Get The Technique
While coming up with ideas for our Easter baskets story, Beyond The Basket, I decided to incorporate coffee filters, one of my all time favorite materials. (Martha gave me a hard time for not creating a different version of this coffee filter costume to wear my wedding--and I kind of wish I had!). This time, I used them to make these flower bowls.
Pre-ruffled and strong enough to get wet, coffee filters make perfect flower-making materials. They're cheap too! I used these pretty paper cups and bowls for the flower's centers and to hold candy. The small cup really looked like a daffodil's trumpet-y center! Because I wanted them to be food-safe, I used food coloring to dye them and food coloring to paint the bowls and cups. If you're not making these to hold edible items, or you're only dying the coffee filters, you can use thinned paint. I tried it with watered down acrylic and it worked well.
If you'd like to try it yourself, click below to watch the video and and you'll see how easy they are to make!
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From: Silvia | 3/19/12 at 12:23 pm
These will also make individual treats for the easter table setting!
From: mary rhodes Greece | 3/19/12 at 2:22 pm
this is fantastic. i also love the colours you have chosen.I am going to try and make them soon, Thank you.
From: its easter | 3/20/12 at 1:01 am
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From: mary wilson | 3/20/12 at 8:54 am
What brand of cups were ussed in the coffee filter flower baskets?
From: Jodi Levine | 3/20/12 at 9:51 am
Hi Mary,
Here is a link to get the Wasara cups:
http://www.branchhome.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=39&zenid=v1ibd0ei0gi7hhidgui5kpqmk0
Thanks!
Jodi
From: Rowaida Flayhan | 3/20/12 at 3:51 pm
Thank you for an amazing video tutorial Love it
From: Allie | 4/8/12 at 7:04 pm
We don't drink coffee, so we don't have any filters. I'm giving it a shot using cupcake liners.
I learned about your project from Pizzazzerie on FaceBook!
From: Monica Visscher | 4/30/12 at 9:03 am
May-Day! May-Day! My children and I are using this idea to create May Day baskets for neighborhood children.
From: Flower Power | 2/6/13 at 1:23 am
Since I stopped drinking coffee I wondered what to do with all the leftover filters. Thanks for the perfect solution.