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Muffin Cup Flowers

A fun and simple way to make decorative flowers. All you need is a pack of muffin cups.

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/muffin-cup-flowers • Posted by Miho S.

I purchased an inexpenisve pack of foil muffin cups from the ¥100 shop (Japanese version of a dollar store).

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

0 h 20

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

I purchased an inexpenisve pack of foil muffin cups from the ¥100 shop (Japanese version of a dollar store).

Instructions

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    Between each foil cup was a thin white paper one, and when I took them apart, I loved the combination of matte white with shiny metal. I found a new way to make a fun muffin cup flower that can decorate pretty much anything you’d like. Make mini ones to glue onto cards or notebooks, or combine a few flowers with ribbon to make a floral hanging ball!

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    First, separate the cups and folded them in half to make a semi circle. Take each semi circle and roll it into a cone shape and secured with a small piece of tape. *Make seven cones of each colour.

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    Once all the cones are completed, secure one white one into a silver one. I used a loop of tape, but any adhesive will do.

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    Next, fold seven sets of white and silver semi circles.

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    Layer one white over a silver and roll it into a coil. Now you should have seven cones and seven coils. Place and secure one coil into each cone.

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    Once that’s done, you have seven mini flowers. If you would like to stop at this step, cover the out layer with a muffin cup and add a stem (pencil, wire, twig, anything) -and you can have a stemmed bouquet.

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    If you would like to complete the bigger flower, secure one to another to form a circle, flip it over and it’s done!

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    Make three large flowers and combine them to form a ball. Add a ribbon and it’s a hanging decoration.