Newspaper flowers

TEMPLATE

PETAL

LEAF

NEWSPAPER

KIDS CORNER PROJECT

Compiled by Anthea Campbell

Turn old newspapers into pretty flowers

WHAT YOU NEED:

Newspaper Acrylic craft paint and paintbrush (optional) Pencil Scissors Craft glue (Bostik) Kebab sticks

HOW TO MAKE: If you want your flowers to have colour, you should paint the newspaper beforehand. If you still want to see the print of the paper make sure that the paint is watered down. Let the paint dry. A suggestion: Paint only the outside of the leaves and petals, leave the inside newsprint.

1. Use your pencil to draw on the newspaper the petals and leaves from the template, then cut out. 2. Once this is done cut out your paper petals and paper leaves. (12 petals and 4 leaves per flower). 3. Paint your kebab stick green or leave it plain.

LETS START BUILDING YOUR FLOWER:

4. Start with 2 paper petals at the top and keep building your flower until you have about another 3 rows, (3 petals per row). 5. Put a small amount of glue on the bottom of the paper petal, then glue to the kebab stick. Repeat this. 5. Lastly add glue to your paper leaves.Glue to kebab stick about 5 to 10cm below the flower. 6. Bend petals and leaves.

Picture credit: PAMSA