Paper flowers

I remember making these when I was a child…I think they were called japanese flowers?

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You will need sugar paper, a washer and scissors

You will need to cut three different sized circles

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Fold each circle three times

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Draw a petal shape on the folded circle and cut out.

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On the two largest circles, snip the tip of the triangle off so you are left with a hole

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Glue a washer in the centre of the smallest circle

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Layer the smallest circle on the middle circle, then both these two on the largest

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Fold in the petals

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Carefully lay on water and watch the flower open

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