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Pipe Cleaner
Flowers
Pipe Cleaner aka Chenille Stem Flowers, Daisies, Roses, Tulips, Daffodils, Violets, Sunflowers, Grape Hyacinths, Stephanotis. Easy to Follow Step by Step Instructions.
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Please Note: All Instructions are based on 12" Pipe Cleaners
So if instructed to use 1/2 that would be 6" a 1/4 would be 3"
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Daisies - Stephanotis and Violets - Daffodils - Roses - Grape Hyacinths - Tulips - Sunflowers
Daisies
The Daisy
The Daisy is your Basic Pipe Cleaner Flower from this you can make all kinds of others by just changing 1 or 2 steps, the colors or the length of your pipe cleaners.
The step by step instructions given here are for a larger daisy because it's usually easier to learn something when it's bigger
You will need: 5 White Pipe Cleaners 6" (1/2) 2 Green Pipe Cleaners 6" (1/2) 1 Yellow Pipe Cleaners 6" (1/2)
Gather the white and yellow together going one way and 1 green going the other direction overlapping 3/4 of an inch
Wrap these with wire or string.
Twist or tie off wire/string making them secure
Use the other green pipe cleaner to cover the wire
Continue down until all the white and yellow pipe cleaners are covered
Spread out the white and yellow pipe cleaners like a starburst
Roll the yellow pipe cleaner towards the center
Continue rolling as tight as possible until it's in the center.
Easy
Step by Step Instructions
For Smaller DaisiesÂ
Follow same steps using 1/4 (3") Pipe Cleaners
Change the colors and you have
Black Eye Susans
Or Change for less realistic and just FUN !!
Stephanotis and Violets
A couple simple changes you have a Stephanotis or a Violet
Stephanotis
Easy
Step by Step Instructions
You will need 6 white pipe cleaners 3" (1/4) 1 green pipe cleaner 6" (1/2)
Use 5 white pipe cleaners and instead of a different color center, bring the green stem further into the flower area
Secure with wire or string but for this one cover the wire with the last white pipe cleaner
The white extends the base of the flower
Spread out the white pipe cleaners and roll the green one down into the center
Roll the white pipe cleaners like you did with the daisy and you're done.
My sister is allergic to these she calls them "Stuffy Noses"
Violets
Same Instructions with Purple
I rolled a full length 12" green pipe cleaner to make the leaves for the violet plant.
Tack with a little glue as you go so it doesn't unroll
Daffodils
A couple other simple changes you have a Daffodil
Easy
Step by Step Instructions
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This one requires Glue
You will need: 6 Yellow Pipe Cleaners 6" (1/2) 2 Green Pipe Cleaners 6" (1/2) 1 Orange Pipe Cleaner 6" (1/2) Wire or String and Glue
Arrange the 6 yellow pipe cleaners in one direction and one green the other way. In this one the green is just far enough to secure it. wrap with wire or string
Wrap the other green pipe cleaner to hide the wire or string
Separate the yellow pipe cleaners into a starburst
Roll the yellow pipe cleaners towards the center as tight as possible
Continue with all of them and set aside
Roll the orange pipe cleaner just a couple of times
Then continue to roll it around your little finger so ...
When you remove it, it makes a little bowl
Roses
Easy
Step by Step Instructions
You will Need: 3 Pink Pipe Cleaners 1 Green Pipe Cleaner Wire or String
Cut both the Pink and Green pipe cleaners in 1/2
Cut just the Pink ones in 1/2 again so you have 12 total
Place them all together with 1 of the green ones in the center
Tie them together with a string or wire
Wrap the bottom of them together with wire or string
Twist or tie to secure them
Wrap the other Green pipe cleaner around them to hide the wire
Bend the pink ones down.
Larger Roses
For larger Roses follow the same instructions as above
Except:
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Use 1/2 length pipe cleaners instead of 1/4's
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Use a folded green pipe cleaner for the stem so it is sturdier and wrap the entire stem to hold them together and to add more strength
Grape Hyacinths
SUPER Easy
Step by Step Instructions
You will need 1 Purple Pipe Cleaner 12" 1 green pipe cleaner 6" (1/2) A Pencil and Needle Nose Pliers
Line up the green pipe cleaner next to the pointy end of the pencil
Starting at about 2" down the pencil wrap the purple pipe cleaner around both the pencil and the green pipe cleaner
Continue all the way getting tighter as you get closer to the pointy end
Remove pencil
Squeeze the end to secure
Bend a little and you're done
Tulips
Step by Step Instructions
Easy ??
Honestly I struggled with shaping this one
For the buds/sprouts/new growth I simply use 4 scrap red pipe cleaners folded in half and wrapped them in a green pipe cleaner
You will need 12 Red Pipe Cleaner 4" (1/3) 1 Red Pipe Cleaner 12" 2 Green Pipe Cleaners 12" Wire or String
Fold the 12 Red 4" pipe cleaners in half
Place the green pipe cleaner in the center. Line it up with the OPEN end of the red ones. Stem goes down from the closed (Loopy) end
Gather them all together withe the green in the center and wire together tightly 1/2" down
Use the full red pipe cleaner to cover the wire. Wrapping your way to the end
It kind of looks like a Badmitten Birdie at this point
Bend the all the red pipe cleaners forward
Shape it into a tulip
You're done
These tulips were not my favorites. I struggled with them to make the look right and still fell short. The sprouts helped a little. I did try to make them bigger using 1/2 stems. Didn't improve the tulips BUT ....
If you don't bend the red ones in all they way, it makes something somewhere between a Gerbera Daisy and a Spider Mum. Which is kind of cool. Maybe I'll try it with different colors, a brown center ???
Sunflowers
Easy
Step by Step Instructions
Add a couple of Sunflowers to a dollar store vase, a little bit of raffia and a couple of sticks and you have an inexpensive centerpiece that makes a large statement.
28 4" Yellow , 8 12" Green, 20 12" Black
Fold Black @ 2 1/2" Making an L
Do this with 11 of them
Arrange them in your hand making a starburst
Tie them together with a string or wire
Starting in the center. Weave another black in an over under pattern. Adjusting the starburst as you go
Continue adding more black pipe cleaners as you go, until it is about 3"-4" round
Squeeze the starburst ends down to secure the center
Fold the yellow pipe cleaners in half then bend then 1/2" up.