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    Home » Crafts

    Coffee Filter Flowers made with Tissue Paper

    Modified: Jul 28, 2022 · Published: Jun 6, 2018 by Vicky · This post may contain affiliate links · 1 Comment

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    These Coffee Filter Flowers made with Tissue Paper are one of our spring activities for kids that are simple enough for even young children to make.

    Combining tissue paper and coffee filters is a perfect way to make some colorful spring flowers, which work wonderfully as gifts or decorations. If you are looking for more flower activities, check out Sponge Flowers!

    Coffee Filter Flowers made with Tissue Paper - Using wet tissue paper and coffee filters to create beautiful Spring flowers.

     Coffee Filter Flowers made with Tissue Paper

    You will need:

    • Torn tissue paper in various colors
    • Coffee filter
    • Green pipe cleaner
    • Brush
    • Water in a cup
    • Paper plate
    supplies to make coffee filter flowers

    For these coffee filter flowers made with tissue paper, you will not be gluing the tissue paper to the coffee filters. This confused my daughters at first, who kept asking how the tissue paper would stick to the coffee filter. You will just transfer the color of the tissue paper to the coffee filter using a brush with water.

    Have your child place the torn tissue paper on the coffee filter and "paint" over it with the brush and water.

    child painting with tissue paper and a coffee filter

    When they do this, the color from the tissue paper will start to bleed on to the coffee filter.

    child painting

    Let the coffee filter dry.

    colorful coffee filter

    When it has dried, peel off the tissue paper to reveal a beautiful color pattern.

    colorful coffee filters

    Gather the coffee filter to make a flower shape and attach a green pipe cleaner to make the flower stem. There you have it! You can make one or an entire bouquet! Check out Fun A Day for another take on coffee filter flowers. They are so eye catching!

    child holding a coffee filter flower

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    1. Janetta Smith says

      April 20, 2022 at 3:13 pm

      I have not tried the coffee flowers with tissue paper, but I looks like a creative and fun idea. I will introduce to my pre-k class.

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    Vicky from Mess for Less

    I'm Vicky, the founder of Mess For Less, which I started in 2011 to share easy, family-friendly recipes. With over a decade of experience as a home chef and recipe developer, I love creating meals that bring people together. I also design play and learning activities for kids, using my background as a former teacher with a Master’s degree in education. Learn more about me.

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