Indonesia
Paper Flower with Straw
No need for real dirt and flower when we can make our own flower. Its stem and even the pot from stuffs around us. Ready?
Materials
Multi color origame paper
Plastic straw
Egg container cardboard
Glue and scissor
Step #1
Take an origami sheet. Fold it diagonally. Fold the sides inward. Cut it in heart shape. Open the folding to make the first petal flower (see image)
Step #2
Make the rest petals the same way with different color and smaller size.
Step #3
Make a small hole in straw’s size in the center of the corollas. Put in the straw to make the stem.
Step #4
Cut the ends of the straw to make the petal (see image).
Step #5
Make the leave using green sheet. Use scissor to make the edges more natural
Step #6
Get an egg container cardboard (better to paint with oil paint if there is time), turn over. Make a hole of straw’s size on every tip.
Step #7
Tuck in the straw. Now we have ourself an artificial garden of flowers.
HAFIDA INDRAWATI
PHOTOS: KROKOTAK
