work so I set about thinking what they could do.
Spring is in the air and I thought paper flowers would be a good project. Many of the ideas I looked at involved long processes or were surprisingly complicated. In the end I went onto youtube for ideas and found Curly Paper Flowers made on the site linked below.
They were fab!! They looked hard to make and yet were straightforward. Better still they looked like real flowers. I made some with vintage music paper and wrapping paper but the best ones were made with simple A4 copier paper in mid green (stems) and pinks and purples (flowers) as above.
If you were making a lot of these flowers, to resemble a bouquet, it wouldn't cost much at all. The only equipment you need is scissors, paper, glue, a glue brush and a skewer or something similar to make the curly flower heads.
Have a look at all the superb ideas on this site and the instructional videos that are clear and simple to follow.
Thanks IdunnGoddess. The people in my classes enjoyed your work!!
youtube.com/user/IdunnGoddess
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