Museum Maker: Make a champion’s rosette

What do you need?

• 2 contrasting sheets of paper (coloured craft paper, wrapping paper, printer paper with patterns you add yourself) 
• Pencil, ruler and age-appropriate scissors 
• Glue 
• Pegs or paper clips 
• 2 circular things to draw around (slightly different sizes) – a drinking glass maybe 
• A colour printer if you want to use one of our pre-designed rosette centres  

Example of an easy rosette.

1. Cut out your smaller circle, either from the printable designs (there are lots of text options or plain colours to choose from) or by drawing around something and adding your own award name. 
2. Using contrasting paper, make another circle slightly bigger than the first one.  
3. Use a ruler and pencil to create 10 rectangles: 
   • Make a mark 2cm in from the edge of your paper  
   • Make another 2cm mark further down the paper 
   • Line up your ruler with the pencil marks and draw a straight line 
   • Divide your 2cm strip into 7cm sections 
   • Using this method, create 10 of these 2cm x 7cm rectangles 
   • Set 2 strips aside for later and use the other 8 in step 4 
4. Add glue to the end of a strip. Bend the 2 ends of the strip around your fingertip, so they meet and stick together. Keep going until you have glued all 8 strips. 
5. Measure and cut out 2 more strips of a different colour. This time they need to be 1.5cm x 7cm. Glue the narrow strips onto the centre of the remaining wider strips. Cut 2 small triangles into the end of the strips to make your ribbon pieces. 
6. Glue the 8 loops around the edge of your larger circle – position them opposite each other like the points of a compass, then add one in each of the gaps. Check that your centre circle will cover up all the ends before you stick them down. 
7. Glue your small circle into the centre of your large circle. 
8. Finally, take the 2 ribbon pieces and glue the straight ends together at a slight angle to form a V-shape. Then glue the front of the ribbon piece to the back of the rosette, positioned at the bottom of your central design. 

Example of 3D intermediate rosette.

Example of 2D intermediate rosette.

1. Again, make the rosette circles using steps 1 & 2 from Option 1. 
2. This rosette uses strips of paper again. This time you’ll need 12 strips, each 2cm x 7cm (see option 1, step 3), 10 for the rosette and 2 for the ribbons. Make your ribbons as described in option 1. 
3. Using the remaining strips, curl the ends of each strip around so they overlap, then add glue to hold. If your glue doesn’t hold it straight away, you may need to use a peg or a paper clip to hold it together while it dries.   
4. Once the glue has dried, remove the pegs and glue the curls of paper to the back of your large circle, all around the edge. You may need to add more curls if your circle is bigger. Add the centre and ribbons as in option 1 to complete your rosette. 

Once you’ve made your rosette, you just have to decide who is worthy of your special award!