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What You Need:

• egg cartons (styrofoam or cardboard)
• small colorful candy liners/cups (mini muffin liners/cups - made of paper)
• beads
• thick pipe cleaners (chenille stems)
• scissors
• glitter and glue (optional)
• paint and brushes (optional)
• sharp pencil

• paper towel or toilet paper roll
• a yogurt or margarine lid
• magic markers or paint
• glue and glitter

What You Do:

1. Cut the egg carton apart so you have individual "cups".

2. Take one egg carton cup and poke a hole in the center of it.

3. Poke a hole in the center of a candy/muffin liner.

4. Place the candy liner inside the egg carton cup and feed a pipe cleaner through the holes.

5. Place a bead or two on the end of the pipe cleaner (inside the candy liner) and twist the ends to hold the beads on.

6. Repeat until you have a bouquet of flowers.

1. To create the vase, simply decorate a paper towel or toilet paper roll using paint or markers.

2. Next, take a yogurt lid, cover it with glue and sprinkle glitter on the glue (this is optional).

3. Then, glue the toilet paper tube to the yogurt lid and let dry. (see photo of finished product)

Tips:

• You might choose to paint the egg carton cups. However, leaving them plain is fine, especially if your candy liners are nice and colorful.
• If you can't find colorful candy liners, use magic markers to jazz up plain ones.
• Use muffin liners if you can't find candy liners.

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Recommended Products:

Snappy Stripes Mini Baking Cups, 100 Ct.

Color Beads 8oz. - Pearl (800/bag) Color Mixed Beads, Pearl, a consistent mix of shapes and colors.Approximately 800 beads per bag.

Chenille Stems 6"x4mm - Assorted Colors (pk/100) Standard 4mm. 100 per pack in assorted colors. 6"

Recommended Books:

Recycled Re-Seen : Folk Art from the Global Scrap Heap
Whether it is a dustpan made out of a license plate, a bowl fashioned from a bent vinyl record, a pair of sandals with soles made of Goodyear tire treads, or a tin-can lantern, folk artists all over the world are turning trash into treasure.