Mother’s Day is right around the corner and what do you do
for a mom who has everything? You make a
gift from the heart. You could just go
out and buy a rose and take her to dinner…but dinner and a hand made rose pen is
special and useful. It costs practically
nothing and uses a recycled brown paper bag.
Interested? Well grab your bag
and read on.
You will need:
Stick pen
Brown paper bag
Download free flower pattern
Thin cardboard
Tacky craft glue (I used fast grab tacky glue)
Scissors
Ruler
Small paintbrush
Acrylic paint in desired color
Marker in a similar color
Small piece of packaging tape (It’s stronger than regular
tape)
Green floral tape
1.
Download the flower pattern and trace onto a
piece of thin cardboard. Cut open a
brown paper bag and lay it flat onto your work surface. Use the cardboard pattern to trace three
flowers and cut them out.
2.
Using the acrylic paint apply a coat of paint
onto each flower. Let dry, turn over and
apply a coat of paint on the opposite side.
Let dry.
3.
Use a ruler and coordinating marker to mark
spoke like lines from the petals (See photo) do this on each flower.
4.
Cut a one section to the center of one
flower. On the second flower cut out one
petal. On the third flower cut out two
petals. Save the cut out single and double petals, they will be the center of the rose.
5.
On the first flower add some glue to the petal
adjacent to the cut line and fold and attach the petal next to it. (See photo)
It will look like a bowl. Repeat
this step on the second and third flower folding the petals together. Let the glue dry.
6.
Use the scissors to cut a small curved opening
at the bottom of each flower (This is where the pen will be inserted)
7.
Using the cut pieces of petal use the pen or a
pencil to fold around and glue together.
Cut the uneven end straight.
8.
Insert the pen through the smallest center petal
and slide up to the top leaving some extra at the end. Cut a small piece of packaging tape and
secure this center petal onto the pen.
Working from the bottom (pen point end) slide on the next sized center
petal all the way to the first one. It
will fit tightly. Use the small
paintbrush to curl the petal down.
9.
Continue adding each flower from smallest to
largest and curling the individual petals with the paintbrush until you have
added them all. Cut a small piece of
tape and secure the last flower onto the pen.
10. Begin
at the bottom of the flower with floral tape, twisting around the pen and
down. Floral tape sticks to itself. Cover the entire pen up to the end.
