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Alice in Wonderland Theme Party: Red Paper Flowers

Coffee Filter Roses (1) (540x359)

My best friend is having an Alice in Wonderland theme party for my twin God daughters for their first birthday.  Needless to say, I wanted to help her decorate for the festivities.  The twins have two older sisters and their birthday parties were amazing.  Check out this Candyland themed party and this circus themed party. So, we started brainstorming ideas.  I recently made these coffee filter paper flowers (see below) and I thought they would be perfect for the painting red roses scene when Alice meets the Queen of Hearts.

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Dying coffee filter paper flowers is extremely inexpensive and easy to do.  Here are the materials you need:

  • Bowl
  • Red food coloring
  • Water
  • Coffee filter paper flowers
  • Rubber gloves
  • Newspaper

To make the actual paper flower, check out the tutorial here.  Once your flowers are made, here are the two easy steps to dye them.

Step One: Depending on the hue of red you desire, mix several drops of food coloring and about three tablespoons of water in a bowl.

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Step Two: I tried two different ways. Dipping the pre-made flower and dipping the individual filters.  Wearing rubber gloves carefully dip the paper flower (or individual filters) into the color mixture and set it aside to dry on the newspaper.

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Here are pictures of each.  I let them dry overnight.

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When they were dry, I noticed that the dipped flower had a nice deeper red color on the edges while the filters that were dipped individually were not.  Here is a photo.  It’s very subtle, but I like the former better.

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Here is a photo of the coffee filter rose and a real rose from my garden next to one another. Not too shabby! Can you see the difference?

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Here they are in the bush that we will use for the party.

Coffee Filter Roses (1) (540x359)

Feeling inspired by Alice?  Check out these posts!

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  • Queen of Hearts DIY Skirt
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  • DIY Mad Hatter Top Hat

You may also like a this Vintage Inspired Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter Tea Party!

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Do you have any Alice in Wonderland party ideas for us? We’d love to hear them!

 

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  1. Tara says

    May 6, 2013 at 9:53 am

    Those are absolutely gorgeous! Great job!

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    • Dinah Wulf says

      May 6, 2013 at 9:57 am

      Thank you Tara! They are so easy! Can’t wait for the party so that I can post more pics!

      Reply

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