Paper flowers are an infinite source of surprises ! After all, all it takes is a little manual skill and experience to create practically inexhaustible creations, to be customized based on your preferences and what you want to achieve.
In short, even before understanding how to make paper flowers, we cannot fail to underline how paper flowers are a truly inexhaustible resource for those who – through them – wish to decorate gift packages, walls, laid tables and much more, characterising a special moment in a unique and personalised way .
If you like the idea of making paper flowers but don’t know where to start, our suggestion is to take a look at the short instructions that we have chosen to share with you below.
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1 What paper to use?
2 Instructions for Making Paper Flowers
In fact, we have tried to provide some basic information that will allow you to approach this topic with even greater awareness, allowing you to spend some time – alone or with your loved ones – to be able to creatively create something magical, starting from scratch.
Remember that this is a substantially safe activity and without any particular risks. For this very reason, you could take your children with you when making paper flowers!
What paper to use?
Let’s start with the paper you could use to make paper flowers .
Considering that you have so many alternatives available, we cannot fail to underline how everything depends on the final effect you want to achieve.
For example, many people prefer to create their own personalized paper flowers using crepe paper. Crepe paper is not only easy to obtain and work with, but it will allow you to create a large number of flowers, colorful and with a very jagged and original appearance.
Another alternative is origami paper , which we also talked about not too long ago. Origami paper is perfect for all the jobs that can be done with paper, given that it can be folded and worked with extreme ease and resistance.
If you don’t have a specific origami paper, but you want to “work” on the same surface, we remind you that origami paper is traditionally square. Therefore, you will simply need to cut the excess paper rectangle from an A4 sheet, which will stick out from one of the sides.
Another solution is therefore tissue paper. This is a favorite choice for many people precisely because of its particular consistency. Considering that it is a really thin paper, you can also choose to use multiple sheets of tissue paper , with different colors, to achieve the most desired result. All you have to do is fold the sheets together and then put a point in the center with the stapler. At that point you can open the various layers, unfolding the flower petals.
Keep in mind that there is no limit to your creativity. Why not try making paper flowers with newspaper and magazine sheets, using their imagination?
Instructions for making paper flowers
Now that you have recovered the paper that you think might be right for you, let’s try to understand how you can make your first paper flower.
Let’s start with a very simple model . You just need to create the larger petals with a sheet of orange paper, and the smaller petals, which will be inside, with a sheet of yellow paper. Intuitively, the part that will become the protagonist of the internal petals will have to be cut out with smaller dimensions than the larger one. In the center you can also create a pistil, perhaps using dark colored jagged paper.
But how do you make the petals? It’s very simple. Take a square sheet of paper, like those that can be used for origami art, and fold it in half. Then, open the sheet and fold the left corner inwards. Once you’ve done this, fold the right one too, overlapping it, thus obtaining a result that should be very similar to a heart with the tip pointing upwards, angular. Now, fold the figure in two along the central line and cut the most pointed part with a semicircle.
Once you have done this, and unfold the paper, you should get a circle with little waves that will give the impression of real petals.
Do the same thing with another sheet of paper, but cut it more neatly, to obtain a smaller circle. In the center roll up a small piece of paper to obtain the pistil, and then close it all with a stitch made with the stapler, or with a paper clip.
It is clear that the above indications are only small ideas that will allow you to approach this theme, but they do not claim to be exhaustive. There is therefore nothing better than arming yourself with paper and scissors, and immediately trying to make your first paper flowers by yourself!
