Sunflowers

By Tatyanna and Valeria!!!!

Make pretty flowers from empty paper towel rolls.
 * You need:**
 * Cardboard Tubes
 * Wooden Skewers
 * Cardboard
 * Yellow, Orange and Green Paint and [|Foam Brushes]
 * [|Low Temp Glue Gun], or [|Tacky Glue]
 * [| Scissors][[image:http://www.makingfriends.com/recycle/images/tp_flowersB.jpg width="149" height="124" align="right"]]
 * [| Hole Punch]
 * Pencils
 * Small Piece of Foam or Clay
 * Small Rocks, Beads or Marbles

Cut larger cardboard tube into 2” rings. Snip all around ring every ½”. Make the snips about 1” deep. Fold back the snips to form flower petals. Paint yellow. Trace around the end of the tube on cardboard to make three middles for the flowers. Cut out inside the lines. Cut leaves out of card board. Paint middles orange. Paint leaves and skewers (for stems) green. Punch hole in the bottom of each flower. Slide the skewer through the hole and glue in place. Glue a flower middle to the skewer inside each flower. Glue leaves to stems. To make vase: Trace around a glass onto cardboard. Cut out. Glue empty Angel Soft tube to the center of the cardboard. Let dry. Paint orange. Decorate with dabs of yellow and green paint. Push some foam or clay inside the vase. Push flower stems into the vase. Fill with marbles, small stones or beads.
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