I must be on a tissue paper jag because here’s another craft that is done with tissue paper. This is one of the simplest and most satisfying crafts I’ve found yet. My six year old granddaughter could do it easily. My four year old granddaughter needed only a little assistance.
I used a 2 inch paper punch but later discovered I could easily cut out similar shapes free hand.
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Punch or cut 12 shapes. The free hand shapes I cut were not intricate like these in the picture. Just simple flower shapes will do fine.
Stack your twelve shapes and punch a hole through the middle. I used a paper clip. Then press a brass paper brad through to hold all the pieces together.
Once all pieces are secure, begin by pulling up the top piece and scrunch it up like the example above left. Do this with each piece until all pieces have been scrunched. When finished, it will look similar to the one above right. Squelch the urge to grab all pieces into one ball to scrunch. Scrunching individual pieces will make for a much prettier flower.
Now that all pieces are scrunched, begin to gently pull the layers apart just a bit until the flower looks the way you like. See how easy?
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We even attached one flower to Greta’s barrette to make a lovely hair piece. The white rose in my hand above was made using regular printer paper. This is the rose I cut free hand.
