Christmas Crafts: Make Your Own Poinsettia

I’ve always thought the Christmas poinsettia plant was very beautiful. Before I had kids, I would always put a couple on the floor beside our fireplace. But now that I have kids, I don’t like to have poinsettias in my home because I’m worried my toddler will get into them. So instead of getting a real poinsettia plant to decorate our home for Christmas, we made one from paper. Now we have a beautiful poinsettia to decorate our home that doesn’t need to be replaced every year and won’t make a mess if my toddler manages to get into it.

What You Need to Make Your Own Poinsettia Plant:

• Red and green card stock
• Scissors
• Fastener (i.e., “brad”)
• Glue
• Thin Cardboard dowel rod
• Red or green plastic cup
• Modeling clay
• Red or green tissue paper

How to Make Your Own Poinsettia Plant:

1. Cut out five flower petals from the red card stock.

2. Cut out three leaves from the green card stock.

3. Use the brad to fasten the flower petals and leaves together, with the red petals on top.

4. Glue the flower petals and leaves to the cardboard dowel rod and let the glue dry.

5. Place modeling clay in the bottom of the plastic cup.

6. Insert the cardboard dowel with the poinsettia petals and leaves attached into the modeling clay in the plastic cup.

7. Cover the modeling clay with red or green tissue paper.

For more Christmas ideas, check out these other Christmas crafts.

And don’t forget to use the Norad Santa Tracker for tracking Santa Claus!