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These phrases bring a smile and can best be said with flowers. Whether for decoration or for a Mother’s Day gift, creating paper flowers is a fun and exciting way to bring this flower power into your classroom. Use the following resources for links, such as the one below, to flowerful ideas and instructions. Before you know it, your classroom will be “blooming” with action!!!

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Fold a beautiful rose or iris with techniques used in Origami--The Japanese art of paper folding. These resources will provide many ideas to create a bouquet of flowers.

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Origami By: Eric Kenneway pg. 62-66, 164-167, 171-172, 180-182

The Great Origami Book by: Zulal Ayture-Scheele
Origami: The Complete Guide to the Art of Paperfolding by: Rick Beech
Supplies: Paper, pencil, scissors, pipe cleaners, tape, stapler. On a piece of paper, trace hand and cut it out. Curl each of the fingers around a pencil. Using the palm of the handprint, form a cone (with fingers curling outwards). Tape cone together. Staple flower to pipe cleaner.
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