Poinsettia Twinkle Lights
Brighten up your holiday with these beautiful poinsettia lights made using twinkle lights, red and green tissue paper and some floral tape. SAFETY: USE LED lights as they are VERY SAFE and VERY COOL.
SUPPLIES (We link to all supplies on amazon on our post here: http://bit.ly/peacewreath ) ⚫ LED White Twinkle Lights w/green String (Get a GOOD brand that lasts. The ones linked too are not glass and will work great.) ⚫ Red & Green Tissue Paper (We used 12 sheets each of 20″ x 20″ (33 sq. feet for each color) and it was just enough to make 50 flowers. Possibly a few more. ⚫ Floral Tape ⚫ Awl or something pointy to poke a hole in the tissue flowers with
Cut out your green and red leaves. ***CLICK HERE FOR FREE PATTERN***
For each flower layer 2 green and 3 red leaves. Using an awl or something sharp and pointy poke a hole into the very center of your leaves. Wiggle the awl to make the hole a little larger.
Carefully push your light through the hole all the way down to the base. This will require a small amount of tearing. Just don’t tear it too much!
The underneath side of your flower.
Fold all your leaves over like a sandwich.
Try to fold them in the other direction, then scrunch them together.
Begin wrapping with the floral tape, wrapping downward.
Your finished flower.
Fluff out the leaves a bit.
Make sure to store these carefully in a dry area.
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Is this a fire hazard?
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Not at all. LED lights are SUPER cool (as in heat) and very safe.
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I love it beautiful
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