POINSETTIA TUTORIAL

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Supplies

180 gram red, pink or white crepe paper (or any color you want)
180 gram green crepe paper
Poinsettia template
Small yellow pips (5 pips per flower - total of 10 pips)
22 gauge red stem wire for petals (bracts)
22 gauge green stem wire for leaves
16 gauge green stem wire
Scissors
Glue gun
Glue sticks
Tacky glue

NOTE: I added small bits of green paint on my yellow pips for my white and pink poinsettias

 

POINSETTIA - PART 1

 

Cut 3 small petals (bracts) with red crepe paper

Cut 3 large petals (bracts) with red crepe paper

Glue 22 gauge wire on the back of each petal and leaf


 

POINSETTIA - PART 2

Cut out 5-8 leaf petals

Fold 5 yellow pips (10 total)

Attach pips to 16 gauge stem wire

Attach 3 small petals (bracts) around the pips evenly

Attach 3 large petals (bracts) in the gaps between smaller petals

Add the leaves