Recycle Your Teabags!

learn how to use your old teabags and make great greeting cards

you need...
to drink a lot of tea...
save the teabags (or invite friends to have some nice cups of tea!)
glue
scissors
boardpaper
paintbrush (maybe!)

cut off the white border...

don't tell me you don't know how to make a piece of square paper!!!

make as many squares as you can with your teabag... al sizes are good

fold the squares as you like... into small triangles or kites... find out yourself

place your teabag-triangles on your paperboard and move until you find the flower you like! (you'll see there are many possibilities!)

first glue the center piece

add the other petals and find a bag for the stem

your greeting cards are ready!

if you want to see more...
for Christmas I made these

http://www.maestramette.it/hobby/jul/cartolina_nataledk06.htm

see what my kids made at school

http://www.maestramette.it/scuola/pisa/2006_2007/pasqua_parmini07.htm