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FamilyFun.com Can’t wait for your plants to bloom? Make a bouquet
of big, bold sunflowers out of yarn and paper plates
Materials:
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Yellow paper plate
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Yellow yarn
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Brown yarn
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Green paint
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Stick from tree
Instructions
1.To make a yarn sunflower, first cut an odd
number of petals around the edge of a yellow
paper plate. Tape the end of a length of yellow
yarn (we used 16 feet for the dinner plates) to
the back. Wrap the yarn around the plate,
going from one notch to its match across the
plate. Tie the two ends together at the back.
2.Next, to make the weaving easier, wind up a
bobbin. Start by anchoring the end of a 5- or 6yard length of brown yarn by winding it around
your forefinger a couple of times. Then wrap
the rest of the yarn around your whole hand.
When you have about a foot left, carefully pull
the wound yarn from your hand. Wrap the
loose end around the center of this yarn a few
times and tie it to secure.
3.Find the end of the yarn inside the bobbin
and tie it around the intersection of the yellow
yarn on the plate's front. Weave the brown
yarn around the spokes of yellow yarn, as
shown. The yarn should pull neatly from the
inside of the bobbin. If you run out of yarn,
make and tie on a new bobbin.
4.When your blossom is done, tuck the end of
the yarn under the woven section. For a stem,
paint a stick green, and tuck it into the yarn on
the back of the plate.
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