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Paper in Bloom

Admittedly, I'm not great at tending to real flowers; my green thumb is more of a black thumb, unfortunately. Paper flowers, on the other hand, I can easily preserve. There's no danger of overwatering or underwatering them, or exposing them to too much or too little sunlight. Really, the only maintenance required is protecting them from a strong gust of wind from an open window.  At first, I had no idea how to make realistic-looking flowers out of paper, until I found the following YouTube video: My first step was to figure out how to display these flowers. I eventually decided on a garden planter using the bottom of a Q-tip box, cotton stuffing, and some confetti I made from green construction paper. Next, after re-watching the YouTube video a few times and experimenting with different measurements, I miniaturized 2 of the 10 flower designs so they would fit inside the planter. For Flower #5, I cut a 1.5 x 14.5 cm strip of purple construction paper for the petals an...