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    Coffee Filter Crafts: DIY Spring Cabbages

    Crafting, Easter Crafts, Holiday & Seasonal Crafts, Spring Crafts

    If you're a fan of coffee filter crafts, you'll love making these colorful spring cabbages for your spring and Easter decorating vignettes. Keep reading for step-by-step instructions and a video tutorial that will teach you how to make these realistic-looking cabbages. #springcrafts #coffeefiltercrafts #eastercrafts #springdecorating #cabbage

    If you’re a fan of coffee filter crafts, you’ll love making these colorful spring cabbages for your spring and Easter decorating vignettes. Keep reading for step-by-step instructions and a video tutorial that will teach you how to make these realistic-looking cabbages.

    Do you love coffee filter crafts? Well, this one is certainly unique.

    Coffee Filter Crafts: Learn How to Make these realistic cabbages out of coffee filters

    My friend Suzy and I have been talking about sharing these realistic coffee filter cabbages with you for more than a year!

    Coffee Filter Crafts: Learn How to Make these realistic cabbages out of coffee filters

    You read that right. A year!

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    We’ll we’ve finally gotten our stuff together and our schedules aligned.

    Coffee Filter Crafts: Learn How to Make these realistic cabbages out of coffee filters

    Today we’re both sharing a video tutorial for how to make these cabbages and how we’re using them in our spring and Easter decorating.

    Coffee Filter Crafts: Learn How to Make these realistic cabbages out of coffee filters

    We learned how to make them last year at a display workshop at our local Anthropologie store.

    Coffee Filter Crafts: Learn How to Make these realistic cabbages out of coffee filters

    The store later used our coffee filter cabbages as part of their Earth Day window display.

    [clickToTweet tweet=”You’ve never seen a coffee filter craft like this! Learn how turn plain white coffee filters into colorful & realistic spring cabbages. #coffeefiltercrafts #eastercrafts #springcrafts #papercrafts” quote=”You’ve never seen a coffee filter craft like this! Learn how turn plain white coffee filters into colorful & realistic spring cabbages. “]

    The coffee filter cabbages are easy to make, but there are several steps involved. And it’s a bit of a process…

    So Suzy, who blogs over at Worthing Court, and I made a video tutorial to walk you through the entire process, from dying the coffee filters to assembling the cabbages.

    Coffee Filter Cabbages from Amy Buchanan on Vimeo.

    I think we need our own TV show! How about you?

    Admittedly, the video is kinda long. But if you’re planning on making these cabbages, you’ll find it useful to follow along.

    Coffee Filter Crafts: Learn How to Make these realistic cabbages out of coffee filters

    You’ll start out by dying coffee filters green and pink. You can use food coloring, Easter egg dye or Rit dye. Suzy gives you the scoop on the best method for dying and drying the coffee filters.

    Coffee Filter Crafts: Learn How to Make these realistic cabbages out of coffee filters

    Once the filters are dry, you’ll want to trace and cut out your cabbage leaves. You’ll need small, medium and large green leaves and small and medium pink leaves. Lots of each. That’s as specific as I can be because I didn’t bother counting. 🙂

    Coffee Filter Crafts: Learn How to Make these realistic cabbages out of coffee filters

    You can download a printable pattern in PDF format here.

    Coffee Filter Crafts: Learn How to Make these realistic cabbages out of coffee filters

    Then it’s time to start assembling your cabbage by hot gluing leaves to a ball of newspaper wrapped in masking tape. We started with pink leaves, then added green as we worked our way out.

    If you want to see just that part of the tutorial, here it is:

    The thing that makes these cabbages look so realistic is that you dip some of the coffee filter leaves in wax. (Be sure to get unscented candle wax; it works better than scented paraffin we used in the video.)

    Coffee Filter Crafts: Learn How to Make these realistic cabbages out of coffee filters

    Here’s one of our classmates making her cabbage. You’ll see she used darker green coffee filters on the outside.

    Coffee Filter Crafts: Learn How to Make these realistic cabbages out of coffee filters

    Some people used fewer waxed leaves, but I wanted a lot for my cabbage. It’s just personal preference.

    Coffee Filter Crafts: Learn How to Make these realistic cabbages out of coffee filters

    I’ve made enough of these to realize that no two cabbages are alike, and each is a work of art. Just like the real thing.

    I’m using my coffee filter cabbages as the centerpiece for an Easter table setting.

    Today we're both sharing a video tutorial for how to make these cabbages and how we're using them in our spring and Easter decorating.

    I nestled my cabbages and some carrots in an olive bucket from Walmart.

    Coffee Filter Crafts: Learn How to Make these realistic cabbages out of coffee filters

    This display was super easy to throw together using some burlap yardage, Easter decorations I already had, my decoupaged storybook Easter eggs, mix-and-match dishes, silverware and colorful mason jars.

    [clickToTweet tweet=”Tuck handmade coffee filter spring cabbages into an Easter basket or olive bucket to create a pretty spring vignette. #coffeefiltercrafts #springdecorating #EasterCrafts” quote=”Tuck handmade coffee filter spring cabbages into an Easter basket or olive bucket to create a pretty spring vignette.”]

    Coffee Filter Crafts: Learn How to Make these realistic cabbages out of coffee filters

    I am so pleased with how my cabbages turned out. So realistic.

    Coffee Filter Crafts: Learn How to Make these realistic cabbages out of coffee filters

    Wait until you see the adorable way Suzy is displaying her coffee filter cabbages.

    If you're a fan of coffee filter crafts, you'll love making these colorful spring cabbages for your spring and Easter decorating vignettes. Keep reading for step-by-step instructions and a video tutorial that will teach you how to make these realistic-looking cabbages. #springcrafts #coffeefiltercrafts #eastercrafts #springdecorating #cabbage

    Don’t forget to pin so you can make your own.

    Check out these other Spring crafts:

    Learn how to make tissue paper flowers with this easy step-by-step tutorial, featuring instructions for making three different types of blooms.. #FeelGlade #CG

    Tissue Paper Flowers

    What a beautiful grapevine wreath. The purple, yellow and white flowers are perfect for spring!

    Spring Flowers Wreath

    Your entryway or foyer is the first impression guests will have of your home. It's a great way to let your decorating personality shine. I'm in love with this show stopping pink and aqua rug, the painted buffet, the vintage pottery and everything about this foyer. What does your foyer decor say about your style? #sponsored

    Spring Entryway

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    1. Doreen

      April 17, 2014 at 11:14 pm

      Seriously, the best coffee filter craft I’ve ever seen! Can’t wait to make my own!! Thanks Amy and Suzy!

      Reply
    2. Cynthia

      April 17, 2014 at 5:16 pm

      Wow ladies these are amazing!!!!! I can’t believe how fantastic these turned, you superstars!!!! Happy Easter!

      Cynthia

      Reply
    3. Nancy Carroll

      April 17, 2014 at 10:12 am

      These are just precious!!! If you ever hold another class, I’m in !!!

      Reply
    4. Marty Walden

      April 17, 2014 at 8:37 am

      That is amazing! I’ll watch the video later when I can. I know y’all had fun!

      Reply
    5. kirby carespodi

      April 17, 2014 at 6:34 am

      Ladies! Normally I don’t “do” fake, but I LOVE these! I am going to make these soon and link y’all!

      Reply
    6. Suzy @ Worthing Court

      April 16, 2014 at 12:49 pm

      I had so, so much fun making these and putting the video together with you! I adore the centerpiece that you used them in. Too cute!

      Reply

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