Pocket full of posies

These aren't quite posies, but they are definitely flowers. Paper flowers.  I did a post a long time ago with 3 kinds of paper flowers that turned out very nicely, this time I thought I would throw a few more techniques into the mix.

So the first two are pretty similar:

What you need:
Tissue paper (I used a bunch of different colors, but you can use the same if you'd like)
Pipe cleaners
Scissors
Washi tape (optional...I used it because I didn't have green pipe cleaners)

What you do:
Pick out 6 pieces of tissues paper (can be all one color or mix it up)
Line them up and cut 6 x 6 squares (you can make them bigger or smaller depending on what size you want your flower to be)
You should now have 6 6x6 squares of tissue paper
Accordion fold them with about an inch-inch and a half folds
Wrap the pipe cleaner around the accordion folds and twist tight

Here is where the techniques differ

Technique 1:
Cut each end of the tissue paper into half circles
Cut about an inch and a half in from the edge of the circles
Separate the tissue papers and fluff them
Be careful not to tear as you separate

Technique 2:
Cut each end of the tissue paper into a point
Cut about an inch and a half in from the edge of the point
Separate the tissue papers and fluff them
Be careful not to tear as you separate

The next one is a little more complicated, but also has a big payoff.

What you need:
Tissue paper
Ping pong ball or other similarly sized ball (I used a cat toy haha)
Scissors
Pipe cleaner
Tape

What you do:
Pick 5 pieces of tissue paper
Line them up and cut 6 inch by 3-4 inch (depending on the size ball you have) rectangles
Make sure that the tissue paper fits mostly around the ball, but leaves a gap
Place the ball in the middle of one of the pieces of tissue paper and twist both sides so that the ball is tightly encased in tissue paper with long tightly twisted things coming out of both ends
twist one of the ends so tightly it curls (but be careful because the tissue can tear), and cut the end
Leave the other end twisted, but leave it long
Gently remove the ball so you have a puffed out petal
Repeat 4 more times until you have 5 petals
Using the long twists tape them to the pipe cleaner and push the petals down so they look like a flower

The other ones (the rose and the frilly one) in the bouquet below are in this post if you are curious.