My Old Journal: Paper Lilies

NaBloPoMo – Day Twenty-seven

As found on page 251 of my old journal:

PAPER LILLIES by me (10:51 pm 03-31-94 Thurs.)
Here is a neat idea to make for/with little kids.

You need:
Scissors
White paper
Green pipecleaners
Yellow pipecleaners
Scotch tape
Pencil

Steps:
1. Draw around your hands on the white paper.
2. Cut out your hand drawings.
3. Cut a yellow pipecleaner in ½.
4. Kink them together at their middles and fold upward.
5. Attach the tip of a green pipecleaner at the middle and twist them together.
6. Curl the fingers of the hand drawing.
7. Curl the yellow “stamens.”
8. “Fold” the hand until the outside edges of the hand touch (create a cone-like shape) and tape it.
9. Put the “stem/stamen combo” through the hand.

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And, voilà! You have a really cool-looking paper lily! (Speaking of the word ‘lily’ I’ve been spelling it wrong for over 25-years now. I could have sworn there were 3-l’s in lilly…but spell check keeps having a fit. So, ‘lily’ it is…even though my brain pronounces that ‘lie-lee’ in my head.) Anyway, these are especially fun to make in the spring. I’ll have to remember to do this with Claire.

I’ve always been a sucker for cool-looking crafty projects, but I haven’t had the time, energy or good excuse to focus on any lately. Seeing how easy this one is, and now that Claire is a bit older, this will be a good reason to get back in that mode and use all my crafty skills!

Of course, if you ask my hubby, he says I am crafty, and I do use my crafty skills every day, but I just don’t think he’s referring to paper lilies.