Episode 130 - Simply Extraordinary
Segment #4 - Coffee Filter Flowers
Activity - Coffee Filter Flowers

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• Round pleated paper coffee filters
• Food coloring
• Muffin tin
• Rubber gloves
• Water
• Paintbrush, sponge brush
• Drinking straws
• Eyedropper
• Newspaper

LET'S GET STARTED:

1. Cover work area with layers of newspaper. Wear disposable plastic gloves on hands if you wish.
2. Fill muffin tin sections with water and place several drops of food coloring into each, mixing shades to make your own palette.
3. Fold coffee filter into small sections as if you were making a snowflake out of paper.
4. Dip ends of filter into food coloring. It only takes a moment for it to soak in.
5. To apply drops of coloring, use an eyedropper or paintbrush. Each time you apply a color , watch it spread to form unique patterns.
6. Unfold filter and hang to dry. (If you do this indoors, be sure to have newspaper underneath your line to catch any drips).

Display ideas for dyed flowers:
Cut petal edges on a dyed coffee filter. Glue center of filter to a deli serving spoon and glue child's photo to center to create a cute flower. Push spoon handle into a painted pot filled with sand and give as gift.

Gather and pinch the center of the filter to form a bloom. Set an 18-inch piece of strong wire at the base of the bloom where flower is pinched together. Twist a pipe cleaner around tightly to hold the bloom and the wire together. Fan out flower. Make several. Pound small holes into a piece of wood and insert opposite ends of wires to display.

OTHER ACTIVITIES FROM THIS EPISODE:

Fountains
Slate Stack Fountain
Clay Pot with Marbles Fountain
Stacked Terra Cotta Pot Fountain
Micro Mâche
Micro Mâche
Chicken with Melon (Persian Style)
Chicken with Melon (Persian Style)
Coffee Filter Flowers
Coffee Filter Flowers