Materials needed
* yellow paper * green paper * yellow tissue paper * bendy straws * green florist's tape * scissors * glue
Step 1
Take two bendy straws and cut the bendy end off one. Insert this straw into the base of the other and bend the top of the straw over. Cover this long stem with green florist's tape - this inexpensive and useful material is available from most florist shops. Alternatively you can use green tissue paper strips dotted with glue and wrapped around the straw. Let this dry.
Step 2
Cut a circle of yellow paper, drawing around an upturned mug or saucer. Snip a line into the middle of the circle, creating a couple of flaps. Pass one flap over the other so as to make a cone. Glue this into place. Cut slits around the rim of the cone towards its point, about 1cm apart and 1cm deep. Fold these back and you now have the centre of your daffodil.
Step 3
Cut off the point of your cone, leaving a hole just big enough to pass the bendy straw through. Make it a snug fit. Yellow tissue paper can be scrunched up into the cone to cover the straw.
Step 4
Take a sheet of yellow tissue paper and fold it enough times to be able to cut out six petals at once, using your cone as a guide for size. Glue in place around the cone just in front of the bend.
Step 5
Finally, cut long thin leaf shapes out of your green paper, about four leaves per daffodil. Glue the bottom couple of inches of the leaf on to the stem of the flower, leaving long leaves that can be curled over.
It might be nice to make a few daffodils - perhaps writing the names of the children or family members on them - and display them standing in some florist's foam, another inexpensive resource from any florist shop.
Johanna Burkett is a nanny in north London
