MAKING OF FLOWERS OUT OF PLASTIC BAGS

This is a fun project to do at home or in a class room. If you don’t have plastic bags to spare, I am sure your friends will, you may also reuse tissue paper.At home we chose to decorate our bare tree in our backyard.

You will need:

·        Used plastic bags (the noisy kind) . Each flower requires 10-12 single sheets of nylon (5-6 plastic bags)

·        Scissors

·        Pipe cleaner

·        String

How to:

·        Flatten all plastic bags, pile them one on top of the other, and smooth them straight.  If you have different size bags, organize them by size.

·        Trim handles and bottom of bags. You should have the bags as tubes now, stretch them out and keep them flat.

·        Trim sides, so you have single sheets.

·        Fold the sheets of nylon stacked on top of each other like an accordion.

·        Twist the pipe cleaner over the center of the accordion; you may make a small loop at the end of the pipe cleaner so you can tie a string to it.

·        Trim both ends into either a pointy shape or a curved shape as desired.

·        Fan out the ends into a butterfly shape.

·        Open up the flower by peeling each layer separately. Do the same on both sides.

·        Fluff the layers of nylon to get a full and puffy flower. Give it a little hair cut if needed.

Things to think about:

·        Depending on the plastic bags you have, you may make nice color combination.

·        The flowers are great for outside as well as inside

·        An easy and inexpensive solution for a birth day decoration

·        If you make them smaller, you may use the pipe cleaner that ties the flowers as the stem.