On the Friday before Mother’s Day, my beloved and I were discussing what to get for my mother. Eventually we decided on making her some flowers.

Mothers Day Flower

After shopping for some materials for our flowers, together with existing materials gathered beforehand, we sat down at the dining table at around 1pm. We decided to make three bouquets of two flowers each. Since we were busy working on making the flowers by 530pm, I did not get to take any pictures of the progress.

Mothers Day Flower

The materials required to make the flowers include:

• Cardboard of the used toilet rolls
• Poster colours
• Paint brushes
• Cup for the brushes
• Pencil and eraser
• Scissors
• Satay sticks
• Rubber bands
• Coloured paper (A4 size)
• Crumple paper / knead paper (A4 size)
• Cellophane tape / double-sided tape
• Ribbon

Mothers Day Flower

Firstly, flatten the toilet roll cardboard and draw the shape of a flower petal with a pencil. Try drawing four of the same shape on one toilet roll cardboard. Cut the flower petals along the lines drawn earlier. When done, we will have two flower petals linked together as one piece.

Next, apply the first layer of poster colour to the flower petal, colour the whole petal including the sides. At least two layers are required to hardened the petal into shape, therefore try using thicker colour when applying. After the petals are completely dry, decorate the petals to personal liking.

Mothers Day Flower

When done, cut the same shape of the flower petal (we can use a template which looks best for a flower petal) but paint it as a leaf. Add lines with pencil when the leaves dry. Using the satay stick, pierce through the center of the petals and the leaf (this is the reason why we have two petals linked as one) and push it towards the end. Flower petals curve upwards while the leaf curves downwards. Arrange the petals (four petals look best) to look like a flower. Staple the petals if necessary. And we are done with the flower!

Decorative Flowers

If we were to present the flower as a bouquet instead of just displaying it in a vase, we have to wrap it up nicely. Tie the number of flowers into a bunch (in our case we tied two flowers). Wrap nicely with matching coloured paper, then another layer with a matching knead/crumple paper. Use cellophane tape/double-sided tape to hold the papers together. When done, tie a ribbon around the wrapped flower and we have a beautiful bouquet of hand made flowers.

The flowers stood out when compared with living plants

My beloved and I both sat at the dining table for FIVE straight hours (we eventually got them done by 6pm) to make three bouquets of six flowers (all shown in above images). We hope that our effort translates into our sincerity and love for the people we gave the flowers to.

If you ran out of ideas on what to get for people you care or love, and real flowers would not last long, why not mak them flowers?