When I was in the classroom, I would also have these flowers there, right next to Tommie DePaola's book The Legend of the Poinsettia. After reading this book a popular activity was to make paper poinsettias. Today, I will share with you my favorite way of making them.
- Copy the pattern in green and red construction paper.
- Cut the outside circle and the inside lines.
- Fold over the ends of each petal and glue them together. Just a little bit of glue will do, but you need to hold them together for a few seconds. You will need to model this step. It may be tricky for some students at first, but once they figure it out it's not hard. I have made these with first and second graders.
- Once all the leaves have been folded, glue the red ones to the center of the green one.
- Use yellow glitter for the center of the poinsettia.
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These flowers make a beautiful classroom display. To get the pattern click here.