Recycled Paper Flower Making

Here I am going to tell you how to create two different types of flowers, made with recycled materials.

Flower Number One:

The first flower is the bigger type of the two.  You will need about 10 or 11 double sheets of newspaper, about 3 double pages of a magazine, a pair of scissors and a small amount of masking tape.

• Step 1:  Lay out 5 sheets of newspaper on top of each other (vertically), but so that their actual height is about 65 cm.  Then lay the remaining newspapers on top to strengthen it.
• Step 2:  Roll the sheets of newspaper up (still together) from the corner (rolling diagonally across), trim the weak ends off, so you get a pole of newspapers about 70cm tall.  Then secure it with masking tape.
• Step 3:  With your magazine sheets, cut horizontally towards the centre all the way along.  Stop cutting about 3cm away from the spine, and have the cut about 2cm-3cm away from each other, so you form strips.
• Step 4:  Attach the cut magazine onto the top of the newspaper pole, and attach it with masking tap.  Make it secure so the the strips are facing up, but then let them bend down.  If you wish, then attach more cut magazines further down.  And that is your flower finished!.

Flower Number Two

This flower is smaller than the previous one, and is again made of recycled materials.

Materials and equipment you will need:

• One double page from a magazine (preferably the cover because it will provide more strength, but it doesn't have to be).
• A small amount of masking tape.
• A pencil.
• A pair of scissors. 
• 6 strips of cardboard; all about 1cm wide, then a mix of 20cm and 35cm in length.

Step 1:  Similar to the first flower, roll up your magazine cover, starting from a corner (rolling diagonally across the page).  To start the rolling, place the pencil on the corner and roll around that, because the thickness of a pencil is the recommended thickness of this flower.  Then make sure it doesn't unravel by securing a piece of masking tape. 

Step 2:  Get your cardboard strips, and start rolling them around the pencil so they create spirals, but make sure you leave about 5cm at the end.

Step 3:  Once you have you rolled up your strips, insert them into the top of the magazine tube.  Try to vary the lengths and spiral sizes.