Fold the sheets in half and tie the wire around the crease in the middle.
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Tanabata Kazari How-to: Making the Flowers Step 5

One of the steps to create a mini Tanabata fukinagashi decoration made with tissue paper flowers, foil streamers, and other materials for assemblage.

Directions for this step:

Fold the sheets in half and tie the wire around the crease in the middle.

See "How to Make Your Own Tanabata Decoration" album collection for the entire set of directions.

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This is one of the steps for a craft activity created by Discover Nikkei staff at the Japanese American National Museum for a Tanabata Workshop as part of the Museum's 10th Anniversary of the Pavilion Open House event on June 20, 2009. The how-to instructions for these mini-fukinagashi are courtesy of Vicky Murakami-Tsuda.