Need an easy to make but impact-ful flower for your Journey off the Map theme. Add these easy to make flowers and hang them all around your hallways. The best part is you don’t have to spend much. Just get the word out you are looking for empty or already used K Cups. Chances are you will find many of them to donate to you. I have 2 ladies that in the past two months given me around 300 empty K Cups. They must be heavily addicted to coffee!!! I found some tempra paint in our childrens supply room and colored these flowers various colors.
What you Need:
– K Cups empty
– Paint
– Paintbrush
– Newspaper or plastic table cloth
– Small Paper clips
How to Make K Cup Flowers – Journey off the Map:
1. First place the plastic tablecloth down or newspaper to create your work space.
2. If you have not already done so you will need to do the dirty work. Clean out the K Cups. I recommend getting some plastic gloves on and use a double grocery bag to empty the coffee/tea grains into the bag. Rise them well and allow them to thoroughly dry.
3. Pick out the paint you want to use and pour just a little. I used a sponge to cover the k cups. Make sure to allow them to dry fully before adding a second coat.
4. Take Green balloon ribbon or any other color desired and measure around 1 yard. At one end tie a knot. This will be your bottom of the follower strand.
5. Thread your K Cups opening down. You can add 4-5 less or more desired. Allow the top string to be long so you can adjust when you go to hang them. I used 3 because we have low ceilings and to keep them up high enough that the tall people will not get as annoyed!
6. Tie the top of the string to a small paper clip to make it easier to hang from the panel ceiling.
That is it! You are done!
Be sure to ask friends and family for donations. It keeps them out of landfills and you are re-purposing them. These fit well inside each other with the ribbon that you can easily take them down and donate to another church or use for a future theme.
Topic: K Cup Flowers – Journey off the Map
