This simple step by step tutorial of how to make paper flowers holiday gift topper is a great way to create more nature based decorations for gifts. Do you have a stack of colored craft paper laying around ? Bright bursts of color to draw the eye and uplift the spirit.
What a wonderful way to get your kids in the holiday spirit by getting them involved in creating homemade decorations to grace presents and even make a garland. Instead of buying bows, use the ones the kids will have pride in that they made.
Years later when looking through pictures of the holidays, just maybe your kids will point out and remember that they made those flowers on top of the gifts. But the real gift will have been the time, they spent with you.
Click here to read how to make paper flowers instead of bows for holiday gifts:
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Paper-Flowers-Folding-Tricks/
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Click here to read how to make Paper Flower Gift Topper Tutorial:
http://www.spoolandspoonblog.com/2013/02/paper-flower-gift-topper-tutorial.html
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