Craft Creeping Phlox in A Pot For A Doll Garden

Potted tissue phlox craft.

        Phlox are in the family, Polemoniaceae. Most of these grow in North America in a wide variety of habitats; you can find them in the woods or on the prairies or in gardens of flower lovers everywhere. I love phlox so much because of their lovely purple to blue colors and delicate petals. 

       This dolly version of potted phlox is made using lavender tissue papers. I purchased the pot to plant the faux flowers in from a second-hand shop. The terracotta clay pot is ordinary enough but the decorative wire basket surrounding it is exceptionally attractive. 

       The supplies you will need to collect for this garden pot craft include: masking tape, a recycled lid, newsprint, white school glue, a Styrofoam ball that fills the entire opening at the top of your acquired pot, green acrylic paint and some lovely colorful tissue paper in purple, pink, white or blue; it's your choice!

Step-by-Step Instructions:

• Crumple several pieces of newsprint to fill the void in the bottom of your chosen pot. Push the newsprint down on top of a bit of wadded masking tape. The amount you will need depends upon the size of your pot compared to the size of Styrofoam ball you will be using. 
• Wad up additional masking tape to sandwich between the ball and the newsprint beneath it. You will need a nice snug fit of all items crushed inside of the pot.
• Paint a ring of green around the outer edges of the Styrofoam ball only. Let this dry completely. Only a very small amount will 'peek through' once the phlox have been crafted.
• Next fill a small lid or dish of white school glue and set it off to the side of your project so that you will have it handy during the tissue flower process.
• Cut many many circles from the tissue paper. Stack it to cut and get this step done quicker. The circles do not need to be perfect and the edges may be left ragged. 
• Take the eraser end of a pencil and place it in the center of the tissue circle.
• Crush up the sides of the circle around the pencil, while dipping the end in a bit of white school glue in the side lid.
• With glue side facing down, press the tissue into the Styrofoam ball. Fill in the top of this foam ball surface with the tissues until the phlox are formed. Let dry and display in your doll's house or garden setting.

More Tissue Paper Crafts:

• Embellishing a headboard and footboard for Barbie using tissue paper
• Make pretend hot cocoa using tissues!
• Decoupage a mountain for a dinosaur using tissue paper