Paper daffodils—greet spring with egg carton and paper flowers
Fold show-stopping daffodils from paper and craft the flower’s trumpet from an egg carton. Mix and match different-colored trumpets and petals any way you like.
Paper daffodils: Supplies
- egg carton
- paper in white, yellow, and orange
- craft paint in white, yellow, and orange
- paintbrushes
- glue stick
- hot glue gun and glue sticks
- scissors
- pencil
- eraser
- ruler
- wooden skewers.
Paper daffodils: Instructions
1. Cut the center sections out of the egg carton. Trim the top edge into a zigzag, as shown.
2. Push a skewer through each daffodil trumpet, then paint them with craft paint.
3. Stand the skewers upright in a cup to dry. Meanwhile, make the petals.
4. Cut the paper into 7.5 cm x 10.5 cm rectangles. If you have A4 paper, just fold it into eight equal parts without measuring.
5. For each flower, you'll need four pieces. Fold each piece in half twice.
6. Measure 2.5 cm down from the open side along the longer edge, and mark it. If you want rounded petals, cut the short side into a curved shape. A straight cut gives a sharper petal.
7. Open up all the folds. Accordion-fold each piece from one long edge to the other. Then fold it in half.
8. Glue each petal together at the center, as shown.
9. Glue all four petals to one another.
10. Hot glue the trumpet part to the center of the petals.
