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Coffee Filter Flower Tulip
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How to Make Coffee Filter Tulips

These coffee filter tulips are so cheerful! Have fun making this simple spring craft using coffee filters and liquid watercolor paint. It's an easy art project for kids and flower fans of all ages!
Active Time15 minutes
Drying Time4 hours
Total Time4 hours 15 minutes
Yield: 1 coffee filter tulip
Author: Debbie Chapman
Cost: $1

Equipment

Materials

Instructions

Step 1: Find what you need

  • Gather your supplies and materials.
    Coffee Filter Tulips Supplies

Step 2: Cut the tulip shape

  • Make a stack of 2 coffee filters.
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  • Fold the coffee filters in half 4 times.
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  • Cut the top of the coffee filters into a pointed petal shape.
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  • Open up the coffee filters to reveal the flower.
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Step 3: Paint the tulip

  • Add liquid watercolour paint to small bowls of water. Here we're using orange and yellow.
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  • Use an eyedropper to stir the paint and then pick some up.
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  • Add yellow paint to the center of the coffee filter.
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  • Then add orange around it. Drop both the colours onto the coffee filters until they're saturated. Allow to dry.
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Step 4: Make a leaf (optional)

  • Fold a coffee filter in half.
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  • Cut the coffee filter into a leaf shape. Then cut along the fold line to make 2 leaves.
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  • Add green liquid watercolour paint to the leaf. Allow to dry.
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Step 5: Put the tulip together

  • Add a Styrofoam ball to a small wooden skewer or toothpick.
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  • Make a ring of hot glue around the outside of the ball, just above the halfway point.
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  • Connect one of the coffee filters to the ball, lining up the center of the coffee filter with the top of the ball.
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  • Use your hand to scrunch the coffee filter down around the ball.
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  • Then connect the 2nd coffee filter in the same way.
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  • Remove the skewer and then use it to make a hole on the bottom of the flower. Remove the skewer again.
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  • Add a dot of hot glue where the hole is and then slide a green pipe cleaner into it, creating the tulip's stem.
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  • If you made a leaf, connect it to the stem using a dot of hot glue.
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  • Your coffee filter tulip is complete!
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  • Have fun making these flowers in all your favourite colours!
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Notes

Not into flowers? Here are some other cool coffee filter crafts:
Coffee Filter Monsters
Coffee Filter Butterflies
Pipe Cleaner and Coffee Filter Fairies