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Pipe cleaner tulips

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Make this beautiful tulip bouquet using soft pipe cleaners. Pipe cleaners are both flexible and easy to shape – so much so that you can create flowers by simply folding, bending and cutting them. Follow the step-by-step instructions and be delightfully surprised at how easy they are to make.

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Video guide   Get step-by-step instructions for making tulips out of pipe cleaners.
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1   Make six petals for each tulip and fold each pipe cleaner in half.
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2   Around 5 cm from the top, twist one turn.
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3   Pull one end through the loop.
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4   Turn the petal over and pull the other end through from the other side.
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5   Tighten the two ends so that they are lying side by side.
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6   Twist the two ends one time around.
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7   Thread the ends back into the centre of the petal.
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8   Thread the ends back into the centre of the petal.
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9   Squeeze together and shape the petal.
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10   Twist the ends together.
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11   Make six petals and cut the stems/ends to approximately the same length.
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12   Use two pipe cleaners for each leaf and fold them in half.
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13   Twist the two pieces once in the middle.
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14   Gather the pieces together.
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15   Twist together the ends tightly.
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16   Make two leaves for each tulip.
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17   Glue on six petals. Start with the three inner petals.
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18   Next, glue on the last three petals – one at each of the three openings in the first petal.
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19   Press the petals together. Apply a dab of glue to the stem and twist tightly with floral tape down to around 8 cm.
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20   Glue a leaf onto the stem and wrap the flower tape a few times around the stem.
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21   Glue the last leaf and continue wrapping with the flower tape.
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22   Apply a little glue to the stem, wrap the flower tape all the way to the end and cut off any excess.
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23   Shape and straighten the leaves.
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24   Now shape and straighten the flower petals.

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Make this beautiful tulip bouquet using soft pipe cleaners. Pipe cleaners are both flexible and easy to shape – so much so that you can create flowers by simply folding, bending and cutting them. Follow the step-by-step instructions and be delightfully surprised at how easy they are to make.

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