Flowers from Dollar Tree chip plates

Finished Flowers made from a chip dish and pool noodles

I purchased the chip dish and the pool noodles from Dollar Tree. For our VBS theme song we use black light. Our props have to be made from something that will glow under the black light. I took yellow, orange and pink florescent spray paint and painted the bottom of the chip dish. These flowers look really pretty under the black light and are very easy to make.

Supplies pictured, chip dish, pool noodle, 7/8 dowel, 6 inch 2/4 , one large sheet of green fun foam, and clear packing tape. ( I forgot to put the fun foam and the packing tape in the picture.)

To make one flower you will need on pool noodle cut to the desired length, one 7/8 dowel, a piece of 2 x 4, (about 6 inches long with a hole drilled in the middle of the wood, but not all the way through), and a chip dish. After painting the front and letting it dry, I took my 2x4 and using hot glue, glued the dowel to the 2 X 4. Next I took  the pool noodle and cut about 3 inches at and angle so that when I tape the  pool noodle  to the flower it will be tilted out. Using strong clear packing tape, tape the pool noodle to the center underside of the chip dish. The last step is to cut out grass from a large piece of green fun foam and leaves. Cut into the side of the pool noodle at the point you want your leaves, Insert the leaf, and carefully glue the leaf to the noodle. If you use too much it will melt the pool noodle. Then glue the grass to the front of the 2X 4. After the paint dries it only talks 30 minutes or less to assemble the flower and the cost is under $3.00 dollars. Now that is the kind of VBS decorations I like.