Coffee Filter Flower

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  Step 1

  Keep the coffee filter together and press them down flat.

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  Step 2

  Fold the coffee filters up accordion style (I folded about an inch in and ended up with three pleats total, but you could make the folds larger or smaller).

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  Step 3

  Continue folding until you get to the end of the filter

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  Step 4

  Fold in half an snip the corner in the center diagonally on each side slightly (this will be where you will twist the pipe cleaner later. For now, leave the filters folded.

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  Step 5

  Put approximately 1/2 cut water in a bowl and 6 -10 drops of food coloring and mix it up.

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  Step 6

  Stick the ends in the food coloring and allow it to saturate for a few minutes.

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  Step 7

  Take out and allow to dry.

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  Step 8

  Next, mix approx 1/4 cut water in a bowl and 6-10 drops of food coloring

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  Step 9

  Stick the folded center into the mixture, allow it to saturate until the color starts to meet up the color from the ends.

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  Step 10

  Remove and unbend at center but leave the pleats folded. Allow to dry.

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  Step 11

  Once dry, take the 1/2 piece of pipe cleaner and twist around the center to make the stamens. You can leave up or twist the two sides into loops.

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  Step 12

  Start separating the layers on one side of the pipe cleaner, pulling the top layer to the right, the 2nd layer to the left, the 3rd layer to the right and 4th layer to right. Repeat on the other side of the pipe cleaner and you are done.

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The Wannabe Ninja · U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, US · 5 projects 27th June 2009

Have you ever made hats out of these? They're really fun, too. This project looks like something that's impossible to mess up too bad...nice how-to.

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Jet H. · Haarlem, North Holland, NL · 108 projects 27th June 2009

thanks, they looks great !

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Kiki · Canada, CA · 6 projects 27th June 2009

Very pretty yet so simple! Lovely

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soon 27th June 2009

Beautiful flowers nice tutorial with great pics and explanation!

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