MATERIALS:

One toilet paper or paper towel roll
Acrylic paint: color of choice
Buttons or pom-poms
Cardboard scrap
Thick craft glue
Scissors, paintbrush

INSTRUCTIONS:

Make the petals.  Cut roll lengthwise as shown.  Turn roll and cut several strips the desired width of petals. Paint both sides of petal strips. Let dry.

Make the flower. Cut a 1-1/2” cardboard circle. See photos. Cut strips into desired petal shapes. For flower, overlap and glue centers of petal strips onto cardboard circle. For flower center, glue on buttons or pom-poms. 

Make one into a barrette, magnet, plant poke — or arrange several into a wreath!