Little Green Heroes
Tulip Bouquets
These lovely tulip bouquets are the perfect springtime activity to keep your little ones inspired and busy. The end result is perfect for a thoughtful gift or to add a pop of colour to your home decor!
Sustainability, no-waste, nature-inspired
Materials
- Yallamundi Farm 12pk egg carton
- Eco and child-friendly paint
- Pipe cleaners
- Tissue or crepe paper
- Wrapping paper
- A toilet roll core
- A button or ribbon as optional extras
Method
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Cut the cups from a Yallamundi Farm egg carton and cut along the edges to make four petal shapes.
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Paint each flower inside and out in the colour of your choosing.
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Poke a hole through the centre of the base of the flower using a metal skewer.
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Stack one flower inside another flower for extra petals.
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Thread the flowers onto a pipe cleaner to make a stem. Bend the end of the pipe cleaner inside the centre of the flower to secure. Optional – cover the end of the pipe cleaner with a button for extra cuteness.
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Cover a toilet roll core with pretty wrapping or crepe paper and sticky tape down. Cut some tissue or crepe paper into long pointy strips for leaves and thread through the middle of the toilet roll core.
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Poke the flowers through the leaves in the toilet roll core and wrap the outside with a ribbon to make a pretty bouquet.
