Construction Paper Flower Tutorial

For my first official Activity Days activity we made these construction paper flowers.

Here's what you'll need:

A hand (you should have one of those, right?)
Construction paper
Pipe cleaners
Tape
Something to trace with and add some color (Crayons, markers, pencils, etc.)

Step 1: Put your hand on the paper and trace around.




Step 2: Cut out your traced hand.


Step 3: Take your pipe cleaner and make a fun design at the end

OR twist several colors together and make your stem colorful!

Step 4: Take your crayon/marker/whatever and roll the fingers around it to give them a curl.


You could also color the petals at this stage if you'd like.


Step 5: Start rolling the pipe cleaner with the paper hand starting at the corner at the wrist.



Step 6: Tape at the base of the flower when finished.


My little helper with the finished product.

I also tried a different flower style by making two lily patterns and layering them:


The only difference in the method is that I attached the the two layers together with tape before I rolled them onto the pipe cleaner.



Enjoy your beautiful bouquet!