<p>Baking cup flowers make wonderful valentines. Isn't it incredible that simple muffin cups could become beautiful flowers?</p><p><strong>Supplies:</strong></p><ul><li>Green sellotape</li><li>Regular hole punch</li><li>Paper baking cups</li><li>Wire</li><li>Scissors</li><li>Suckers or lollipops</li></ul><p><strong>Instructions:</strong></p><ol><li>Fold four paper baking cups into half and lay two out flat.</li><li>Punch a hole 1/4 inch from the edge on the four folded papers.</li><li>Fold the other two papers in half and punch off the edge to make a hole in the center of the baking cup (like the paper on the left side). Open back up.</li><li>Place four folded papers onto sucker stick, overlapping 1/4 of the baking cup each time a paper is added.</li><li>Then place two open papers.</li><li>Lay out two pieces of green masking tape about 7 inches long, sticky side facing up.</li><li>Place a piece of wire in the center of one piece. Put sticky sides together, with wire sandwiched in the middle.</li><li>Cut a leaf shape at each end, with 1 inch trimmed in the middle.</li><li>Twist leaves underneath paper baking cups.</li></ol><p>So cute! What a fun little project that even kids can do. Fold the four center papers in 1/4 to make a pie shape for a different look. Arrange papers on a sucker stick for another beautiful flower. Mini muffin cup papers can be folded either way for mini flowers.</p>
