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Tissue paper, a pair of scissors and a few simple folds create these delicate florals. Invite springtime into your home with one of the crafts ahead. After all, paper flowers are always in season.

Paper Flowers

Materials

  • Green tissue paper, or preferred color
  • Floral wire
  • White tissue paper, or preferred color
  • Colored tissue paper, if desired

Tools

  • Floral tape
  • Scissors
  • Transparent tape

Instructions

Use the basic directions in the gallery below to make paper flowers for any of our crafts. Adapt these instructions as desired to adjust to the size and colors of your flowers.

Paper Flower Instructions

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Step 1

Gather the necessary supplies. For a basic white flower, you need only green and white tissue paper. In corporate additional colors, if desired.

Materials

  • Green tissue paper, or preferred color
  • Floral wire
  • White tissue paper, or preferred color
  • Color tissue paper, if desired

Tools

  • Floral tape
  • Scissors
  • Transparent tape
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Cut small pieces of green tissue paper (or desired flower center color). Roll the pieces into tight round balls with your fingers. Create one for each flower.

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Poke floral wire into the rolled center from Step 2 to create the stem. Cut a 1x2-inch rectangle of green tissue paper and cover the rolled end of the stem and twist securely.

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Start at the base of the rolled stem end and wrap four laters of floral tape along the top 2 inches of the stem, covering the tissue paper ends from Step 3.

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Cut white tissue paper (or desired color) into 2-inch circles for petals. To create a basic flower, cut five circles. Increase or decrease petal size and quantity as desired.

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Pinch one petal at the edge of the circle, making small pleats in the petal. Repeat for remaining petals.

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Align pinched portion of a petal on stem below flower center. Use floral tape to secure petal to stem, wrapping tightly. Repeat with remaining petals, evenly spacing them around flower center.

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When flower is complete, add transparent tape to underside of petals for extra support, if needed.

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To add a leaf, cut an oblong shape from green tissue paper. Fold leaf in half. Unfold and attach to the stem with floral tape. 

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Embellish flowers as desired. Use decorative-edge scissors to cut petal edges or use two petal colors for each flower.

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A Whimsical Wall

Giant paper flowers bring bursts of color to any wall, creating the perfect backdrop for a buffet or dessert table. Layers of pleated petals echo the organic shape of natural flowers. Create a variety of sizes to use throughout the room. 

Materials

  • 12 Paper Flowers in a variety of sizes and colors, see Instructions, above
  • Wall-safe transparent tape

Instructions

Lay paper flowers on the floor to determine flower placement. When final design is determined, apply each flower to wall securely with tape. Adjust flower positions as needed.

Party Hats

Party hats made of card stock get a floral update with oversized paper flowers. Keep them monochromatic for a more sophisticated look—simple purchase tissue paper that matches the color scheme of your event.

Materials

  • Party Hat template (download here)
  • Colored cardstock
  • Glue stick
  • Transparent tape
  • Paper Flowers in a variety of sizes and colors, see Instructions, above
  • Elastic cord, if desired

Tools

  • Scissors
  • Wire cutters, if desired

Instructions

Print Party Hat template onto colored cardstock. Cut out along solid lines. Cut slit in hat. Insert tab in slit. Secure with glue, if desired. 

Apply paper flowers to hat with tape. Trim stems, if needed. If desired, poke a small hole on either side of the hat base. Run a piece of elastic cording through both holes and secure.

Mini Vases

Eggshells make perfect vases for tiny paper buds. Group a few arrangements together as a centerpiece or personalize eggs holders and use each as a place card at an Easter brunch.

Materials

  • Empty eggshell
  • Egg cup
  • Small Paper Flowers see Instructions, above

Tools

  • Glue sticks and hot-glue gun, if desired

Instructions

Preheat oven to 250ºF. Place clean eggshell on a baking or jelly-roll sheet and bake for 15 minutes to sterilize and dry out. 

Set eggshell in egg cup. Place paper flowers in eggshell. Secure stems with hot glue, if desired.

Floral Bands

Say goodbye to bad hair days. To make inexpensive and easy hair accessories, attach paper flowers to readymade headbands. Little girls will love to wear these so they make the perfect party favor. 

Materials

  • Fabric-wrapped headband, Amazon.com
  • Paper Flower, see Instructions, above

Tools

  • Glue sticks and hot-glue gun
  • Scissors

Instructions

Apply hot glue to the headband in desired location. Secure paper flower to the hot glue and gently press. Wrap the flower stem around the headband two times. Hot-glue wire stem to headband. Trim excess stem with scissors.


Package Toppers

Wrap up a gift for mom this Mother's Day and surprise her with paper flowers instead of a typical bow.

Materials

  • Gift box, Michaels
  • Wide ribbon, Midori
  • Paper Flowers, see Instructions, above

Tools

  • Transparent tape

Instructions

Fill gift box; place box upside down and centered onto ribbon.  Bring ribbon ends toward the box base. At box center, twist ribbon and change direction. Keeping the twist in place, turn box over and bring ribbon ends to the top of the package. Tie into a knot. 

Use transparent tape to secure paper flowers on top of knot.

Written by | Photographed by Tobin Bennett
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