How to Make 4-Point Felt Flowers

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Add this 4-point flower to packages, make smaller ones in groups to glue to barrettes, or add to pinbacks and pin to your lapel or a bag that needs “sprucing.” These can be made in a variety of sizes and even shapes.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Time to complete: 30 minutes
Age range: 10+

Things you’ll need:
Felt
Scissors
Pencil
Needle and thread

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Things to do:
1. Draw a rounded triangle on your felt. To make sure it’s symmetrical, draw just one side on a fold of felt.
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2. Unfold your shape to make sure it’s the size you want.
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3. Trace this onto the felt three more times, and cut.
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4. Thread your needle. Make sure the thread is long enough for all 4 triangles. Knot the end and create a long running stitch along the straight edge of your triangle as shown.
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5. Add the other 3 triangles onto the same piece of thread.
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6. Pull the end of the thread to gather all 4 pieces. Form them into a circle.
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7. Tie the thread off in the back of the flower to keep the petals in place.
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