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TexasGal from Dallas, Texas (Contact Member) -

Blue and white acrylic paint.

Pipe cleaners (preferably green).

Scissors.

Ice pick (USE WITH ADULT HELP).

Silk greenery (for leaves).

Paper plate (for paint pallet).

Plastic beverage holders from colas or juice.

Sponge (for painting the plastic beverage holders).

1. Sponge paint the plastic

Dip the sponge in the paint and dab the paint on the plastic ring.

Paint some sets blue and some sets white.

Bluebonnets are blue on the bottom and white on the top.

Be sure you have a paper blotter under the plastic when you paint them.

It takes at least 3 sets of 3 rings to make a nice full bluebonnet.

2. Attach the green leaves to the pipe cleaner

3. WITH THE HELP OF AN ADULT: Use an ice pick to punch holes in the plastic

4. Run the pipe cleaner through the holes punched in the plastic.

5. Keep adding strips of plastic until you have added at least 3 strips.

(String the blue strips first, then top it off strings by a set of white.)

Now you are ready to put the bluebonnet in a vase.

• Texas Bluebonnets

Comment #1 Mila from The North Pole (Contact Member) -

Those sound very neat. I love bluebonnets. They are a great flower that I personally don't see very often. They are the flower of Texas right?

Comment #2 TexasGal from Dallas, Texas (Contact Member) -

Yes the bluebonnet is the Texas state flower. And it is so pretty. I found a very interesting history about it and just had to share.

• http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/flowers/bluebonnet/bluebonnetstory.html

Comment #3 Ted (63.176.159.134) -

This link has information regarding to the Texas Bluebonnet Festival.

• Texas Bluebonnet Festival

Comment #4 Shauna (63.176.159.83) -

I think that the bluebonnet festival is awesome. It's so fun I love going there.

Comment #5 Rica (63.176.159.210) -

The bluebonnet, a name common to several North American species of Lupinus, is the state flower of Texas. They typically grow about 0.3 m (1 ft) tall. The name may come from the shape of the petals of the flower and their resemblance to the bonnets worn by pioneer women to shield themselves from the sun. It may instead be derived from the Scottish term Bluebonnet, for the traditional blue coloured version of the Tam o'shanter hat.

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebonnet

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