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Easy Free Tutorial: Coffee Filter Wrist Corsage ~ Fun for Mother's Day too!

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  • How to make a fabric bracelet. Coffee Filter Wrist Corsage - Step 1
    Step 1

    It all started with 3 coffee filters.

  • How to make a fabric bracelet. Coffee Filter Wrist Corsage - Step 2
    Step 2

    Flatten them out with your hand...

  • How to make a fabric bracelet. Coffee Filter Wrist Corsage - Step 3
    Step 3

    Fold the filters like a fan.

  • How to make a fabric bracelet. Coffee Filter Wrist Corsage - Step 4
    Step 4

    One fold towards you, one away, until you reach the end...

  • How to make a fabric bracelet. Coffee Filter Wrist Corsage - Step 5
    Step 5

    Once you have your folds all done...

  • How to make a fabric bracelet. Coffee Filter Wrist Corsage - Step 6
    Step 6

    cinch the center with a pipe cleaner.

  • How to make a fabric bracelet. Coffee Filter Wrist Corsage - Step 7
    Step 7

    Then gently, open up each "petal" one by one...

  • How to make a fabric bracelet. Coffee Filter Wrist Corsage - Step 8
    Step 8

    The next step involves paint. Choose any color or colors of acrylic or watercolor paint, that you want the edges to be...

  • How to make a fabric bracelet. Coffee Filter Wrist Corsage - Step 9
    Step 9

    Water the paint down as much as you can, while still retaining the color.

  • How to make a fabric bracelet. Coffee Filter Wrist Corsage - Step 10
    Step 10

    Then slowly drag your brush along the edges, and watch the watery paint bleed onto the filter petals. This is my favorite part...

  • How to make a fabric bracelet. Coffee Filter Wrist Corsage - Step 11
    Step 11

    Next, cut off the ends of your pipe cleaner,

  • How to make a fabric bracelet. Coffee Filter Wrist Corsage - Step 12
    Step 12

    so that you can hot glue a ribbon on to the back, to serve as your wrist tie...

  • How to make a fabric bracelet. Coffee Filter Wrist Corsage - Step 13
    Step 13

    This is the final step to making the base corsage. The next part involves any creativity and imagination you want to incorporate into your corsage. Use papers, doilies, ribbons, felt balls, bits of broken jewelry or anything you wish, to embellish your corsage...

    I used wrapping paper for leaves and I hot glued doily edges here and there for extra frill. I used hot glue for this entire project. Make sure not to let children use a hot glue gun without adult supervision :)

  • How to make a fabric bracelet. Coffee Filter Wrist Corsage - Step 14
    Step 14

    Hot glue any fun things to the center, and voila, tie it on and twirl!!

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