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diy cupcake wrapper flowers made with left over polystyrene eggs

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i bought loads of polystyrene eggs at Easter and had so many left over to i decided to use them to make these flowers.

 to make these ranunculus you will need
cupcake wrappers
large bowl with a few inches of water
polystyrene egg (left over from Easter)
food colouring
scissors
glue
brown pen

cut the polystyrene egg in half and take the bottom part and cut the flat edges to make it more of  circular shape.
dig out a small hole in the middle and roll up some tissue in a ball and glue it in and colour it brown,
to make the petals soak the cup cake wrappers in the water with food colouring to dye them. i then dried them on a plate in the microwave but you can leave them to air dry.
cut them In to small petal shapes like a rounded edge triangle.

start gluing them on overlapping each one

keep adding more and more layers and fold the ones on the outside out slightly

 and then you are done, i then glued a stalk on from a dried flower i had.

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  2. So, so pretty! I love being able to make flowers that last. I love the real thing, but they can get expensive. Thanks so much for sharing! Have a great day!

  5. Oh, these are just gorgeous! Thank you for sharing, Aimee!! Love your blog! 🙂 You also have just the best name ever!! 😉

  13. oh so cute! I thought they were real in the link up photo :o) Thanks for linking to Tasteful Tuesdays! I was going to add it to my Cute Crafts for the Weekend post, but I didn't see a link back. Please let me know if I've made a mistake and I will add you!
    Emily@Nap-TimeCreations.com

  21. Oh my goodness, this project is stunning! Thanks so much for sharing at the Monday Funday link party and I will be sharing on my Facebook page. Take care, Laura

  32. Amazing idea, you did a great job. You made a beautiful cupcake wrapper flowers by using polystyrene. Right now I'm thinking for make cupcake wrapper flowers as you and I have unwanted polystyrene blocks in my store room. So I give a surprise to my family after making this wonderful craft.

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