Coffee Filter Flowers

We tried another coffee filter craft and this one was a big hit with my 3-year-old! (If you haven't seen the previous coffee filter craft we did, click here)

Coffee Filter Flowers

Supplies Needed: 

- 2 to 4 coffee filters (the more coffee filters you use, the fuller the flower will be)
- washable markers
- paint brush
- pipe cleaner

Just like the previous coffee filter craft, my daughter drew different designs on each coffee filter and then used a paint brush and water to lightly paint and drop water onto each coffee filter, allowing the colours to blend and bleed into each other. We let them dry and ended up with a small stack of coffee filters in beautiful colours! 

Next comes the folding. Keep the coffee filters stacked on top of each other as seen in the photo above. See the following steps on how to fold:

Step 1: Fold in half.                          
       















Step 2: Fold in half again.

Step 3: Fold one side back, flip over and fold the other side back. It will look like this when done:

Wrap a pipe cleaner around the tip of the flower as shown below:

And here comes the fun part. Spread out each of the coffee filters to let your flower bloom! 

My daughter made a few of these and put them in a vase to create a beautiful bouquet.