Coffee Filter Dancers

Materials Needed:

-Coffee Filters

-Washable Markers

-Pipe Cleaner

-Scissors

-Rubber Band (or tape)

Instructions:

-Lay two coffee filters down flat

-Color the top filter however you want with the markers

-Carefully sprinkle some water around the filters and watch the colors spread

-Let the filters dry

-Take a pipe cleaner and make a loop for the head of your dancerv

-Take a second pipe cleaner and wrap it around the "head" to tie off the first pipe cleaner and to make the arms

-Once you have arms, you can wrap the excess around the body and spread the first pipe cleaner to make the legs

-Take one of your coffee filters and fold it in half

-Then fold it in half again, and again until it's in 1/8ths

-Cut a small hole at the point of the coffee filter so you can put the "arms" through it

-Bunch the filter into the type of dress you desire then either use a rubber band or tape to keep it's shape

-Take another decorated coffee filter and add it below the first to create a fuller dress