Giant American Flag Swirl Paper Flowers Story

Giant American Flag Swirl Paper Flowers: Easy Tutorial for Making Paper Flowers

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SUPPLIES

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Petal Sizes and Colors

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Step 1. Cut out your petals.

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Step 2. Begin by gluing two red and white every other one and four blue XL petals aorund your 8-sided base.

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Step 3. Repeat step two alternating your petals with large-extra small petals.

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