Materials

• Tissue paper (various colors)
• scissors
• pipe cleaners
• ribbon

Directions

1. Begin by evenly lining up six sheets of tissue paper in front of you.
2. Starting with the side closest to you, press the paper into 1-inch folds (like an accordian). Be sure to press each fold very flat.
3. Find the exact center of the folded paper and secure that spot with a pipe cleaner. Trim the ends of the pipe cleaner with  scissors.
4. Tie one end of a decorative ribbon around the center to make your paper flower easier to hang once it is completed.
5. Use scissors to make a curved petal shape at the end of each side of the folded paper.
6. Carefully unfold the pleats of the tissue paper and shape them into the petals of a flower.