Felt Summer Blossoms

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I just LOVE looking at all the gorgeous felt flowers on pinterest and one of my favorite ones is this rolled felt flower.  I decided to make a little bouquet with this little cuties!  I plan on giving this to my Mom for mothers day and I think it's just perfect for her work office.  I love that these flowers won't die in a few days :)  Want to make flowers for your mom or just because they are perfect for the summer season?!

Here are the materials you will need:

Felt for flowers

Felt for leaves

Wooden skewers

Jute

Ribbon

Buttons

Glass beads

Hot glue gun

small candle holder/vase

Decide what color felt you want to use for your flowers

Cut out three long strips and three short strips (  you can change the amount and size of your strips depending on how big and full you want your bouquet to be.

Fold your strip lengthwise and place a small bead of hot glue to hold the sides together.

Make small cuts the whole way down your strip of felt.   Make sure you don't cut through the whole thing.

Now ROLL your felt, using hot glue to hold in place.

This is what it/they should look like when finished.  I have three big ones and three small ones.

Cut your skewers in half

Hot glue your skewer to the back of your flower

Cut a small circle out of felt and hot glue around the skewer.  This makes it look nicer from behind.

Cut out green leaves. Add a bead of hot glue to the middle bottom of your leaf and squeeze.

Hot glue your leaf to your flowers.

I decided to hot glue my sticks to the bottom of my glass jar to hold things in place better.

Hot glue all your pieces to the jar and add your glass beads. This step is optional, but I think it makes things look nicer. I then added some jute and a matching ribbon.

You can either leave the flowers they way they are for a more "elegant" look or do what I did and add buttons.  I thought it made the flowers look a little more cutesey and springy!

HAPPY CRAFTING!