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Silk Flower Pen
by ckaraffa on January 31, 2010
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Intro: Silk Flower Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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step 1: Supplies Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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step 2: Fill Flower Pot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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step 3: Remove End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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step 4: Cut Silk Flower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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step 5: Attach the "Root" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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step 6: Arrange Moss on Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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step 7: Fasten Flower to the Stem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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step 8: Add Leaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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step 9: Wrap the Stem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
step 10: Decorate Clay Pot (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
step 11: Replace the Ink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
step 12: Done! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Intro: Silk Flower Pen
Send your loved one a flower that lasts, and costs a fraction of the price of real flowers. Learn how to make a potted silk flower pen. They make great gifts for your loved
one for Valentine's Day, or Mother's Day. One Christmas my daughters and I mass produced these potted silk flower pens for all of our relatives and friends. They can
be made for any occasion.
No more searching the house for a pen! It's also very noticeable if someone were to "borrow" your pen off your desk.
step 1: Supplies Needed
1. Silk Flower - ($1.50 & up)
2. Floral Tape - ($1.17/roll)
3. Clay Pot - (4" for $.99/ea & 3" for $.89/ea)
4. Styrofoam - ($1.00 & up)
5. Spanish Moss - ($2.27/bag)
6. Bic Pens - ($1.44/pack of 10)
7. Wire Cutters
8. Pliers
9. Sharp Knife
10. Glue Gun with Glue Sticks
**Items may be purchased at Walmart or craft stores like Michael's .**
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step 2: Fill Flower Pot
Trim styrofoam to fit inside the clay pot. May need to cut more than one piece of foam. Push the styrofoam into the clay pot leaving about 1/2 " below the rim.
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step 3: Remove End
Remove plastic end piece of pen with pliers and discard. May need to wiggle this around a bit to loosen.
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step 4: Cut Silk Flower
Cut the stem of the silk flower with wire cutters leaving a few inches of the stem with the flower. Remember you can always cut more later. Leaves attached to the upper
stem may be left on, if they aren't in the way of holding the pen.
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step 5: Attach the "Root"
Turn on the glue gun to heat up. Push pen cap into the center of styrofoam. Pull out pen cap. Squeeze a little hot glue into the hole left in styrofoam and place the pen
cap back into the hole.
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step 6: Arrange Moss on Top
Pull some Spanish Moss from package and arrange evenly around the top of the foam. Make sure you leave the opening of the pen cap free of moss. Remove the
moss, add some hot glue to top of foam, and replace the moss. Be careful not to burn your fingers on the hot glue when you press down on the moss.
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step 7: Fasten Flower to the Stem
Push the stem of flower into the end of pen. Do not push it into the ink straw. Add a little hot glue to keep the flower attached to the pen.
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step 8: Add Leaves
Leaves can be hot glued around the cap in the soil for added decoration.
**Turn off the glue gun**
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step 9: Wrap the Stem
Use floral tape to diagonally wrap the stem starting at the base of the plastic casing. Avoid the pen tip. Pull the tape tight as you wrap. At the top of the stem wrap a few
times around the bottom of the silk flower.
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step 10: Decorate Clay Pot (Optional)
Some suggestions:
1. Decorate clay pot with paint.
2. Write "Happy Valentine's Day" around the pot.
3. Add ribbon or other decorations.
4. Sign and date the bottom of the flower pot for personalization.
step 11: Replace the Ink
Note: When there is no longer ink in your silk flower pen, simply take a pair of pliers remove the old ink straw and replace it with new ink from another pen of the same
brand.
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step 12: Done!
When complete, place the pen into the cap on the top of the clay pot.
Happy Valentine's Day!
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dunnos says:
Feb 9, 2010. 10:43 AM REPLY
I like the idea! good instructable!
ckaraffa says:
Thanks! It was a lot of fun to do. I'm in a grad class competing for views.
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Feb 12, 2010. 3:27 PM REPLY