Making a Toilet Roll Flower-in-a-Pot

Total Time: 15 minutes per flower pot

Yield: 2 flower pots

Supplies:

• printed copy of the provided pattern sheet
• empty toilet paper roll
• A5 light pink shimmer cardstock
• A6 cerise pink cardstock
• A6 green sugar paper
• one bamboo kebab skewer
• vintage chalk paint kenton brown
• leaf green felt-tip pen
• Pigma Micron 08 black pen
• blue Giotto décor opaque metal pen
• thick paintbrush
• pencil
• standard scissors
• sharp kitchen knife
• newspaper to protect the working area
• quick-drying craft glue (such as Bostik Clear)

Steps:

1. The following should be done by an adult: Use the sharp knife to cut the toilet roll in half. Each half will be a flower pot.

 
2. Paint the inside and outside of the toilet roll pots with the kenton brown chalk paint and allow to dry thoroughly.

 
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3. Use the green felt-tip pen to color the kebab stick.
4. An adult will need to assist with this step: Cut two pieces from the colored kebab stick - each piece should be 3.4" long. Tip: If necessary, use the kitchen knife to cut the pieces.
5. Glue a piece of kebab stick to the inside of each toilet roll pot. The kebab stick pieces will be the stems of the flowers.

 
6. Trace two flowers on to the light pink shimmer cardstock and cut them out. Glue a flower to the top of each flower stem.

 
7. Trace and cut two circles from the cerise pink cardstock and glue a circle to the centre of each flower.

 
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8. Trace and cut four leaves from the green sugar paper. Use the black pen to add veins to the leaves, and then glue two leaves to each flower pot.

 
9. Use the blue metal pen to add dots to the cerise pink centre of each flower.