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We made some colorful flower cupcake toppers to decorate our cupcakes for our flower-themed birthday party. It's fast and easy, and the kids really liked them.
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You will need the following tools and supplies:
* colorful cardstock
* flower shaped punches
* wooden skewers
*adhesive
*double-sided foam tape
*scissors
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I was worried about the sharp end of the skewer, so I just trimmed them with scissors. My skewers were pretty short to start with, you can trim them to any desired length.
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Next, punch out your flower shapes. I punched two of every shape, so that back and front of the flower looked the same. Assemble 2 flowers.
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Put one flower right side down, and put the skewer on top of it. Put a piece of the foam tape on top of this as pictured below.
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Next, remove the protective strip, so that the adhesive part shows.
Then, cut 2 smaller pieces of foam tape and put them one both sides of the skewer, like pictured below. This should bring the tape up to the level of the skewer.
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Remove the protective strips and stick the other flower on top of it.
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Repeat for more flowers!!
I linked this up to:
Those are so cute! Punches are so handy; they're my new best friend.
ReplyDeleteI'd love if you linked this up to my Scrappy Saturdays: http://myscrappygifts.blogspot.com/2010/05/12th-scrappy-saturdays.html
I just linked it up to your blog. I like your blog!! Thanks for checking out my blog!
ReplyDeleteMariska
Too cute!
ReplyDeleteCute! I'd love for you to link up for Flower Week @ Singing Three Little Birds. http://singingthreelittlebirds.blogspot.com/2010/05/flower-week-linky-party.html
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