Kleenex flowers

[Carol In WI]

Does anyone know how to make flowers out of Kleenex tissues? I remember
making them as a kid. Thanks for all your help. Carol In WI

[nicole]

hi carol,

i loved making these! and yes, i do remember how to make them.

1) depending on how full you want your flowers to be, use 2 or 3 ply
tissues and place them on top of each other. (i usually used 3 - 2 ply
tissues or 2 - 3 ply)

2) fold them like you would to make a fan

3) fold this in half lengthwise

4) tie it off tightly in the middle (i usually used a piece of thread to
do this)

5) cut the "looped" end

6) peel back each layer of the tissue carefully to one side of the
"bundle"

7) continue on both sides until all layers are appart

hope this helps :)

nicole

[Marie Unrein]

We used to brush lipstick or blush over the edges of white tissue to give it
a colored edge. I must be older than all of you. We only had white
tissue!!! They were fun to make.
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[Angela of Kentucky]

Nope...not a Wisconsin thing. We made them here too. We used hairpins
instead of tieing with thread. We also used lipstick to 'edge' the
carnation.

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"SpecEdMEH" <spec...@aol.comhatespam> wrote in message
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> Hi, Carol!
>
> This must be a Wisconsin thing -- I remember making them for posters,
etc.
> about 30 years ago!!
>
> You take 2 Kleenexes, one on top of the other and accordion fold them
together.
> You start from the shorter side to fold. When you have the folded
piece, tie
> a thread around the middle of the piece, cinching it rather tightly.
>
> Then carefully separate the tissue layers by starting at the edge and
pulling
> gently toward the middle where the string is. If your tissues are two
ply, you
> should have four layers of "petals" when you are done.
>
> Fluff it up a little and that should do it.
>
> For a pretty edge, use a pinking shears on the edges of the folded up
piece
> before you separate the layers.
>
> Hope this makes sense, as it is much easier to show than to explain!!
>
>
> Mary H.
>
> ----If you treat an individual ... as if he were what he ought to be and
could
> be, he will become what he ought to be and could be. Goethe

[SpecEdMEH]

[Catherine]

>Hi, Carol!
>
>This must be a Wisconsin thing --

I guess so! Cool now I've got an idea for what to do with the kidsMonday!!
Catherine

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[Karen C - California]

There was also one for roses where you cut each petal separately and used
floral tape to attach them to the wire stem.

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[chex]

And if you want to make the really BIG ones you use colored tissue paper and
don't forget to tear off the edges so they are ruffled. Use at least three
sheets, different colors in the same flower work nicely too.

[Linda D.]

On 16 Apr 2000 00:02:12 GMT, spec...@aol.comhatespam (SpecEdMEH)
wrote:

>Hi, Carol!
>

>This must be a Wisconsin thing -- I remember making them for posters, etc.
>about 30 years ago!!
>
>You take 2 Kleenexes, one on top of the other and accordion fold them together.
> You start from the shorter side to fold. When you have the folded piece, tie
>a thread around the middle of the piece, cinching it rather tightly.

><snipped>

Hi there...

These aren't just a Wisconsin thing, they are an 'everywhere
thing'! We made the Kleenex flowers by the dozens to decorate for
dances, etc.

take care, Linda :)

Vancouver Island, bc.ca :)
(who is still working on Mirabilia's Fairy Moon...(sigh)

[Betsy Evans]

Carol,
Funny - I haven't thought of them in ages. Here's what I did: Open up
several tissues and lay them on top of each other. Stitch down the
middle of all of them together. Gather this up and bind around and
around gathering all the tissues together. Then tear the tissue at the
top raggedly. Now carefully separate each layer of tissue. Presto! A
carnation!

We used to make these by the dozen - and even did something to color
them. If I remember correctly, we crayoned the torn edge so they would
look tinted.

What a lark! They were fun to make. I remember making leis out of
them. What fun! Thanks for a trip down memory lane.

Betsy Evans

[Mirjam Bruck Cohen]

I do not remember those But if you go to Supermarket where they have
those automats that give nylon baggies , you could ask for the Part of
leftovers that stays in the machine [ the inner handle part ] it comes out
of the machine like a big Nylon Furry thing ,,,,, parts are just right to
be rolled squized or glues into flower petals , and usualy the are either
half see through or almost white .Shop throws them out anyway ! mirjam

[Sarah Koehler]

We made them when I was a kid too (in Wyoming and Connecticut). We used
Kleenex a lot, but I remember my Grandmother buying me a big package of
different colored tissue paper and making lots of great big bloosoms. I had
them all over my room and experimented with cutting the ends into different
shapes before seperated the tissue. To me they looked like the hugh dinner
plate Dahlias, one of my favorite flowers. Hmm..maybe I'll pick some up next
time I'm in the store so my girls can make them.

--
Sarah in Ferndale Washington
WIP's : Christmas Cards,
"And the Angel Said" Sampler,
EGA Fleur-de-lis millennium sampler

[lesley]

>These aren't just a Wisconsin thing, they are an 'everywhere
>thing'! We made the Kleenex flowers by the dozens to decorate
for
>dances, etc.

We made them here too !

Lesley
Johannesburg
South Africa

[Coleen]

Carol --

I remember making the Kleenex ones when I was a kid also. But my kids
made them by using the fluted coffee filters ( you know Mr. Coffee or
Bunn basket types). You fold them in half and then in half again and
half again -- several times. Then they dropped food coloring from
pipettes on them and then unfolded them and let them dry. Then they
just kinda gather them so they had a point at the bottom (the bottom of
the filter) and then they put a twisty tie from bread or a pipe cleaner
around the bottom and they had a beautiful flower. You might want to
try these -- coffee filters are probably cheaper these days than
Kleenex, but they are a little bit more substantial.

Hope that helps,

Coleen

[Beckie & Ed Petry]

The following link gives another way to make paper flowers. Hopefully I posted
the link correctly & you won't receive the page with images just a clickable
link. (G) Just note the coffee filters are the No. 4 Cone coffee filters.

http://www.hgtv.com/shows/TAH/tah-562.html

My kids really enjoyed making them for my mom & dad when they visited a couple
weeks ago. Hopefully we get a chance to make some for MIL & FIL before Sunday
(Easter).

Beckie
WIP: "Sugar" Carousel Horse by Stoney Creek for MIL
Soon to start: "Daisy Still Life" (CS & N - May/June 2000) for Mom
"The Corsair" by Stoney Creek for Dad

You would think that after 7 years I would be used to the cold in OH, but I'd
take the TX heat any day.

Coleen wrote:

Carol --

I remember making the Kleenex ones when I was a kid also. But my kids made them

by using the fluted coffee filters (you know Mr. Coffee or Bunn basket types).