Coffee Filter Sunflowers

Add a bit of joy with this simple craft

Materials

• 3 white coffee filters

• Paper plate

• Red & yellow food coloring

• Water

• 1 sheet light blue card stock

• Handful of brown beads

• Tools: paintbrush, cooling rack, scissors, white craft glue

*note: Food coloring can stain fingers & clothes. You may want to cover your work surface and kids wear a smock.

Directions

1. Place two small dishes on the table and add one tablespoon of water to each one.

2. Add 10 drops of yellow food coloring to one dish. To the second dish, add 7 drops of yellow food coloring and 4 drops of red food coloring.

3. Place one of the coffee filters onto your paper plate. Dip paintbrush into the colored water and mix in gently. Paint the coffee filter with the colored water. Transfer the wet coffee filter to a cooling rack to dry.

4. Repeat this process with the other two coffee filters, painting a second one orange and the third one whatever you like.

5. When coffee filters are dry, stack all three coffee filters neatly together. Fold in half. Fold it in half a second time. Now fold it in half two more times for a total of four times.

6. Use scissors to round both sides of the folded coffee filter. When you open it up it should resemble a flower. Repeat for the other two coffee filters.

7. Glue one of the filters to the center of the light blue card stock. Glue the other two filters on top of the first, being sure to place the “petals” offset rather than stacked on top of each other.

8. Draw a circle of white glue in the center of the flower. Place beads into the glue to act as the sunflower seeds. Allow everything to dry completely.

adapted from Crafts by Amanda