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I love this- how simple, but what an impact. I would like to use these to decorate for our end of the year party.
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Very pretty!! And easy, too!
❤Teri
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What a great lil tutorial! Thanks, these look adorable 🙂
Kimberly
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Love these! I’ve made lots of things out of coffee filters but never flowers! I can’t wait to try it!
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Sounds like a fun project! Thanks for the tutorial! 🙂
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These turned out wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
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Aww, thank you for all the love! I’m so happy the information was helpful to you!
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hey… I stumbled upon your blog when I was looking for ways to dress up my ugly sterilite drawer sets… thx for showing me what this looks like, and that is doable, i thought of it, but didnt know if it would look good!! thx… I am redoing my makeup vanity in my bedroom, and I have a massive collection and it is my sanctuary, you’ve given me several ideas for decor in the space, thank you so much!!! I will be following you more often now!! Also, have you considered joining twitter? I know so many others who would def follow you!!
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Made these today for Mother’s Day in our Before and After School Program and they turned out beautifully! Thanks so much for an awesome and easy craft!
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We are using these at our international preschool in Stockholm, Sweden as a peace demonstration. We’re making them, then handing them out to people at the train station on Nobel Day (learning about the Nobel prizes for peace, literature, chemistry, etc).
I color the commercial size coffee filters ahead of time, I just mix food coloring and water and then put stacks of filters in each color. I add more on the top and bottom and squeeze them. Then I put them in the dryer, one color at a time. when you open your dryer, you will need trash bags to unload each color, then while watching your favorite show, you slowing restack them and they are ready to use!
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Hi: Love the idea! Did this today with my preschoolers for May Day. The children enjoyed the process and watching the colors blend. I did have to help putting the flowers into a paper cone that they decorated. But otherwise, it was a hit. When I removed the dry coffee filters from the wax paper, it left an imprint of the colors. So rather than throwing the wax paper away, I cut around the colors and made more flowers using the same procedure. They look beautiful. Just thought I would share our story.
Thank you,
Adria
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Hi Adria, I’m so happy that your students loved the project. There is something so magical about the process for young children. What a great way to re-use the wax paper. I’m sure your flowers turned out beautiful!
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I’ve done a similar project using 2 filters and a pipe cleaner to make butterflies. I use white copy paper under the filters and get a watercolor effect on the paper which I use as another project when they’re dry. My students have cut the colored sections into flowers or other shapes to make mother’s day cards and other things.
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Perfect for our spring wall mural. Thanks.
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These are fantastic, did them last year with 2-3 year-olds and am repeating this year with my new group 😉
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Muy originales
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I do this project with K5 in my art class. The kids use all colors except brown, black and gray. They are required to cover all of the white so the colors become pretty saturated. I use large garbage bags on the floor – cut off the bottom of the bag and open up one side – then spray them with water from a spray bottle – sometimes I let the kids spray their depending on the time. When putting together the flowers – I have the kids pinch the middle and twist a point out of the center – then wrap the pipe cleaners around the point and ta-dah! We have beautiful flowers for mom.
I have also used this technique to create butterflies.
2 coffee filter and a clothespin pinched in the center – AWESOME!Reply
Do I color both sides of filters
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Nope! You just need to color one side- the ink bleeds through really easily and both sides are equally beautiful!
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These are beautiful!
How long do they take to dry, is it a 2 day project?Reply
Hi Sandy! I don’t recall how long it takes for the filters to dry, but the project usually takes me 2 days just so I’m not pressed for time.
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Hi, Great ideas! I’m working with 2 grandchildren, 9 & 8. the 9 y/o has limited use of her left hand, & other issues, the 8 y/o, very talented & helpful. The elder wants to do everything herself & is very impatient . Would you consider using crayons on both side of the filters, designs, numbers etc to skip the spraying of water, anything to make it a 1 day project ? Thank you for any suggestons
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Thank you for the tutorial! I was looking for a frugal mother’s day crafts idea for my ninth graders after the state test! This one is a winner!
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Awesome! So glad I could help!
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We did this craft over spring break using the dye that comes with egg-kits. The kids had decorated their eggs but weren’t done having fun so we pulled out the filters and made these. All we needed was a couple paintbrushes and some brown bags at a drip cloth underneath. Hung out in the sun to dry! Thanks for the idea!
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How fun! And what a great way to use that leftover egg dye!
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These are so cute! Why is wax paper used? I’m a little confused because you said to move aside the wax paper while the filters dried, but then you said you can stack them while they dry. Is one way better than the other? Thanks for the help!
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Hi Sarah,
The wax paper helps prevent ink from transferring between coffee filters while they dry.Reply
Can’t wait to try these with my Grandchildren!
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The Coronavirus has been a life altering experience for sure. My 5th grader is home from school in March and I saw your blog. We are ready to construct our filters today. I colored a bunch of other filters yesterday in food dye.. purple, pink and yellow. I even soaked some cupcake wrappers and I think we’ll use them as the center of each flower. Thank you!!!
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What size coffee filters do you suggest?)
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Love these. I’m trying to figure out how many my great-granddaughter would need to make so she could make a wreath (using a wire form) out of them. 🙂
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I’m doing this for a class project and this was VERY helpful thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!
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