Crepe Paper Poppies

I made these little poppies recently using some scraps of stuff around my house.  These are going to be some toppers for a favor I'm giving out at an upcoming party.  

I cut some floral wire into fourths and found some plastic (from my recycling bin...a piece of a bag. I squished it into a ball.  

 I placed the plastic ball onto the top of the wire and covered it with a little square of black tissue paper.

 I wrapped the bottom in a little piece of floral tape.

I made fringe out of a piece of 2x8 inch tissue paper.  

 I wrapped this around the middle ball.

 ...and added some more floral tape.

I cut out a petal shape from some old streamers (about a 2 1/2 inch piece).  I cut 5 or 6 of these per flower.

I pinched the end and pulled it back over my thumb to make it curl out a little.  

 I started wrapping my petals around my middle...keeping it just a tad taller than the middle.

 I just kept building it until it looked about right.

 I added more floral wire and curled the end.  Coming soon to a party favor near me.