Coffee Filter flowers

 

• markers
• coffee filter (1=4) 
• spray water bottle
• table covering

Protect your work surface with a table cloth or some sort of liner (the marker will soak through the paper layers and you won’t want to stain your work area with ink. Next, Tear off a sheet of wax paper big enough and place coffee filters on top. I give each students their own sheet of wax paper with coffee filters on top and use a sharpie to write the student’s name on the wax paper. This helps me keep track of who decorated the filters.

Now comes the fun part. Use markers to scribble all over the coffee filters. Later on, these colors will get wet and bleed into each other so I try to use colors near each other on the color wheel. Otherwise, you may end up with brown flowers.Next, spray the newly-scribbled flowers with your spray bottle. I usually help my kinders do this part. You only need about 5 good sprays.Set the whole sheet of wax paper aside while you wait for the decorated coffee filters to dry. The colors will continue to bleed as they sit After drying. 

Stack all filters for a single flower together and fold in half.

Now, fold in half again.
This is where it gets a little tricky to understand. You basically want your folds to zig-zag. Take the top section of your coffee filters and fold it backward onto itself.

Then flip the filters over and repeat for the other quarter section. It will look like this when pressed down.

If you let go of the filters, they will open a bit. 

Use a pipe cleaner to tightly wind around the point of your folded coffee filters. Be sure to cinch it tightly so it holds.

Gently separate the folded pieces from one another, and then you’re done!

You can also make them into butterfly 

When the coffee filter is dry, scrunch the middle of it into a butterfly shape and secure with a clothespin. Cut a small length of pipe cleaner, then fold it into a V shape to make antennae for the butterfly. Slide the pipe cleaner into the clothespin