This dandelion is made of bright yellow crepe paper. The handle consists of a pipe cleaner (or scraper rod) and the jagged dandelion leaves are also made of crepe paper.
I'll show you how to do it!
First put out your craft pad and take a 5-6 cm wide strip of yellow crepe paper.
Now cut this long strip on one side. For this you cut with the scissors to the middle. These incisions you put over the whole length of the strip. Cut very closely next to each other. Thus the many yellow tongue blossoms of the dandelion arise.
If the strip is completely cut, then wrap the strip on a pipe cleaner.
For this you place the pipe cleaner on the beginning of the strip. The cut-in side points upwards. Fix it possibly with an adhesive point.
Now slowly wrap the crepe strip around the pipe cleaner. The closed side is at the bottom.
So wrap up the complete paper. Then stick the end also with an adhesive point.
Cuts the inflorescence from green crepe paper.
For this you paint a similar shape as in the picture (2 leaf-shaped points) and cut it out.
Now wrap the tips upwards around the yellow tongue blossoms. Here, too, glues the paper.
Now gently pluck the yellow tongue petals apart with your fingers.
For this you roll the strip of crepe paper together and press it a little flat.
Now you cut this paper roll several times with the scissors. Attention, that the roll is so thick that it is difficult. Cut in about 3 cm deep, so that 2 cm remain together. This creates the yellow tongue blossoms of the dandelion.
Now you fix the uncut side with an adhesive tape. This creates a solid bundle.
That's what it should look like.
Now cut off a 5 cm wide piece of green crepe paper. Then cut the upper side into 3 sheets.
This green strip becomes the inflorescence. For this you put it now around the lower end of your yellow bundle of flowers.
Now plug a pipe cleaner into the bundle of flowers from below and press the green paper on the pipe cleaner handle.
The dandelion blossom is ready.
In order to recognize these as dandelion, the typical dandelion leaves are now missing.
For this you cut a green crepe paper to the dimensions 15 cm x 10 cm.
Then fold half the crepe paper.
Glues these two halves, because that's how the leaf gets more stable!
Then fold the paper again half-way.
Now you paint a zigzag pattern on this strip and leave a small piece straight on one side, similar to a fir tree, while on the other side you start with a smaller pitch.
Cut the whole thing out now.
Now you fold the leaf apart.
Finished is a dandelion leaf.
Press the straight lower part a bit.
Now you put the leaves to the flowers in a vase.
The flower decoration is ready!
Have fun trying it out!
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