Tutorial: Making Valentine flowers

 

 Tutorial: Making Valentine flowers

Supplies

Tools

• Scissors
• Glue gun
• Pencil
• Glass vials

Materials

• Wooden sticks
• Red felt
• Madder-red roses
• Foliage
• Raffia ribbon
• Wall hook
• Scratch paper
• Copper wire

Classic Cherry Blossom Kid's Craft: Anticipating Spring!

Here's a great Spring/Tu B'Shevat cherry blossom craft project, even for those of you who can't quite imagine that Spring awaits! There's nothing like some pink blossoms to cheer things up a bit! In Israel, we call these almond blossoms, as they are also pink and are the first to bloom, right around the time of Tu B'Shevat! Always very exciting!
I have fond memories of doing these blossom pictures in kindergarten. Okay, my pictures didn't exactly look like these, but the techniques were the same. And I still find it amazing that blowing ink through a straw can produce works of art that not only look like Japanese brush paintings but really mimic a tree with branches.  This is a great project for all ages, and a bunch of them hung together  would certainly look wonderful. And you can leave them in their pure form as I did on the left, or add some tissue paper details for the ground and sky. In any case, have fun!

Paper Flower Heart.

I enjoy browsing in stores that sell beautiful paper and stationery and love adding to my collection. Recently I discovered a scrapbooking store that is huge and filled with all sorts of creative goodness (not good for the wallet I know, but good - very good - for the soul). While browsing through the store I spotted some gorgeous little paper flowers and asked the lady working there if there was a class teaching people how to make these flowers. She said that they were so simple to make (at this point I was thinking: yeah right) She explained the process and I had my doubts that it really could be that easy. I had to give it a go, so I bought a 1.5" scalloped hole punch, a stack of scrapbooking paper and some small brad clips. I was set to go.

 Photo below: The first two paper flowers I made and the lady from the shop was right - these really are so simple to make.

Photo below: Supplies needed to make paper flowers - scrapbooking paper, scalloped hole punch, small brad clips and something to apply water to the paper.