Plastic Milk Carton Flower

I made the above flower to use for my project.

What you will need:

• a plastic milk carton
• bottle cap
• scissors
• pen or pencil
• hot glue
• metal hanger
• pliers
• tin can
• pick
• wire cutters

How to create the flower:

To make the top of the flower: First, you want to take your milk carton and measure out/ cut out however many petals of the same size that you want.  Then, take your glue gun and hot glue each petal to the bottle cap (make sure to allow time to let each petal dry and to hold each petal while it drys until you go onto the next). 

To make the bottom of the flower: Take your wire cutters and snip off the straight part of your metal hanger.  Then, take your pick and place it in the center of the tin can.  Gently put your hand on the top of the pick and push it down so that you make a small hole through the tin can.  Place the metal hanger in the hole and use the pliers to bend the hanger under the can.  Finally, take the hot glue and glue the bent part of the hanger to the tin can and glue around the top of the can where the hanger meets that can.  Glue the back of the flower to the metal hanger and allow time to dry.

Comment below if you have any questions/advice and tell me what you think!  The more input I get, the better thanks

Senior Center of Brady Park

The above picture is outside of the Senior Center in Brady Park where I am going to be putting my garden made of recyclable materials and non-recyclable materials.  I plan on putting  flowers along the perimeter of this area and an angel in the center.  Also, I hope to string butterflies from wall to wall.

Coca Cola Can Flower

 

 

 

I made coca cola flowers to use for my project.  Each coca cola can makes two flowers.

 

What you will need:

• a clean coca cola can
• exact-o-knife
• metal hanger
• pliers
• tin can
• hot glue
• pick
• wire cutters

How to create the flower:

 

To make the top of the flower: First, you want to take your coca cola can and cut it in half with the exact-o-knife.  Then, you want to take one half of the can and cut strips from the base of the can to the edge that you just cut.  Next, you fold back the strips and you made the top of the flower!  You can repeat the following steps to create a second flower. 

 

To make the bottom of the flower: Take your wire cutters and snip off the straight part of your metal hanger.  Then, take your pick and place it in the center of the tin can.  Gently put your hand on the top of the pick and push it down so that you make a small hole through the tin can.  Place the metal hanger in the hole and use the pliers to bend the hanger under the can.  Finally, take the hot glue and glue the bent part of the hanger to the tin can and glue around the top of the can where the hanger meets that can.  Glue the back of the flower to the metal hanger and allow time to dry.

 

Comment below if you have any questions/advice/tell me what you think

Thanks!

About Me

Hi guys!  My name is Danielle and I am working on my Gold Award Project for Girl Scouts (the Gold Award is the highest award a Girl Scout can achieve).  I've decided to focus on pollution, recycling, and environmental concerns in the Massapequa community, starting with beautifying an empty area in front of the Senior Center of Brady Park.  I am creating flowers out of various different items that we recycle and cannot recycle.  Also, I'm working on other items like butterflies and angels to place in this area of Brady.  On my blog, I plan on showing my viewers some of the things that I am creating for the areas I'm beautifying and I am looking for input, so feel free to comment.  Thank you for your help and I hope you are inspired to make some of the things I show on my blog.