How To Make Coffee Filter Flowers (Easy Craft)
Enjoy beautiful blooms all year long as you get creative and make the most beautiful and cheerful coffee filter flowers ever! They’re the perfect accessory for springtime, parties, Mother’s Day, or gift ideas for teachers!
These coffee filter flowers are easy enough for young kids to do and beautiful enough that adults adore them!
Plus, they won’t break the bank seeing as they are a CHEAP craft that you can use to make decorations for parties or as delightful gifts for teachers and moms (and grandmas) on Mother’s Day.
They look lovely in any vase or Mason jar, making them the perfect gift or a spectacular decoration for any party, baby shower, or wedding.
This thrifty way to make flowers delivers a dreamy bouquet that won’t wilt any time soon – unlike real flowers!
Whether you wanna liven up your pad with custom décor, put together the perfect Mother’s Day surprise, or make an eye-catching backdrop for a photo shoot, these easy coffee filter flowers should be your go-to choice!
Supplies Needed
You only need a few simple supplies to make these colored coffee filter flowers!
- Food coloring (pink and purple)
- Coffee filters
- Small bowls of water
- Dropper
- Green pipe cleaners
- Pan
- Paper plates
How To Make Coffee Filter Flowers
The process for making this flower craft is as easy as following these step-by-step instructions!
Step 1 – Dye The Coffee Filters
Add 5-10 drops of food coloring to each bowl of water. Use the dropper to stir the water around. (Lighter color = less drops, darker color = more drops)
Place the coffee filters in a pan.
Use the dropper to drop water onto the coffee filters. Continue this process until the coffee filters are completely covered with colored water.
Gently remove each coffee filter and place it on a paper plate. Remove any excess water. Set aside to dry.
Step 2 – Fold The Coffee Filter
Once dry, fold the coffee filter in half, then in half again, and again once more to make a small cone.
Step 3 – Add The Stem
Twist the bottom of the flower and wrap the end of the green pipe cleaner around the base of each flower to secure it.
Step 4 – Open Up The Coffee Filter Flower
Gently open up the coffee filter portion of the flower until you get the desired flower result. You can opt for a more open flower or a closed flower.
Step 5 – Repeat The Process!
Repeat the above steps for the desired number of gorgeous coffee filter flowers you want to make!
FAQs
After dying the coffee filters, you’ll need to allow a few hours (or better yet, overnight!) to let the filters dry. Dye only one or several to make different projects! Make different colors to create a gorgeous bouquet!
Months! Years! These flowers won’t wilt like natural flowers will. You can use them over and over again for multiple projects!
I love the brilliant colors of food coloring. But liquid watercolor paint is another quick and easy option since it’ll go through an entire stack of 4 filters.
Washable markers are another good option. First, color the coffee filters with the markers, then use an eye dropper to add water. This method is more time-consuming.
Washable markers give good dark edges. You can also get dark edges by using very saturated colors and dark colors.
If you want something that looks a little more realistic or don’t have a pipe cleaner, you can make your flowers and use floral wire for the stem before wrapping it in floral tape.
Your coffee filters take at least 3-5 hours to dry and can take even longer if they’re very wet. There are three ways to help them dry faster:
– Raise them up so air can flow under them (ex: on top of a drinking glass)
– Lay them out in the sun on a warm day
– Put them in the oven ONLY if you can get the temperature down to 130 degrees so they don’t catch on fire!
These easy DIY coffee filter flowers look AMAZING when they’re finished! At first glance, people may not even notice they’re fake flowers!
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DIY Coffee Filter Flowers
Enjoy beautiful blooms all year long by making cheery coffee filter flowers! They're perfect for spring, parties, Mother's Day, and teachers!
Materials
- Food coloring (pink and purple)
- Coffee filters
- Small bowls of water
- Dropper
- Green pipe cleaners
- Pan
- Paper plates
Instructions
- Add 5-10 drops of food coloring to each bowl of water. Use the dropper to stir the water around. (Lighter color = less drops, darker color = more drops)
- Place the coffee filters in a pan.
- Use the dropper to drop water onto the coffee filters. Continue this process until the coffee filters are completely covered with colored water.
- Gently remove each coffee filter and place on a paper plate. Remove any excess water. Set aside to dry.
- Once dry, fold the coffee filter in half, then in half again, and again once more to make a small cone.
- Twist the bottom of the flower and wrap the end of the green pipe cleaner around the bottom of the flower to secure.
- Gently open up the coffee filter portion of the flower until you get the desired flower result. You can opt for a more open flower or a closed flower.
- Repeat the above steps for the desired amount of flowers you want to make!
