Recycled Flowers

Hello Everyone!

Today we will create an activity that the whole FPLS family can work on together. We are upcycling plastic cups into flowers.



Materials:
Clear plastic cup (with recycling code 6)
Sharpies
Oven
Scissors

(For finishing you may choose to hot glue them onto wire-like above. Or be creative in whatever method you decide!)



Step One:
Color the outside of your cups with sharpies. Be creative and try to replicate floral petal patterns for more realistic looking flowers!

Step Two:
Cut 1" vertical cuts down the cups from the top.

Step Three:
Preheat your oven to 350 ºF. 

Step Four:
Once heated up place your flowers on a cookie sheet and into the oven for 2-5 minutes. Then take them out and allow them time to cool off.

Step Five:
You can add the flowers to wire and place them in a pot or hot glue together into a wreath. Be creative!



As always, have fun and be creative!