Felt Flower

This one is great for all ages (even for adults), you can add as much or as little to this craft as you like, and it is something you can go back to time and time again.

If your child is to young to use scissors, than an adult will need to cut out the flower shapes for them; i would suggest cutting out 4 or 5 different flower shapes so that the child can atleast pick which one they would like to use for their first flower. Otherwise just keep an eye on them while cutting, felt can be tricky.

What you will need:

Various colours of felt; you can use as many different colours as you want, but you need a minimum of 2 colours.

Liquid glue

Pipecleaner; green is standard for flowers but not required.

Exrta pieces; small objects to attached to the flower, bugs, jewels, ect.

So the first thing you will need to do is create your flower; cut out a small square from your flower colour felt.

Fold this piece of felt into half, than half again; this will allow you to cut your flower pettals and make them somewhat symetrical.

You can cut out as many pettals that you want or as little, its your flower!

Cut a VERY tiny hole in the center of your flower; this will be where we insert the pipecleaner.

Poke your pipecleaner through the hole

Once you pull the pipecleaner through, bend and twist the end and flatten it so that it will not pull through the hole you made AND so that it will not stick up once you put the center on your flower. 

After that, place a glob of liquid glue in the center of the flower (or if your my child all over the place, LOVE IT) and place the center of your flower; a small circle cut out of the second colour of felt.










Fold remaining pipecleaner in half and twist, this will make your flower stem more stable, though this step is not required if you desire a long stem flower.

Now your basic flower is done; well once you let it dry it will be.

But feel free to do more to this:

Add glue to pettals, and sprinkle with sparkles

Make and add leaves

Add multiple layers of pettals or center

Add little characters to your flower

Don't forget to send me some of your images to be posted!