by Laura Falin posted in Life & Home

So remember how we dyed Easter eggs with tissue paper" Did you try that" Do you have any tissue paper left over" Because this will use it up. Possibly all of it, leaving you to discover five minutes before the next birthday party, when you're trying to find shoes and sign cards and wrap a last-minute present...that you have no tissue paper. So maybe set a few sheets aside for that kind of emergency, and use the rest for this" I think so.

I love tissue paper flowers for many reasons, but one really great thing is that it's a craft that's simple enough for kids to do, but it can look really elegant, too. We made a bunch today and tied them to my daughter's bike.

But a year ago, we made a bunch and tied them to the archway my sister stood under to get married. They can go either way. If you're going to make them for a baby or wedding shower, I'd say stick to one color, or very subtle variations of colors to get a really classy look. And go BIG and poufy. Never pass up an opportunity to go big and poufy, I say. Supplies:

tissue paper (each flower requires 3 sheets of tissue paper)
green pipe cleaner
scissors

Instructions:
Stack three sheets of tissue paper on top of each other. Lay them out vertically (portrait-ways). Fold the bottom edge up about 1 in. Then flip the paper over, and fold up by another inch (in an accordian fold). Continue folding until the entire tissue paper is folded. Cut tissue paper in half and ...