Happy Tuesday! Today is the Creative Craft Hop and I’ve got a fun, easy family friendly craft for you. Coffee Filter Hydrangeas!
I recently went in search for some blue/ purple hydrangeas for my kitchen and couldn’t find any.
When I saw several tutorial on how to make them out of coffee filters, I couldn’t wait to give it a try.
Before I get started I’d like to thank our hosts Sara from Birds of A Feather and Donna from Modern On Monticello for hosting. They always do such a great job each month!
Also, if you are coming here from Rachel at Tea and Forget Me Nots, I am so glad that you are here!
Now let’s get started.
Coffee Filters- you will need 12 per flower
Watercolor Paint
Water
Pipe Cleaner
Hot Glue and Glue Gun
Scissors
Step 1
Take two coffee filters and begin folding them in half.
Fold the coffee filters in half 4 times.
Step 2
Once you have the coffee filters folded in half X 4, using a pencil, draw on a butterfly shape like you see above, onto the fan end of the filters.
Cut it out.
Once you have it cut out, start unfolding the coffee filters.
Cut out between the flower petals if they are still joined together.
Step 3
OnceI had all twelve cut out, I placed them on an old cookie sheet I used for crafts.
Once you have the filter on your cookie sheet it’s time to add the paint.
Using a dropper, I started in the middle adding blue.
Then I went out to the edges and added purple to the petals, woking my way into the center adding drops of color here and there.
Finally, I added drops of blue wherever there were white spots.
I feel like this is similar to a tie dye pattern.
Let dry overnight.
Step 4
Now it’s time to assemble the flower.
Take a pipe cleaner and make a small hook in one end.
Cut tiny slits into the center of each filter using your scissors
Slide the pipe cleaner into the slit, slide it all the way to the end and add a little hot glue around the pipe cleaner.
Pinch the flower towards the center.
Watch out for the hot glue!
Continue sliding coffee filters onto the pipe cleaner and adding glue until all twelve filters have formed a hydrangea flower.
Honestly, you can’t tell here but in person it’s hard to tell that they aren’t real!
I love these coffee filter hydrangeas so much I’m thinking of making a few for an upcoming bridal shower in pink.
Please join me in visiting Carol’s at Blue Sky At Home to see what she has crafted!
Until Next Time…
Tammy
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