How to Make a Pipe Cleaner Flower
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I made a pipe cleaner flower, I made this because I wanted to gift a loved one something handmade. This pipe cleaner flower is easy to make and fast to make. I also wanted to help Jiromy a 9th grader make something for her loved one. This a 9-step tutorial if you want to make just a flower. It will be an 11-step tutorial if you make a tag. You need 2 tools. Which are wire cutters and a hot glue gun. I found inspiration on Youtube.
Supplies
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- 9 blue pipe cleaners
- 1 yellow pipe cleaner
- A hot glue gun
- 1 glue stick
- A wire cutter
- 1 Skewer
Beginning
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- Grab two blue pipe cleaners
Introduction to Wire Cutters
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- Using one out of the two pipe cleaners
- Be careful, when using the wire cutter make sure your finger isn't in the way
- Fold it in half
- Use the wire cutters to cut through the middle
- After cutting the pipe cleaner
- Put both pipe cleaners on the side
Folding Pipe Cleaners
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- Using the second pipe cleaner
- Fold it less than halfway on the left side
- Fold the right side to reach the height of the left side
One Pipe Cleaner Turns Into Three
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- Grab your wire cutters
- Cut through the middle of the pipe cleaner
- Cut the middle of the remaining pipe cleaner
- You should be left with three medium-sized pipe cleaners
Measuring and Wrapping
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- Grab your remaining pipe cleaner from earlier
- Use your index finger to measure the length
- Grab one of the three medium-sized pipe cleaners
- Wrap the pipe cleaner around twice
- Repeat 2x
Creating the Petal
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- After you wrapped all the medium-sized pipe cleaners around the big one
- Grab both ends of the pipe cleaner and put them together
- Using the longer end of the pipe cleaner wrap it around the small end
- You should have a petal, once you have a petal
- curl the top
- and fluff out the petal
- Repeat 4x
Putting the Flower Together
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- After repeating the last step 4x, it should look like a flower
- Grab a hot glue gun, a skewer, and a yellow pipe cleaner
- Wrap the yellow pipe cleaner around the skewer
Attaching the Petals
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- Once you're done wrapping the pipe cleaner around the skewer
- Grab your hot glue gun
- Use the glue gun to add a small drop of glue to the yellow pipe cleaner
- Place the petal upside down were you placed the glue
- Repeat this 4x
Finishing Touches
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- Grab your hot glue gun
- Add glue around the flower
- Wait until the glue cools, so you avoid being burned
- Flip the flower over
- You're done!
Extra Making a Tag
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- Open the Silhouette Studio app on your device
Finished With Tag
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- You will find the drawing tool on your left side (it will have a rectangle shape)
- You will choose the square option
- Draw the same depending on how big you want it (each square on the graph is an inch)
- Once you have your square you will choose the circle option and create it on the edge of the square that you created at first.
- (You are free to write anything on your tag)