"Holiday Centerpiece" Use plastic bags to make your own

flowers and then empty wine bottles for the vase

 

Equipment for the flowersPlastic bags - wire - straw - scissors - ruler - rubber

bands

      

Flatten the bag and cut down both sides

Fold over and cut into strips - width 4 inches each

You should have 6 strips altogether

Line up the edges of all the sheets and lay flat on a surface 

Fold about 3/4 inch and keep going back and forth accordion style

Nest cut a straw 4 inches long

   

Fold in the middle and then cut both ends into thin strips

leaving 1/2 inch in the middle 

   

Carefully burn the tip of each strip over a candle

     

Put the straw stamen on top and then tie with wire or rubber band around the middle. Make sure it is in the center

    

Open to form a circle and pull upward to separate all the layers

Trim

and that's it!

  

Equipment for the vaseEmpty wine bottle, some thick yarn, glue,

and some added holiday picks, if you would like

  

Wrap the yarn around the bottle and occasionally hot glue the yarn to hold in place

Continue up the neck of the bottle and glue the last end to the top.

   

Add decorations to finish off!

Reduce - REUSE - Recycle - Repurpose