What you need:

• 10 single multi colored silk flowers 
• 10 ball point pens {choose a brand with removable bottoms}
• 1 roll green floral tape
• Hot glue
• flower pots or jars
• small colored stones/beads
• paint/stickers/glitter, optional 

Directions:

1. Remove the cap and the plastic cap from both ends of the pen.  
2. Save the pen cap, but discard the plastic end piece.  Sometimes you can pry the end cap off or cut it off with a pair of scissors. 
3. Wrap sticky floral tape from the top of the pen all the way down to the writing point of the pen, then replace the pen’s cap.
4. Add a large dot of hot glue to the top of the pen, where the plastic end cap used to be.  
5. Stick the artificial flower, with the long stem removed, into the pen and press to secure. 
6. Add colored stones to a jar or flower pot and place 4-5 flower pens in the jar, flower side up.
7. Optional: you can paint and decorate the terra cotta flower pots for another crafty touch before giving as a gift!

We used acrylic paint and added painters tape and vinyl stickers to make shapes and words.

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