How to Make Coffee Filter Roses
These coffee filter roses look fancy, but they’re actually made using coffee filters and floral wire! They turn out so beautiful and are perfect for both special occasions and everyday decor.
Yield: 1 coffee filter rose
Cost: $2
Instructions
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Cut the coffee filters
- Make a stack of 5 coffee filters.Fold them in half, in half again, and in half one last time (3 folds total).
- Then cut the wider end into a rounded petal shape.
- Unfold the coffee filters to reveal a flower shape!
Step 3: Colour the coffee filters
- Set a drinking glass upside-down on a baking sheet or other protected surface. Then set the coffee filters on top of the glass, with the petals pointing down.
- Add about 10 drops of red liquid watercolor paint to a small amount of water (about 2 Tablespoons).Be generous with the paint for darker coloured roses (they lighten in colour as they dry).
- Stir the liquid watercolor paint and use an eyedropper to grab some.
- Add paint to the coffee filters, beginning in the middle.Be generous to ensure the paint will go through all the layers and there won't be any white spots on the coffee filters.
- Continue adding paint to the coffee filters until they're completely saturated.Allow to dry, overnight.
Step 4: Cut the coffee filters into petals
- Here's what the coffee filters will look like once they're dry.The top coffee filter gets a lot of colour, so discard this one. (You can also keep it if you like the dark colour.)
- Fold the 4 remaining coffee filters in half again and cut down the fold. This will give you a stack of 8 layers.
- Fold in half again and cut down this fold as well.
- This will give you 16 heart shaped sections with 2 petals each.
Step 5: Prepare the stem
- Cut a piece of gardening wire to be about 8 inches long.
- Use pliers to shape the end of the wire down into a curved loop.
- Then wrap the wire in green floral tape, starting with the curved end.Secure the ends of the tape with glue, if needed. This is the stem of the rose.
Step 6: Assemble the flower
- Fold the bottom point of a heart up to the center, in-between the 2 petals.
- Add a line of hot glue along the bottom fold of the petals.
- Set the curved end of the stem into the glue on one edge and begin rolling the coffee filter around the stem. Keep the bottom of the petals fairly tight and even around the stem, if you can.Continue until the petals are completely wrapped around the stem. This is the center of your rose.
- Fold another point of a petal section up. You'll do this for each piece.Add glue along the bottom and begin wrapping it around the previous petals.
- Continue adding petal sections one by one, making sure you line up the bottoms of the petals.
- Now fluff the petals outward, starting with the outside layer. Continue until you're happy with the look of your rose.
- Your coffee filter rose is complete!
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Notes
Looking for more easy coffee filter crafts? Here's a few of our favourites:
Coffee Filter Dancers
Coffee Filter Monsters
Classic Coffee Filter Butterflies