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Coffee Filter Flowers

Make these cute flowers out of coffee filters using inexpensive supplies! Kids will love this project for spring or summer.
Course Kids Crafts
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Dry Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Servings 6 flowers
Cost $1

Equipment

  • Small spray bottle of water
  • Hair dryer (optional)

Ingredients

  • 6 Coffee filters 1 per flower
  • Washable markers fun spring colors like light blue, orange, pink, yellow, etc
  • 6 Pipe cleaner(s) green, 1 per flower

Instructions

  • Choose four colors that you would like to use for your first flower. Picking a variety of colors that are different shades (light and dark) makes for the best results.
    Coffee filter with red, pink, and purple markers
  • Start with a red or similar dark shade of marker. Draw a circle around the edge of the coffee filter.
    Drawing a dark red line around the edge of the coffee filter
  • With the other markers, add additional circles at random to the inside of the big circle on the coffee filter. No need to add too many circles. They will bleed into each other.
    Red and purple circles drawn inside of the red circle
  • Place the coffee filter down on a washable work surface. You can use a craft mat, silicone mat, or wax paper. Mist the paper with 4 – 5 sprays of water and you will start to see the markers bleed. This is what you want.
    Spraying a coffee filter covered in marker with water
  • If the markers didn’t bleed enough, add additional sprays of water. Don’t add too much water. You want to barely saturate the filter, otherwise all the water will drip off the filter and take the color with it.
    Coffee filter soaked with water on a work surface
  • Leave the coffee filter on your work surface to dry. Additionally, you can take a hairdryer and dry the filter, or place in the oven for a few minutes at the lowest heat (watching the entire time).
    Coffee filter dry on a work surface
  • Fold the filter in half. Fold that half into thirds, and then in half again (as shown).
    Folding a coffee filter into halves, thirds, and halves
  • Wrap the pipe cleaner around the base of the folded coffee filter. Wrap 2-3 times to hold the filter.
    Pipe cleaner twisted around the bottom of the folded filter
  • Spread apart the filter to create the look of pedals. Wrinkle as needed, and keep fluffing until you are satisfied with the look.
    Pulling apart the coffee filter layers to create a flower
  • Create additional flowers in additional colors to make a bouquet.

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