Recycled Flowers

The wreath I made last week is nice, but today I decided to spruce it up a bit with a garland and more decoration. That will come later in the week, but for a sneak peek, here is an easy, pretty DIY decoration: Recycled flowers!These are super easy and so cute - they can go on a wreath or garland for the holidays, on top of a present, on the corners of a bulletin board ...anywhere!

DIY Recycled Flowers

Step 1: Cut 4 circles in increasing size, in alternating materials. For the two flowers above, I used a brown grocery bag, a white paper shopping bag, a black plastic grocery bag, and tinfoil. You will also need a short length of string for each flower and a few small, rectangular-ish scraps of one of your flower materials (these scraps will be the center of the flower, so make sure the correctly alternating color is used for the scraps). You can also add a cut-out leaf shape or two in one of the materials as well. Below is a picture of all the materials I used for these two flowers:
Step 2: Gather the rectangular scraps and tie the string around the middle like so:and then cut a small hole through the center of your circles:

Step 3: Pull the strings through the circles and scrunch the petals into shape. Add the leaf to the bottom, and there you go!Any kind of paper could be used for these flowers - the plastic and tinfoil scrunch a bit better, where the paper is more clean and simple. I love the look, and it only takes a minute!
Anyone have any other ideas for where to use these flowers?