Cupcake Liner Vase

A Cupcake Liner Vase from Jen Goode is a bright and fun Mother's Day gift! This is a great decorative craft and will complement anyone's home decor!


 

For the vase:

Materials:

• Empty soup sized can – washed and dried
• Acrylic craft paint
• Paper
• 1″ wide ribbon
• Glue
• Crayons
• Green tissue paper

Instructions:

1. Paint the soup can with and let dry.
    
2. Color the paper and cut a strip of paper approximately 2″ wide, and long enough to wrap around your can.
    
3. Wrap around the can and glue in place.
    
4. Wrap a ribbon around the can so it sits on top of the paper.
    
5. Scrunch up some tissue paper and put inside the can (this will hold the flowers in place).
    
6. Set aside.
   
   
    

For the flowers:

Materials:

• Pipe cleaners
• Mini muffin/cupcake liners
• Big buttons or plastic gems
• Glue

Instructions:

1. Twist a small loop in the middle of the pipe cleaner to form a leaf.
    
2. Make a second loop at the top of the pipe cleaner, this is where you will glue the flower.
    
3. Glue the cupcake liner, bottom facing down, onto the loop of the pipe cleaner.
    
4. Glue a large button or large plastic gem to the center of the cupcake liner.
   
   
    
5. Stick the flower “stems” into the tissue in the vase.