Daffodil Day!

The 22nd of August is a very important day here in Australia. It's Daffodil Day!

Daffodil Day is an Australian Cancer Council event that raises funds for a very worthy cause. They are out to beat cancer and in my books, anyone with that sort of mission is well worth supporting!

There are stockists all over Australia selling pins. I thought it would be fun to make some paper daffodils to match! Please check out their website for more information: http://daffodilday.com.au/

I've made a little video with instructions for constructing your own, realistic, daffodils out of paper.

Here's the link: http://youtu.be/t5n_YqRqKo8 *The flower crown (like the one shown on the Facebook page) instructions have been filmed and are coming soon, I just have to edit and upload it.

As promised in the video, here is the complete materials list. When you make them, please share photos on the Origami Twist Facebook page so that we can admire your hard work! (http://www.facebook.com/origamiwithatwist)

- 3 circles of colored printer paper, around 2.5-3 inches or 6-7.5 cm. The diameter isn't too important, as long as all 3 circles are the same size.

    *Note when choosing colors - 2 circles will be the background petals of your flower and 1 circle will be used to create a template. I used yellow for the petals in the video.

-    I used two dies from Kaszazz with my Sizzix Big Shot to make my circles, but you could just as easily trace around the lid of a jar or an aerosol hairspray can for the larger circle and a spice jar or a tea light for the smaller circle and then cut them out with scissors.

- 1 circle of colored printer paper, very roughly 1/2 the diameter of the bigger circles (i.e. If your background circles are 3 inches, then the center circle would be 1.5 inches in diameter).

    *Note - This circle will be the center of the daffodil. I chose yellow for the petals, though you could definitely make this a different color to change the look of the flower.

- scissors

- a pencil

- adhesive of choice (I use glossy accents, but any liquid glue will work for this, including white school glue)

- a sharpie or other marker with a rounded end (it is the marker itself that will be used in this case, not the ink, so the shape is more important than the brand)

- a piece of fun foam, a new flip flop or thong, or a mousepad

If you are making the crown (video instructions coming soon) you will also need:

- floral wire or pipe cleaners, cut to fit the head of the person who will be wearing it

- floral or washi tape

- green paper cut into the shape of long thin leaves (a little bit longer than the diameter of you bigger circle), 2 leaves per flower

- enough finished daffodils to fill the crown