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Reuse that nice paper that surrounds the choicolates!
Well, I love after eights and I usually get loads of thin paper I don't want to get rid of. Soo...here's a quick project to recyce them, plus these flowers smell wonderfully!

Posted by Juliet J. from Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy • Published See Juliet J.'s 61 projects »
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  • How to make a paper flower. After Eight Paper Flowers - Step 1
    Step 1

    Here's what you need. You need 4 for 1 flower.

  • How to make a paper flower. After Eight Paper Flowers - Step 2
    Step 2

    Open it with scissors or a ruler.

  • How to make a paper flower. After Eight Paper Flowers - Step 3
    Step 3

    It looks like this.

  • How to make a paper flower. After Eight Paper Flowers - Step 4
    Step 4

    Fold it.

  • How to make a paper flower. After Eight Paper Flowers - Step 5
    Step 5

    Fold one corner to the centre.

  • How to make a paper flower. After Eight Paper Flowers - Step 6
    Step 6

    Do passage 5 for the other 3s.

  • How to make a paper flower. After Eight Paper Flowers - Step 7
    Step 7

    Gather the two oppposite sides, like in a bow.

  • How to make a paper flower. After Eight Paper Flowers - Step 8
    Step 8

    Use thread to close it.

  • How to make a paper flower. After Eight Paper Flowers - Step 9
    Step 9

    It should look like that.

  • How to make a paper flower. After Eight Paper Flowers - Step 10
    Step 10

    Repeat steps 1-9 for another piece of paper. Attach the two "bows" with thread, you now have obtained a half flower.

  • How to make a paper flower. After Eight Paper Flowers - Step 11
    Step 11

    DO passage 1-10 again.

  • How to make a paper flower. After Eight Paper Flowers - Step 12
    Step 12

    Pick your chopstick and cover one extremity with double sided adhesive tape.

  • How to make a paper flower. After Eight Paper Flowers - Step 13
    Step 13

    Like this.

  • How to make a paper flower. After Eight Paper Flowers - Step 14
    Step 14

    Stick one flower, then stick the other one on the other side.

  • How to make a paper flower. After Eight Paper Flowers - Step 15
    Step 15

    Attach one bead for side with the hot glue. You're done!

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