Cupcake Liner Bows

When it comes to last-minute gift wrap ideas, look no further than your kitchen cupboard!  I love these SUPER EASY cupcake liner flowers that can be used for all sorts of decorations, and look especially cute on top of holiday packages. You probably have everything you need to make these right at your fingertips, and they take only a FEW MINUTES to whip up!  

Here's what you'll need:

-Cupcake liners (you can use all sorts of colors and sizes...)

-Pipe cleaners

-Scissors

-Tape (I used some pretty Japanese masking tape I got from Happy Tape, but any tape will do, including ordinary Scotch tape)

1.  Make your flowers using 6 cupcake liners flattened out (You can use a combination of small and large liners, and varied colors if you'd like).  Cut a hole in the middle of them.

2.  Fold the stack of liners in half, then in half again.  Trim or fringe the edges to make "petals".  You can trim the edges in a variety of ways:

3.  Poke a pipe cleaner through a couple of the liners.  Make a little "knot" or "button" to stop the pipe cleaner from pulling all the way through.  

4. Layer the liners onto the pipe cleaner, pinching the papers into flowery shapes as you go.

5.  Turn the flower over and wrap the base of the flower with tape to hold everything in place:

Now, just puff out your flower, and add it to your package.  You can easily attach it by wrapping the pipe cleaner around the ribbon on your gift.  Trim extra pipe cleaner if desired.

Hope you have a DELICIOUS holiday. 

Comments

[Christie]

This design is spectacular! You most certainly know how to keep a reader amused. Between your wit and your videos, I was almost moved to start my own blog (well, almost...HaHa!) Great job. I really enjoyed what you had to say, and more than that, how you presented it. Too cool!