How to Make Flowers

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Everyone loves decorating with flowers, but even with careful upkeep, your beautiful blooms will eventually droop. The solution? Creating your own floral substitutes! With a bit of colorful construction paper or tissue paper, your pretty, self-crafted bouquets will brighten up any room.

Making Paper Roses

  1. Cut out paper circles of different sizes. Use a few different cups, a stencil, or a compass to trace circles of varying sizes onto a few sheets of colored printer paper. To save time, fold the paper in half or stack 2 sheets on top of each other. Trace the circles on the top paper and cut through both sheets to create 2 circles at once. Use the same shade of paper on for each circle size to make sure your rose looks pretty and cohesive by the end.
  2. Make a cut into 6 of the largest circles and curl them at the edge. Make a 1 in (2.5 cm) cut into 6 of your 3.5 in (8.9 cm) circles. To save time, you can stack them all on top of each other and cut at the same time. Then, curl each of the circles by quickly running the flat end of your scissor blade over the side opposite to the cut.
    • You want the circle to curl up just slightly, like the edge of a petal.
    • Leave the seventh circle alone for now. It’ll be your base.
  3. Glue each circle at the cut to create a small dimple. Take one circle and place a dot of liquid glue on one side of the cut. Spread it into a thin layer, then glue it to the other side of the cut to create an overlap. This should create a small dip or dimple in the paper, which will help your petal stand up straight.
    • Repeat on the rest of the 6 circles, still leaving the seventh one alone.
    • Don’t fold the paper to glue it. Simply move the side without glue on top of the side with the glue, then press down.
  4. Attach the large “petals” around the outside of the base circle. Now, spread a thin layer of glue along the underside of the petal, right on the overlap. Press it onto your seventh circle, the base of the rose, so that the dimple of the petal is in line with the edge of the base circle.
    • Repeat with the rest of your petals, slipping each one just behind the next with a bit of overlap.
  5. Repeat the cutting, dimpling and gluing process with the 2.5 in (6.4 cm) petals. Gather up your 2.5 in (6.4 cm), stack them, and cut a ⁄2 in (1.3 cm) slit through one side. Curl each circle as before, then glue each on around the cut just like you did with the larger petals.
  6. Glue the 2.5 in (6.4 cm) petals just inside of the larger petals. Spread a thin layer of glue just underneath the overlapping section of one smaller petal. Nestle it into your rose, attaching it just in front of one of the larger petals. Repeat with the rest of your smaller petals, sliding them next to each other with a good amount of overlap.
    • The smaller petals should be very close to the larger ones. You should end up attaching them to the part of the larger petals that’s glued flat against the base.
  7. Repeat with the 1.5 in (3.8 cm) petals. Now, repeat the same process with your second-smallest circles. Make a small cut into each one, curl them slightly on the other side, then overlap the two edges of the cut and glue them. Attach them to the rose to make a smaller ring just in front of the 2.5 in (6.4 cm) petals.
    • You should have a rose with three rings of petals and a hollow center.
  8. Roll each of the 1.25 in (3.2 cm) circles around a toothpick. Take your smallest circles and furl each one tightly around a toothpick, one at a time. Slide them off while retaining this shape, so that you have a pile of 16 small tubes.
  9. Unroll the papers and glue them around each other to create the center of the rose. Take 2 small tubes. Unroll one of them, spread a thin layer of glue on one half of the circle, then wrap it around the other, still-rolled tube so that the glue is on the bottom. Repeat this with each of the rolled papers. As your center gets bigger, glue the papers along the sides so that they overlap just slightly.
    • As you add papers, keep your fingers pinched around the bottom of the cluster to help the glue dry in place.
    • The cluster of papers should start resembling the center of a rose.
  10. Glue it into the center of the rose. Once all your small papers are glued, adjust and gently pull them outwards to make them look more petal-like. Then, dot some glue along the bottom and sides of your petal cluster and press it into the empty center of the rose.
    • You may also want to put some glue on the base of the rose itself to give extra support.
  11. Enjoy your finished product. The paper rose should be complete and ready to display as desired. Try making roses out of fabric or ribbon next!

Crafting Small, Round Flowers from Paper

  1. Fold a small sheet of paper in half width-wise. Start with a rectangular piece of colored paper and fold it in half along the width. Unfold it so that there’s one line down the middle, creating 2 identical squares on the paper.
  2. Fold up from the bottom and do a few accordion folds. Take the bottom edge of the paper and fold it up to meet the central line. Then, fold the edge back down to meet the crease you just created. Flip the paper over and bend the bottom edge back up to meet the central crease, creating an accordion-like fold.
    • At the end of this step, this bottom square should be folded up into a small rectangle just under the central crease.
    • Repeat on the other half of the paper.
  3. Fold the small slip of paper in half width-wise. You should now have a small, thin rectangle of folded paper. Unfold it slightly to verify that it has even, accordion folds. Then, crease it again and flip it so that the folded part is facing up. Fold it in half lengthwise to create a line right down the middle. Staple on top of the crease to hold it together.
  4. Draw diagonal lines across the corners of the paper and cut. Fold the small rectangular stack over the staple. Using a pencil, draw a small diagonal line across one corner. Then, draw a longer diagonal on the corner right next to it. The longer line should start at the shorter line and go down to the middle of the long side of the rectangle. Use a pair of scissors to cut along both of the lines.
    • Cut through the whole stack of papers at once to make them symmetrical.
    • Draw your lines on the corners opposite from the stapled fold.
  5. Spread the petals and attach them together with liquid glue. Unfold the papers around the staple and apply a line of liquid glue along the stapled fold and the shorter side, creating a right angle. Press the paper together, repeat the same gluing shape on the paper on top, then spread out the petals until the two sides touch. Press them together to cement the glue in place.
    • At this point, your paper should start to look like a circular, star-like flower.
  6. Glue 2 of the petals together and cut off the extra paper for a neater look. Spread a bit of glue into the crease of one of the petals and press it together. Move to the left 2 petals and repeat. Then, turn the flower over and snip off these these two extra petals, using a diagonal cut close to the center of the flower.
    • Adjust and spread out the rest of the petals to finish your flower!
  7. Finished!

Making Crepe Paper Flowers

  1. Cut a strip of crepe paper and make accordion folds. Take out a stack of crepe paper, or tissue paper, and cut it to about 5 inches (13 cm) long. Unwrap it and make 5 accordion folds of about 6 inches (15 cm) each. Cut off any extra paper and discard it, or save it for another project.
  2. Cut at the folds, then stack the paper and make smaller accordion folds. Hold the crepe paper up and carefully cut through the folded edges on either side to make a stack of loose paper. Starting at the bottom of the stack, fold it in an accordion shape, making each fold about 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) wide.
    • Fold all the way to the top edge. When you’re done, you should have a thick stack of skinny, rectangular folds.
  3. Fold the stack in half and bend a pipe cleaner around the center. Find the halfway of your stack by folding it in half width-wise. Place a pipe cleaner across this central fold. Then, bend it around the center, crossing under the stack to the other side. Twist it around the remaining pipe cleaner to hold it in place.
  4. Spread open the folded paper and ruffle it into a flower shape. Open up the folded paper on either side of the pipe cleaner center to make a bow shape. Gently peel the layers of paper away from each other, adjusting and crimping them slightly to create full, dimensional petals.
    • You can enjoy your crepe paper flower as is, or make 1-2 more, using different colors. Wind their stems together for a big, bright bouquet.
  5. Finished!

Tips

  • Making flowers is an interesting and versatile hobby. Fake flowers are great to put up around the house for a bit of bright decoration that won’t fade, unlike regular flowers. They’re also great to use as centerpieces for weddings or other events.

Things You’ll Need

Paper Roses

  • Several sheets of colored paper
  • Scissors
  • Different-sized cups, stencils, or a compass
  • Pencil
  • Liquid glue
  • Toothpick

Small, Circular Paper Flowers

  • Small sheet of colored, rectangular paper
  • Stapler
  • Pencil
  • Liquid glue
  • Scissors

Crepe Paper Flowers

  • Stack of crepe paper
  • Scissors
  • Pipe cleaner
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