Felt Valentine Wrist Corsage

My daughter is obsessed with "The Nutcracker". She watched the Macauly Calkin / New York City Ballet version about a million times. Well during the "Stalbaum party" scene all the girls get wrist corsages and Lilly loves this part. So I thought I would make her her own to wear for Valentine's Day. It was so simple and turned out so cute, I want to share with you how I put it together. I think they would make great gifts or party favors.

What you will need:

-a piece of ribbon about 18 inches long (this fit my 4 year old with extra for a bow) -a rectangle of felt (mine is 3.5" x 1.5")

-two flower shapes with 4 petals cut from felt, one is slightly larger than the other (I cut them free hand) The larger one is about 3" and the smaller one is 2.5" across.

-a strip of felt about 8", straight along one long side and wavy on the other long side

-two leaves about 1.5" long

-glue gun (this is what I used for mine, tacky glue (great for kids to use when making this project) or red thread for sewing together

step 1: glue or sew ribbon across the felt rectangle

step 2: glue or sew large set of petals on top of the center of the ribbon

step 3: glue or sew smaller set of petals on top of larger petals with the smaller set between the larger ones

step 4: roll strip of wavy felt with bumps facing up and flat side down. This will form the center of the rose. Tack with needle and thread on the bottom of the bud or just glue down on top of

of the small set of petals.step 5: glue or stitch leaves under petals

Finally, tie on your little girl's wrist in a sweet bow!

Hope you enjoy!