Chihuly-Inspired Coffee Filter "Flowers"

Ok, ok, I know this project may be over-done at this point, but I love how the flowers look all together and I have the most success with projects that have a transformation aspect to them. My kids really enjoy seeing something change before their eyes, in this case it was spraying the coffee filters with starch after coloring and watching the vibrant colors bleed together. Once dry I will put them all together into a long Chihuly-inspired flower display. The students were also mesmerized by the glass blowing process when I showed them a youtube video to get the idea of how the actual glass flowers were created. I loved this project because the coloring on the filters can literally just be scribbles of color and once the starch bleeds the color it creates an amazing effect!