cut a length of your string/yarn/what have you, and be generous with it depending on how long you want your wisteria to be. once you have this length of yarn, tie a bead to one end. this is what will hold up the bottom flower

🌸step two:🌸

prepare your construction paper to make flowers! the way i do it, one full sheet can create four flowers

first, fold your sheet hamburger style (short side to short side)

then, cut down the crease so you have two even halves

then, do the same to the half sheet you now have, folding it in half hamburger style and cutting once more. this will give you two sheets 1/4 size of your original paper

don’t worry about cutting or folding anything perfectly, i promise you it doesn’t matter

🌸step three:🌸

make the flowers!

take your 1/4 sheet and pull one corner up to the long side to create a triangle shape with some extra on the side. cut off this extra, leaving you with only the triangle

take the two opposite corners of your triangle and bring them to each other, folding it into a smaller triangle

repeat this step once more, leaving you with another, smaller triangle

then, find the corner where the paper is folded and cut off the tip. be careful not to cut too much, or else the bead won’t be able to hold up the flower !!

then, flip it over and cut an arch shape into the other side

when you unfold it, it should look like this!:

if your flower looks like this, you’ve done it right! hooray !!

next, cut one petal out

you can put the extra petal aside or toss it, we won’t need it’

take the two petals on either side of the gap and glue one on top of the other; this should give the flower a curve

that’s how you make a paper flower! huzzah!! the hard part is done

🌸step four:🌸

stack your flowers !!

put the yarn through the hole in the center of your flower and slide it down until the bead stops it (make sure the flower is open downwards!). then, make more flowers, using the beads to space them out as you put them on. I like to use three pony beads between the flowers to space them out

as you stack them, your wisteria will start to form! i worried about color coordinated the beads at first, but it really doesn’t matter because you won’t be able to see them once all the flowers are on there. i like to end off my wisteria with one matching colored bead at the top for a finished look, but of course, this is not required.

when you’ve stacked as many flowers as you want onto your yarn, it’s time to hang them!

🌸step five:🌸

hang your flowers !!

of course weight will vary depending on what exact materials you use, but mine hold up just fine with only scotch tape since it’s just yarn, paper and beads!

happy crafting!!

if you try this, please feel free to post your results in the reblogs or post them and tag me…….i would love to see it:3!!!!

okiii

so you need:

shrinkydink/ shrink plastic

color (I used acrylic markers but you can also use normal markers, colored pencils, even watercolor)

clear nailpolish, varnish, or UV resin

a pin backing (or you can put a hole and make a keychain instead)

option: glitterss, and i added the golden border with window paint just cos it was there anyway

this is what you do:

you draw a template for your shrink plastic on ideally dotted or mathpaper. For a five striped flag like this, your template will be 5cm tall, 1cm for each stripe (1cm is about .4 inches, or whatever your mathpaper offers) and 8cm long. If you do another prideflag, either make it bigger/smaller or do some calculations. My finished pin is 2x3cm, but your brand of shrink plastic might shrink more or less, so be free :D

Put your shrink plastic on top and color the stripes on the coarse side.

Cut it out. If you don't have a pin backing and want to make a keychain, add a hole with a hole punch now

Put it in the oven like the instructions say till it does the shrink :D

Add the glitter and the outline. I used window paint like I said, and a liquid glitter marker i had, if you only have loose glitter, you can add that with a little glue or just put it in your varnish. This step is optional.

Speaking of varnish, if you put clear nailpolish, or a varnish or resin on top, that'll make it look more finished and keep any paint from leaving the chat

Glue your pin backing on or add your keyring. You are done :D