6
Gently peel open the layers.
Starting on one side, begin
opening up the tissue paper folds you
made. Be sure to pull apart the folds
evenly from both ends.
Celebrate Hispanic
Heritage Month
by making these
colorful flowers!
1
Prepare the tissue paper.
Take the tissue paper out of its
package, stack three sheets on top
of one another, line them up, and
cut into 12-by-6-inch sheets. (For
larger flowers, use bigger sheets and
cut to your desired size). After you
cut them, be sure your sheets of
tissue paper are stacked and lined
up once again before you begin
folding your tissue paper.
2
start with the shorter
side (in this case, the
6-inch side) and make a
1-inch fold to start off an
accordion fold. Tip: If you are
making several of these flowers,
lay multiple tissue paper sheets on
top of one another at the same
time before cutting to size (at least
six to 12 sheets is ideal.)
4
Round the edges with scissors.
Take your scissors and trim the ends
of the stacked tissue paper strip so that
you have a rounded edge. This will help
your tissue paper petals have a
rounded appearance,
like the petals of a
real flower, when
you unfold the
flower later. Be sure
to trim both ends
of your folded tissue
paper stack.
5
add the stem. To make sure
the stem is centered, fold the
tissue strip in half and place the green pipe
cleaner or chenille stem at the fold. Loop
the "stem" around the middle of the
folded tissue paper strip. Twist the
pipe cleaner to hold the tissue
paper strip in place.
7
separate the
tissue paper
sheets. Gently
separate the tissue
paper sheets to
unfold the petals of
your flower. It will
quickly begin to
look like a beautiful
blossom!
paper flowers
3
Make accordion folds.
Once you have made a 1-inch
fold in your stacked tissue paper
edge, turn your tissue paper stack
over for the next fold, then turn it
back for the fold after that. Keep
folding and turning over the paper
until you have an accordion-style
narrow strip of tissue paper.
to make a one flower you will need:
1 green chenille stem/pipe cleaner
3 sheets (12-by-6-inch sheets or larger)
of colored tissue paper.
We used white, blue & pink.
ruler & scissors
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