Seeded Paper Roses

 

These paper roses are cheap, easy to make, and fun too. They make a great mother's day present or a fun afterschool craft. I made had students make them at our educational booth during a Harvest Festival event at an Elementary School. We taught the students that plants need five things and that they needed to provide these five things for their seeds to grow. But no matter the occasion, this is a great craft!

Here is what you will need:

Coffee filters
Pipe cleaners
Glue (or flour and water paste)
Paint brushes
Two small dishes
Flower Seeds (marigold seeds work well)

1. Cut the coffee filters in a spiral shape.

 

2. Attach you pipe cleaner to the outer end of the spiral pointing towards the inside of the spiral with a piece of tape.

 

 

3. Paint the spiral with glue or just dab the glue on in spots all along the spiral. For a more organic product you can use a thick flour and water paste. Just mix a small amount of water with some white flour. Flour paste works well enough but the roses will need to dry overnight.

 

 

 

4. Sprinkle seeds onto the glue. We used marigold seeds and they stuck nicely.

 

5. Finally start rolling your rose. Start with the stem. Roll tightly at first and then loosen as the rose develops.

 

6. Wrap the end (which was once the center of the spiral) around the stem and give it one last drop of glue if there is not enough glue there already.

 

 

And your seeded rose is done! The little paper rose will keep for a season or two. In spring, take the rose, rip it up, and plant the seeds! If you used flour paste then the entire rose can be planted after you rip off the wire stem and tape.

Turn your fake flower into real flowers!