We’ve had a bit of a break from our homemade dolls house kitchen, but I keep thinking of little things to add to it, that could work in the rest of the house too… when we eventually get round to making the other rooms!
These little vases of flowers are tiny and sweet, and not difficult to do.
You will need:
Egg carton
Scissors
Green paper (or plain paper painted)
Coloured tissue paper (for the flowers)
Craft glue
Paint (if you want to paint the vase)
- Roughly cut out the middle cone from an egg carton - you need the top 3cm (1in.), so either measure from the top, mark the sides and join the marks, or draw a rough line by sight (halfway down the cone should be about right). Cut up from the open end and along the line.
2. Cut the tip of the cone off - easiest way is to squeeze the cone flat and snip across the very top of the cone. You will have to trim the corners so it sits on a flat surface.
3. For the base of the vase, cut out a small square or circle from the egg carton lid, dab some glue on the narrower edge of the cone, and stick in place.
4. While that’s drying, make the flowers. Cut a strip of green paper about 6cm long and 3cm wide. Snip all the way along the strip, just over halfway down. Keep your snips close together.
5. Hopefully the glue on the vase will be set enough now to paint. Paint any colour you like - or you could just leave it plain.
6. For the flowers, cut little square shapes from some tissue paper (about 1cmx1cm/1/2in.) A good tip is to fold your tissue paper a few times so you have several layers, cut a strip and then cut squares from the strip. (They really don't have to be perfect!)
7. Scrunch up your little squares into your buds and blooms!
8. Brush glue inside the vase, roll the bottom part of your green strip, and put it into the vase. Let it unfurl a bit and push out and arrange your stems and leaves.
Dab glue on some of the green stems and stick on your flowers.
9. Optional - snip some of the green leaves into a more pointy shape if you want.
