Do you need to complement the interior of your home or please your loved ones? Paper flowers can do this perfectly; they can decorate your hearth for a long time and will never fade.
This decorative element can decorate both a banquet table and a living room; it will also be a pleasant addition to a gift.
Let's look at popular examples of making paper flowers and look at photos of paper flowers.
Coffee filter flowers
To do this you will need:
- Colored aluminum wire.
- Paints.
- New coffee filters.
- Pliers.
If you don't have coffee filters on hand, corrugated paper in the shape of a circle will come to your aid.
- To create one copy, you need to take approximately 5-10 filter sheets, depending on how voluminous the paper flower you want to make.
- Collect all the leaves and fold them in half several times.
- The edges of the filter can be trimmed wavy - this will add similarity to real colors.
- Then, we divide the filters into two halves, shortening those that will be on the top by 2-3 cm, so the bud will be more realistic.
- Place all the cut out sheets of paper on the table so that the smaller ones are on top. We pierce the centers of all filters with wire. We stretch it halfway, bend it and pierce the filters again at a distance of 5 mm.
- We secure the wire by twisting it.
- Each “petal” is twisted and compressed. We perform these maneuvers with each sheet.
- To prevent the bud from falling apart, we wrap the base with the remaining wire.
- We hide the wire behind adhesive green tape.
Painting the filters is not difficult, as they are perfectly saturated with paint. To color flowers, simply pour any food coloring into water and dip the bud in it. Your product is ready.
Paper rose
Would need:
- Bamboo sticks.
- A thread.
- Corrugated paper (red, pink or yellow).
- Adhesive green tape.
The difficulty of this design is to beautifully and neatly wrap the edges of the corrugated paper, while straightening the folds, making them even.
We twist the strip so that the tiers are tightly against each other. Then we string the bud onto a bamboo stick and secure it with thread, wrapping it around it.
If desired, wrap the bamboo stick with adhesive tape. We make several paper roses to assemble a lush bouquet.
Asters from old magazines
To do this you need:
- Bamboo sticks for decorative items (can be green).
- Glue stick.
- Unnecessary magazines.
- Small scissors.
- Green adhesive tape.
Cut out the brightest and most colorful pages from the magazine. Then we bend them in half, and the halves towards the center. We begin cutting the fringe where the folds begin, leaving 10 mm to the base.
Then we wrap the resulting colored strip around a bamboo stick and secure the base with adhesive tape. We make the bud voluminous by spreading the fringe. Wrap the stick completely with adhesive tape. We repeat the manipulations with each flower.
Corrugated hyacinths
To make this type of flower from corrugated paper, you will need:
- Bamboo sticks or skewers.
- Glue stick, hot glue.
- Corrugated paper.
- Food toothpicks.
- Scissors.
We cut several colored strips of paper. We make a border on each strip.
We twist the resulting border onto a toothpick and make a kind of serpentine.
We make buds and wrap them on sticks and secure them with glue. We wrap the “stem” with green adhesive tape, if possible, cut out the leaves and attach them.
Note!
Calla with your own hands
You will need:
- Double-sided colored paper.
- Stamen (made from polymer clay).
- Wire.
- Hot glue.
Cut out a heart from paper and put a homemade stamen in it. Glue the edges of the heart over the stamen.
We wrap the edges to make the calla lily more realistic.
Flowers of this style are suitable for decorating a gift or postcard, and a bouquet of such flowers will delight every girl with its beauty.
Paper peonies
For a lush peony you will need:
- Corrugated paper of different colors.
- Scissors.
- Sticks.
- Paper clips.
Stages of work:
Note!
- Cut pieces of paper of different colors. We make an “accordion” out of them. We do this with each color.
- We make sure that each previous strip is 5-6mm shorter than the next.
- We make the corners of each “accordion” triangular.
- Find the middle of the strip and fold them together.
- Using aluminum wire we connect all the “accordions” in the middle.
- We bend the edges to form petals.
- We attach the buds to the sticks.
Paper poppy
You will need:
- Thin corrugated paper.
- Bamboo sticks.
- A thread.
- Green duct tape.
Cut approximately 10 teardrop-shaped petals. We stretch the folds so that each petal looks like a mushroom.
We wrap a small amount of paper on bamboo sticks - the core. We attach the main petals on top of the core. We wrap the resulting bud with thread. We mask the sticks with adhesive tape.
Photos of flowers made from paper with your own hands
Note!
You always want to decorate the most significant day in some special way. Ready-made decorations are quite expensive, and if you decorate a large room with them, it will cost a pretty penny. Today, there are quite a large number of handicraft methods. Flowers can be made using quilling, beading, cold porcelain and even wool felting. But all these options are labor-intensive and require certain technical skills. You can make original flowers from corrugated paper with your own hands in literally 30 minutes. It always looks fresh and creative, plus you can add easy recycling.
Such jewelry has several important advantages that make it a leader:
- minimum amount of money spent on necessary materials;
- flowers can be made so realistic that they are almost impossible to distinguish from real ones;
- the material can be purchased at almost any stationery or craft store;
- extraordinary beauty can be achieved without specialized tools and complex circuits;
- quick disposal is especially important when decorating large halls or rooms;
- will be an excellent gift or decorative element for any celebration;
- This type of decoration can be made even by a child.
Even with all the abundance of DIY methods, flowers made of corrugated paper have been and will be at the peak of popularity. A wonderful way to express yourself and realize your wildest fantasies.
Preparatory work
Before you begin the mystery of flower production, you must first of all equip yourself with all the necessary arsenal in advance. Corrugated paper is best purchased in rolls rather than sheets. The roll contains a large enough footage, which is enough for a whole heap of buds, flowers and petals.
It is recommended to select paper in more natural shades, unless, of course, as planned, the final work should look natural and natural. For buds, leaves and stems, you should take several flowers, in this case, you can play with the shadows. Then the flowers will look more “alive”.
For the stem you need to take a thin pliable wire, a floral sleeve or any other materials.
You will also need thick cardboard for cutting out blanks, glue and sharp scissors. Not necessary, but you can prepare fishing line or strong silk threads and a breadboard knife.
It is best to work in good lighting, this can be either natural light or fluorescent lamps.
Important! If there are small children or animals in the house, it will be safer to work on a high table rather than on the floor.
Flower making process
At the initial stage, many needlewomen are faced with the question: how to make flowers from corrugated paper and where, in fact, you need to start. Of course, each craftswoman has already developed her own technology and some little secrets. However, nothing is impossible for those who want to reach the heights of professionalism.
The most complex technologies always come down to the simplest steps:
The stem, like the flower, should look natural. This can easily be achieved with regular wire and green paper. It is necessary to measure the required piece of wire or floral sleeve and decorate it with prepared corrugated paper, fabric, or even paint it with acrylic paints. Then attach leaves and thorns if the flower implies their presence. The finished flower is “settled” on the stem using glue. Since the wire and the floral sleeve are movable, they can be given absolutely any shape and bend.
How to make realistic peonies.Bystep by step instructions
Peony is a magical flower that is traditionally a symbol of purity and love. A cute bouquet can be an excellent gift for a wedding or birthday of a beloved friend. Peony flowers in nature are quite large in size. For a bouquet of flowers you don’t need to make a large number of heads; 7 pieces will be enough.
If you want to achieve a shade close to the natural color, you can take snow-white or milky paper and give a few strokes of pink, orange or peach acrylic. You can make delicate peony flowers from corrugated paper with your own hands in just 20-30 minutes.
At the first stage, you should carefully cut out rectangles according to the template and slightly round them, thereby giving a natural roundness to the petal.
To make one peony you will need to prepare 10 strips for small petals, 10 strips of wider paper for large petals and several strips of different sizes of green paper for making leaves. To give a realistic shape to the peony, you need to cut the petals slightly oval with a small stem, and the leaves slightly pointed towards the top.
peonies - process
After all the shapes are cut out, with careful movements the petals need to be slightly stretched in width and height, until the petal is visually closer to the natural one. Next, give the petal a convexity on the outside, thus giving it some volume.
Important! When stretching petals or leaves, you must avoid using nails, otherwise the tenderness and fragility will be spoiled by unwanted lines.
Then the process of “folding” the bud begins. To do this, take several of the smallest petals and wrap one tightly in the other. When wrapping, you must ensure that each subsequent layer overlaps the seam of the previous layer. Thus, gradually, the petals are stacked on top of each other in layers. When the flower has been collected, its base should be secured with thread, fishing line or glue. Since a peony is a carelessly disheveled flower, you can safely tear some of the petals of the finished product slightly and then stretch the edges again.
In total, it will take about 25 petals to make one peony. Sepals are made from green paper. It is necessary to prepare about 10 green leaves, after shaping, wrap them around the finished peony.
To make the flower more voluminous and lush, at the initial stage a round candy or a formed foil ball is placed in the core.
It should be remembered that natural flowers in nature do not have perfectly smooth edges and lines, so the less neatness in the bud, the better.
Master classfor making delicate lilies
The royal lily flower is sensuality combined with majesty. Volumetric flowers made of corrugated paper always attract attention. This is not only a good addition to the main gift, but also a great decorative element for any holiday or event.
Using the example below, we will describe step by step how you can make a wonderful lily from ordinary corrugated paper.
To work you will need:
- paper in light lilac, yellow and green shades;
- watercolor, gouache or acrylic paints;
- glue or glue gun;
- wire for the stem, approximately 30 cm;
- brush and sharp scissors.
If the paper is on a roll, then you need to cut a strip 7 centimeters wide from it. From the resulting piece, cut into small rectangular pieces, which should be given a rounded shape to the lily petals. Then, the edges need to be stretched a little with your fingertips, for greater naturalness, and slightly curled with scissors or a regular pencil. Make a depression in the middle of the petal, thus giving it a natural roundness.
When the petals are completely ready, the magical process of transformation begins. To do this, you need to mix brown and dark lilac colors and use the resulting tone to draw natural dots at the base of the petal. For greater naturalness, the dots should be thicker at the base and almost disappear towards the middle.
The stem is made from wire. The required piece of wire is cut and decorated with a thin strip of green corrugated paper. Before wrapping paper around the wire, it is recommended to stretch it properly. This is done to ensure that all unnecessary stripes and folds disappear.
At any edge of the finished stem we make a pistil and form a stigma using hot glue. To be convincing, you should paint this place with green paint.
The stamens are made from yellow paper. A small even square is cut from the roll. We cut strips along its entire length, but leave the base solid. Then you need to twist each strip with twisting movements and treat the tip with a drop of hot-melt glue. After all the work is done, dip the prepared stigmas in semolina, paint with acrylic or gouache in a brown-chocolate shade and let dry.
Lily leaves have a rather elongated shape. You need to cut long rectangular strips of green crepe paper, slightly stretching and folding them. We glue the stamens to the pistil and add three lily petals to the finished structure, placing them slightly above the tips of the anthers.
After this, glue three more petals over the joints of the previous petals and twist the edges of the finished flower again.
The final stage is “installing” the finished lily on the stem, adding petals and securing with drops of glue.
Corrugated flowers with candies
Every needlewoman, having reached a certain level, wants to do something extraordinary and memorable. Not a single holiday or special event is complete without sweets and flowers. Modern craftswomen have decided to combine these two components into one and call this direction suite design.
Flowers made of corrugated paper with candies came into fashion not so long ago, but they have already managed to win over quite a large number of the public with their originality and creativity. Today, through your PC, you can view photos and videos of a huge number of master classes on making an unusual bouquet. A detailed step-by-step description will help you turn all your bold ideas into reality. The main thing is not to be afraid to experiment. Only in this case will you get bouquets that are worthy of decorating not only birthdays, but also weddings.
To make a bouquet you will need chocolates, preferably round and wrapped. This will greatly facilitate the task during the formation of a flower bud. You can take paper of absolutely any color, here you can give free rein to your fantasies. Squares should be cut out of the corrugation, rounded and petals formed by pulling and stretching the finished fabric.
The next step is to cut out squares of baking film. The candy is wrapped around the finished square and a small tail is left at the bottom, which is then wrapped with a beautiful thread or gold-colored ribbon. We gradually “wrap” the finished workpiece, layer by layer, with petals, immediately giving it the shape of a natural flower. You must try to ensure that the first layers completely cover the candy, but the subsequent ones may already be half-open.
A chic bouquet is carefully formed from ready-made flowers. This is done in different ways. You can “plant” each flower separately on a pre-prepared wire; you can use skewers, a foam ball, a plastic bottle or polyurethane foam. After the bouquet has been completed, it can be decorated with satin ribbons, various laces, beads, stones or rhinestones. Such an original gift will definitely leave behind indelible pleasant memories.
To create a spectacular bouquet, you don’t have to stop at just one type of flower. These can be a wide variety of combinations of daisies, roses, daffodils, poppies, tulips, orchids and so on.
Giant size flowers
You can make large flowers from corrugated paper with your own hands for any occasion. Such decoration will always look festive and unusual. Flowers of a delicate shade can decorate a romantic party or wedding celebration. Huge, but at the same time fragile, as if made of porcelain, can add even more atmosphere to the holiday.
For a children's birthday party, products in bright and flashy colors are suitable. Not only will they become indispensable for decorating the festive photo zone, but also photo sessions. Magnificent life-size flowers made of corrugated paper will be able to “greet” guests at the entrance. With such a huge bouquet, you can properly greet your beloved wife from the maternity hospital or give it to your girlfriend.
Step-by-step process for making a large rose:
- on thick cardboard, draw a petal template in the shape of a heart and a drop;
- cut out 15 large hearts and 5 petals in the form of droplets from paper according to the template;
- each cut petal should be well stretched up and to the sides, giving it a natural and natural shape;
- for droplet-shaped petals, you need to beautifully wrap the edges using a pen or pencil;
- For the heart-shaped petals, we make wavy bends using a pencil only on the sides;
- for the stem you will need a piece of ordinary soft wire, which must be decorated with floral tape or green corrugated paper;
- the formation of a bud should begin with small petals, after gluing them to the stem with a drop of glue;
- after the base is formed, first the droplets and then the hearts are glued to it one by one;
- from a long strip of green paper, a sepal is cut into small cloves;
- The finished sepal is fixed around the base of the bud, secured with green adhesive tape or a drop of glue.
At this stage, the rose is completely ready. In order to make leaves, cut out oblong shapes from green corrugated paper. After this, place the edge of the decorated wire in the middle of the finished sheet, after moistening it with glue. Then fold both halves of the sheet so that the wire remains hidden inside the petal, and bend the remaining edges of the paper back.
At the final stage, the leaves are attached to the stem with adhesive tape and decorated with corrugated paper or a few strokes of acrylic paint.
Giant flowers made of corrugated paper can magically turn the most ordinary holiday into an enchanting celebration.
Good afternoon, today I’m finally uploading a large selection of master classes on the theme of paper flowers. Here are the most interesting ways to make paper flowers. We will make a variety of flowers - flat and three-dimensional - from corrugated paper and thick colored paper. I will show you every craft step by step in photos and I will give as much as possible detailed instructions to each flower made in one way or another. I will also give stencils– templates of flower silhouettes. All the crafts I collected are posted in order from simple to complex. First of all, we will study the MOST UNDERSTANDABLE techniques for folding paper flowers (those that are easy to understand and repeat ourselves)... and gradually move on to MORE COMPLEX and painstaking instructions (to prefabricated detailed flowers and the origami technique). I also uploaded a special article dedicated to different ways to make a paper rose - here is the link to it
And, for educators (teachers and educators) I made an article with simple children's crafts WITH FLOWERS, which can be made in classes at school and kindergarten from paper and other materials:
I specifically decided to do so big a selection of paper flowers in one place - with the goal that you can immediately find a suitable scheme for assembling a flower for THAT PAPER THAT YOU HAVE, and for the task that you want to solve with the help of paper flowers (a flower craft as a gift for mom, decorating a child's birthdays with voluminous flower arrangements, wedding decoration, decor for cards or gift bags).
The only thing I didn’t include in the body of this article was PAPER ROSES. I found ways to make a voluminous rose so much that I had to put these crafts in a separate article on the same site, it will be called that “Paper roses - 20 ways to make them yourself.”
But before we begin the master classes themselves, I want to make you fall in love with the very idea of paper flowers. I want even casual visitors to this web page to have their hands itch and their eyes to light up. And I want to awaken in you delight and a burning desire to make a flower with your own hands. So that this magic arises... so that your soul also spreads its petals and blooms...
Let's see what piece of life a flower you made can decorate. Here are examples of how an ordinary table setting can become very beautiful and formal with lush floral crafts.
Also, large paper flowers made of crepe or corrugated paper are used for decorative purposes. for celebration decoration– wedding hall, children's birthday party, incendiary party. They are mounted on the wall or on the backs of chairs, or tied to window handles.
But such large flowers can be made from A4 paper (office size) or from a roll of corrugated crepe paper.
Photographers and photo studios also use voluminous large paper flowers as exclusive props for staged photographs.
You can also make such a large paper flower simply as a gift for Mother’s Day, or for March 8th. Surely no one has ever given your mother something like this before. Will be remembered for a long time. And you can also take a photo of your mother right away with this flower - she will proudly post this photo on her social network page.
Ordinary plastic combs, rims and metal pins can also be decorated with voluminous paper flowers. So we will get elegant hair decorations for a wedding or party.
Miniature paper flowers can decorate handmade cards, and other scrapbooking crafts (like these delicate crepe paper pansies).
Also, a paper flower made with your own hands is the best gift box decoration. And not costly. A lush gift ribbon costs much more than a couple of sheets of colored or white office paper - a few movements with scissors and now a paper orchid or the delicate pink color of a wild rose has bloomed on your package.
And the flowers themselves can be a great stand-alone gift. If you arrange your work in the form of a basket, or a decorative panel (as in the photo with poppies made of colored paper).
If you learn how to make paper flowers with your own hands, you can use this talent in many areas of life. It will be simple and easy for you to decorate a room for any holiday, decorate a family celebration at home, or beautifully decorate gifts for relatives and friends, or entertain the neighborhood kids by organizing an interesting craft with a master class.
METHOD No. 1
PAPER FLOWERS
I decided to call the flowers made this way "puff pastries" because their construction principle is the same as that of puff pastry. Subtle layers of floral silhouettes overlap each other. And each layer is given convex volume(or faceted relief), and due to this the flower looks lush and voluminous.
Here in the photo below we see a step-by-step master class for beginners on how to create such a voluminous dahlia flower. The dahlia is not to be confused with the aster; the aster has narrower petals and each has an edge (a raised fold like on trousers).
So... let's look carefully at the photo of the flower craft below. The trick here is that paper is cut layer outlines– each contour has six petals, and differs from its counterparts only in size. That is, the shape of the stencil is the same - only the size is different.
Before gluing each cut paper arch the silhouette in order to give it a natural shape. We begin gluing and assembling the paper dahlia from the little ones middle layers to larger and larger ones.
Of course you have a QUESTION:“And how to cut such uniformly sized petal circles-layers.
ANSWER: Here's the one simple and fast way make such a flower with your own hands as a novice master. It does not require searching for a stencil template, but allows you to obtain geometrically even petal parts for a paper flower without any measuring instruments (compasses and rulers).
- Take a sheet of paper and glasses different radii. We trace them on a sheet of paper.
- We cut out the resulting rounds, fold each round in four and in half again (as when cutting out a snowflake). And on such a round piece folded into a triangle we draw outlines of two petals (like a heart).
- We cut this contour with scissors (see photo below) - we deepen the cutout in the middle of the heart - we unfold it and get a petal layer.
Because we have circles of different sizes - then we will get petal layers different in size. We set the relief, put it together, add a yellow stamen-middle (stamens will be discussed below).
Such a delicate flower can be strung on a wire (to make a stem) and presented to your mother as a paper bouquet for Mother’s Day.
ANSWER: An ordinary round stick (pencil or pen, or knitting needle) can serve as a stamp for imprinting relief on the petals. Here's how you can do it yourself, you can clearly see in the photo of a flower craft below.
The flower assembly diagram is the same as the previous one (see step-by-step photos).
Using the PAPER PAY technique you can make a variety of three-dimensional flowers (anemones, poppies, asters, dahlias, roses). The evidence is in the photo below.
You see – the same “puff” method – but the results are completely different flowers. And all due to the fact that the silhouettes of the paper petal layers are DIFFERENT IN THEIR OUTLINES.
And don’t forget that not only the contour (silhouette, shape of the petal) is important... but the RELIEF of the petals is also important. It is the correctly defined relief that transforms flat outlines into living convex layers of the future flower.
For relief we need round sticks of varying thickness (thin knitting needles, toothpicks, thick round-sided markers, felt-tip pens, spherical perfume caps, or lollipops). Any items that will help set the shape.
So that the relief lies neatly on thick paper– you may need to slightly moisten it before work (spray it from a spray bottle or hold it on a wet towel). Try it and see how it works better - dry or wet.
And here's to you ready-made templates puff paper flower. Flower stencils are already several sizes. You can right now put a sheet of paper on the glowing screen and trace with a pencil these silhouettes shining through from the screen onto your sheet of paper (this is my favorite way copy the template without any printer - not every home has a printing device).
And you can also resize any template using a computer mouse.
Look - in the photo below I give you a template silhouette. Silhouette is only ONE size. Do you want to get this silhouette? different sizes– to make a multi-layer paper flower craft.
To change the size of this silhouette, you press on the keyboard with one hand buttonCtrl, and while holding this button down, use your other hand to turn the mouse wheel - back and forth. And from this action of yours, everything that is now drawn on your screen increases or decreases, depending on where you turn the wheel - away from you or towards you.
Try this right now– press and twist. See how the stencil design image below has changed size? This way you can directly on the computer screen, adjust the template to any size and trace it with a pencil on a sheet of paper placed on your monitor screen. This is the fastest way to get the outline of any flower stencil immediately in any size we need.
Here are shaped templates for future paper flowers - and you can change the size of the picture yourself. And you can design and create any paper flower with your own hands. 
Let’s also take a closer look at the interesting additions to such layered colors.
How to make a stamen
in puff paper flowers.
Below is an interesting step-by-step lesson where we see how a stamen for a multi-layer paper flower is created step by step.
How to apply
large inflorescence
on one stalk.
And I would also like to show another one here clever and simple trick which allows you to do whole inflorescence of flowers on one stem. In nature, flowers are often found where many flower cups nest in one place and have common central stem.
This is exactly the kind of flower craft that the step-by-step master class in the photo below will demonstrate.
- We cut out a bunch of stems with a common round base from green thick paper (or cardboard). We glue double-sided tape onto this round base.
- We twist a tube from a newspaper and wrap it in green paper. Glue the tube-stem to the round base - twisting it around the stem.
- We make flowers (from two red layers and one black stamen). We glue each flower onto its stem. We add wide leaves to the central stem-leg. It turns out to be a very beautiful stem-bouquet made of paper.
How to make a layer flower
WITH ASSYMETRICAL petals.
But in the photo below we see from what shaped layers the ORCHID paper flower is created with your own hands.
In a glass of water add a drop of green paint– we get light green water. We wet the white parts of the orchid with this water; they become white-green (just like in nature).
Further while the pale green petals are still wet, we apply lines of purple paint on them - on wet paper the lines themselves blur slightly - we get an uneven, blurry color (exactly like a real orchid).
The middle part of the orchid - upper layer We also make it green... and along the very edge (right along the cut of the paper) we paint it bright purple. Thus, when we lift this top layer up, the purple edges stick out with their color upward, imitating the position and color of the furry central petals of an orchid.
The same principle is used to create various asymmetrical flowers-crafts. Let's remember what other flowers do not have circular symmetry in their cup... that's right, these are PANSIES (photo below).
- Lower layer of blue petals (total 2 pieces with location in the upper direction).
- After blue layer petals (also 2 pieces spread out to the sides).
- And the third top layer in the form just one white petal.
- Then we smear the central part of the flower with yellow color, and draw the central lines with a pencil. We make yellow stamen balls from crumpled paper (or from plasticine).
A simple DIY craft that even a child can do. The main thing is to prepare templates in advance, which the child will trace on colored paper.
Volumetric puff flower
made of THIN paper.
We do such techniques as “different layer sizes” and “work on folding the relief on paper petals” only when we use ordinary THICK COLORED PAPER
But if If you make flower crafts from CREPE, CRUMPTED PAPER, then you don’t need to specify the relief there. The very texture of the paper will allow you to make a fluffy three-dimensional flower.
Moreover, The corrugated structure of the paper allows you not to even bother with getting LAYERS OF DIFFERENT SIZES. That is all layers of the flower can be the same size. The master classes on paper flowers below clearly prove this.
Do you see? All layers of the flower are the same size. We pierce the middle of the layers folded in half with a hole punch (or a needle and thread, or fasten with a stapler). Unfold the flower and fluff its layers into a fluffy pompom. These are very beautiful large paper flowers.
This is perhaps the easiest and lightning fast way to make a flower with your own hands. It turns out big, lush, rich and expressive.
If we choose napkins of two colors and apply them alternating colors, we will get a play of halftones in each layer, and our flower will look like a rose.
You see, in the method below we make identical silhouettes from napkins of two colors (in shape and size like twin brothers). Under the bottom we place a piece of cardboard with two holes (like a button... however, the cardboard can be replaced with a button). And we thread threads into the holes and pierce through all the layers of the napkin. We tie a knot in the middle of the flower and fluff out all the corrugated layers of the craft with our hands.
Think for yourself how you can diversify and complement this airy napkin flower. You can also add border color– to do this, slightly stain the cut out napkin silhouettes along the edges with an office marker.
Turn on your imagination... and let her play around with napkins to her heart's content. There is never a shortage of tea napkins. And suddenly you will give birth to your own designer flower.
And red carnations are made using the same method. Identical round pieces with a jagged edge are also cut out of a napkin - and deep cuts are made into the petal parts. And then they simply overlap each other with a drop of glue in the center... or instead of glue in the center, we pierce them with a stick (there will be a stem on it. A beautiful DIY flower craft for dad on February 23, or on Victory Day for grandpa.
And Lingeri terry daffodils are made using exactly the same principle as carnations (in the step-by-step lesson above). This is what they are like in nature – lush and voluminous.
Spring flowers made of paper are a good gift for mom on March 8th. And now you will find out how easy it is to make them yourself.
And here's how to make them from dyed paper napkins. We place a stack of napkins on top of each other - fold them into quarters - into a triangle - cut off the edges with a jagged semicircle. We paint the top napkins in a bright yellow color, and the middle layers of napkins in a light yellow color, leaving the bottom layer white.
Now about the material. Daffodils are gorgeous, you say, but where can you get these paper colors (pale yellow and bright yellow)? Here, I tell you, there are 2 ways at once - 1) dye white paper napkins 2 shades of yellow... or 2) get a pale shade of yellow from bright yellow crepe crepe paper.
INSTRUCTION No. 1. How to dye a white paper napkin.
ANSWER: We paint the napkin in a straightened form with tinted water. Dye some water in a glass and pour it onto a straightened napkin. We wait for the napkin to dry naturally (about a day).
INSTRUCTION No. 2. How to make light yellow from bright yellow crepe paper.
ANSWER: Take yellow crepe paper - put it on a wet towel - put a dry white napkin on top. We iron it with an iron - the bright crepe paper gives up its moisture to the dry napkin, and along with the moisture it partially gives off its color. And we already get PALE YELLOW crepe paper. This way we can change the shades of crepe corrugated paper.
As you can see, everything is solvable - if you turn on your head and think... and try to experiment. Knowledge often comes through experience (even if this path is messy). One bad experience can give rise to several ideas at once. I somehow wet the crepe paper and ruined the craft, but I saw that when it gets wet, the crepe paper loses its color. And one day I spilled water for washing brushes on a paper napkin - and it turned a delicate, even color. So out of two jambs - I got 2 experiences in changing color for delicate and thin paper textures.
Well, this was all just about the FIRST METHOD of making paper flowers with your own hands. I deliberately made this first chapter of our article so extensive and detailed so that you immediately understand a simple and important truth:
Even one single design can have MULTIPLE CONTINUATIONS... numerous variations... endless designs. And you yourself can become the author - and create your own paper flower, made in the same way of “shaped layers superimposed on each other” ».
Now let's look at the next way to make flowers from colored paper with your own hands.
METHOD No. 2
Paper flowers
TWISTED INTO A TUBE.
We have been familiar with this method of creating flowers since childhood. We all made classic flower crafts at school or kindergarten. for February 23 - red carnations made of crumpled crepe paper. They twisted a strip of paper around a toothpick, wrapped a piece of green paper around the twist, and fluffed a bunch of flower panicles.
And it never occurred to us that inside this primitive method there was hidden a recipe for more than just the humble clove.
This method " twisting crepe paper into a roll" can give birth to completely different three-dimensional and flat flowers. It all depends on how we changed the SHAPE OF THE EDGE OF THE PAPER STRIP. Depending on its pattern, we will get paper flowers that are completely different in design.
Here's photo proof. Do you see?
Different regions produce different flowers– disheveled aster, neat chamomile, chrysanthemums. Even roses can be made in this way (but roses will be discussed in a separate article - in detail and in detail, as befits the queen of flowers).
And not only from soft corrugated (crepe) paper you can make craft flowers using this ROLL technique.
Here you go in the photo below - an example of paper flowers in the same roll rolling technique FROM REGULAR THICK COLORED PAPER (office double-sided colored paper).
This is a simple job and very simple instructions.
- A narrow strip of paper was wound onto a thin rod (or toothpick) (to form the center of the flower).
- And then to this rolled center they added a winding of a wider tape, already cut along the edge into petal strips.
- And the petals are folded to the side - like a spreading umbrella.
AND IF YOU ADD A THRUST FOR EXPERIMENT TO THIS SIMPLE TWISTING TECHNIQUE, YOU CAN GET NEW DESIGNS OF PAPER FLOWERS.
For example, what if... You can’t just bend these petals to the sides with a flat, spreading daisy, but slightly twist the tip of each petal inward (as we do with curls in the morning) - and you’ll get a voluminous, lush ASTER.
What if... make a strip for twisting with AREAS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH. We see the result of this idea in the photo diagram below.
- A narrow strip (1 cm wide) for the middle stamen (wrap it in a tight roll on a toothpick).
- Next, we wrap a petal strip (with a fringed edge) 2 centimeters wide onto this roll.
- And then we wind a petal strip 2.5 cm wide...
- and then a petal strip 3 cm wide.
And thanks to the different widths of the stripes, we will get a roll flower in which the height of the petals increases from the center to the edges.
As you can see, you can and should do EXPERIMENTS with this simple roll technique. Let's continue to encourage our inquisitive mind and decide on another wild idea...
WHAT IF, cut the fringe not straight, but diagonally. And what if... this oblique fringe is not cut along the edge CUT, and along the edge of the FOLD (that is, bend the strip in half along the entire length, and cut this fold line diagonally into a fringe, and then twist it in this form.
We see the result in the photo below - an amazing aster with spirally twisting carved perforated petals. A beautiful flower craft - it looks like a difficult job, but making it with your own hands is simple and quick.
Such shaggy flowers with oblique petals can be used as a shaggy stamen for other flowers.
Like for example in this master class in the photo below. Do you see?
There, too, a bent strip is cut along the OBLIQUE FRINGE... and an orange shaggy stamen is formed - needed to decorate the center of the paper aster.
By the way, the paper aster itself from the photo below is made in a very original and simple way.
- The base of the aster is a puff (multi-rayed star with chopped rays).
- Each ray in the puff is bent with a slate ruler into a sharp arrow (like on trousers).
- The layers are superimposed on each other - we get a lush flower.
And just the stamen inside this voluminous flower is made using the OBLIQUE FRINGE technique, which we just talked about.
This roll equipment can be combine with a regular petal puff (Method No. 1 from this article).. Yes – you can – because it occurs in nature. God himself once came to this idea - and created the Marigold flowers. And we will implement this method of combining a roll and a puff on paper. (see how this is done in the infographic below).
In roll technology the fluffy center of the flower is made. And using the “Puff Puff” technique“The lower petal part of the marigold flower is made of paper (templates with five-leaf silhouettes). Photo instructions for assembling the flower are below.
But here is a rosehip flower - where the stamen and the middle are also combined using the rolling twist technique and 2 petal layers. By the way, you can make them in large sheets of A4 format and stick them on the wall - and your living room will be transformed. Buy a pack of red office paper from the stationery store and play interior designer. All the neighbors will come running to gasp with delight.
But here is a flower craft where the roll technique is also used to create a fluffy panicle-stamen, and the side petals are simply glued separately onto the lower layers of the fluffy panicle-stamen.
You get large sunflowers from crepe paper.
Using a similar ROLL-BUNK + INDIVIDUAL PETAS technique, you can also make a daffodil flower with your own hands.
But these flowers, EITHER LILAC OR SALVIA - with a long stem of inflorescences, are also made using the roll technique.
Yes, yes, this is also a regular roll technique, with the only difference being that the strip of paper is not rolled into a tube, but wrapped around in a spiral roll around a long stick.
Here in the photo below is a master class of this lush paper flower.
- A wide strip of crepe (corrugated) paper cut into long fringe.
- We wrap the fringes on a toothpick(or a knitting needle) - and we get curls along one edge of the ribbon.
- We take a long wooden skewer and wrap our paper ribbon with curly fringe around it - the wrapping begins from the upper end of a wooden skewer and goes down in a spiral.
- We do it under the flower green wrapping skewer and glue wide green leaves to this stem.
Paper rose flowers
FOLDING method.
Using the roll technique, you can quickly roll up a paper rose. We will have a separate article on paper roses. But I will give two master classes right here - because they cover the roll technique of creating flowers.
Here is the first step-by-step paper rose master class. Thick paper is used here, and in order for the petal parts to have the geometry of broken pink petals, this thick paper strip needs to be PUMPED AND TWISTED around itself during the process of rolling into a roll.
And don't pay attention to these centimeters... Just take it the very essence this instruction. Cut a strip of paper from the draft and try to twist it into a rose, simply bending the strip as God pleases - the paper itself will tell you where to bend and turn it.
You will find many other options for making a paper rose from different types of paper in the article
And here's another way Roll up a roll of paper so that it looks like a rose. For such a roll, we need a paper strip NOT IN A STRAIGHT SHAPE, but to make a strip of paper IN THE SHAPE OF A SPIRAL.
Enough for this draw a snail on a piece of cardboard(uneven curve, no matter what). This drawn spiral will be the template for our paper flower.
Now this spiral line needs to be cut and then start twisting the roll NOT FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SPIRAL... but rather FROM ITS EDGE. And a paper rose will appear in our hands by itself.
My advice, do not use glazed slippery glossy paper for this rose craft.– such an elastic rose will strive to turn around or the spiral circles will slip out of the flower’s bed. It is better to choose rough paper or not very thick cardboard - this way the rose will better hold its shape.
Paper flowers
Method No. 3
Using the POMPOM technique.
Here's an even faster way to create a fluffy, voluminous flower. It is made using the pompom technique - from corrugated crepe paper
This technique is good because it allows you to very quickly make large flowers from paper - since crepe paper is sold in large rolls (like wallpaper). And each roll can turn into a large flower for holiday decoration.
The master class in the photo below shows how to make such a lush paper flower with your own hands. We fold a wide (20 cm wide) ribbon several times to create many layers. We cut the folded ribbon into fringe from TWO EDGES, leaving the middle intact.
We fluff the fringe of the flower in all directions - achieving the shape of a perfect circle. And we decorate the central part of the flower with a wad of black paper - and the flower resembles a disheveled poppy.
As you understand, the height of the petals depends on the length of the fringe. And the shape of the petals depends on the shape of the fringe.
Below (paper flower master class) we make anemones using exactly the same pompom technique. The difference is that we slightly changed the shape of the fringe - it’s not even a cut fringe at all, but just a beautiful curly petal edge of the napkin.
As a result, the fluffy flower no longer becomes a poppy - but a delicate anemone made of paper.
Is it absolutely possible? do not change the edge shape- that is, do not cut it or fringe it at all. Leave it flat, as it is on a napkin. Just lightly color it with a marker.
And using the same technique, we make a pompom flower with our own hands. They pinched it with wire, folded it in half, fluffed it up and got a carnation on a wire stem.
It remains to add elements from green paper - receptacle(wrap a jagged roll around the flower bowl), stalk(long green strip for wrapping the stem of the flower), leaves (long oval ones glued to the stem).
You can also make this pom-pom flower two-color with a center of a different color (see photo below). To do this, we need paper strips of two colors - one wide (yellow), and the second 2 times narrower (black).
We prepare the strips - first we cut a wide strip onto a double-sided fringe (or a patterned edge on both sides), then we make patterned edges on both sides on a narrow strip.
To make a patterned petal edge– you need to fold the strip into an accordion (as fans were made in childhood) and make a rounding on both sides of this folded fan with scissors.
After unfold the strips and put a narrow black stripe to the middle of the wide yellow stripe. We fold them again like an accordion (this time two-color).
We tie it with twine or wire. And we unfold the sides of the fan in a circle - a flower is formed. If desired, the center of the flower can be decorated with crumpled paper or cut fringe, glued between the blades of the black center.
And here is a master class that shows how to make a paper pom-pom flower WITH A FRINGED stamen with your own hands (photo instructions below).
The principle of creating this flower from paper of two colors is the same as in the previous master class. Only here the middle strip is shredded on both sides into small fringes. This is another way to make large flowers using crepe paper.
Method No. 4
Paper flowers
Twisted on a ball.
Here's another way to create flowers from crimped crepe paper.
To make such paper flowers you need wide short strips of crepe paper and balls of different sizes (lollipops, balls). We place the ball on the strip and hug the ball with the strip on both sides - we twist the tails and ends of the strip into a tight flagellum. Carefully remove the ball, trying not to crush the inflated petal template. We make several of these petals and collect them into a lush flower.
Using the same principle, rounded crocus petals are made from corrugated paper (photo below). Here you need a longer paper strip - it is placed on the ball with one half. The other half twists at the top of the ball and goes back behind the back of the ball and lies on top of its first half. The result is a rounded petal.
If you put these petals close to each other, you will get a cup of a closed crocus flower (as in the photo below). Excellent craft-flowers for March 8th for mom.
You can make a lot of bouquets from crepe corrugated paper. Including bouquets of sweets.
Method No. 5
FLOWERS made of paper
Using ORIGAMI technique.
And now we will talk about folding flowers from paper - without any cutting with scissors. That is, about the art of origami.
The first model is flowers with conical petals. They are so handsome. Each petal of such a flower is made from a simple square of paper. Using simple origami technique.
All the finished petals are glued to each other - and a beautiful rhinestone-stone is placed in the center of the gluing.
These craft flowers are very easy and quick to make yourself – and they look very elegant on gift wrapping. You can even decorate a Christmas tree with them.
As soon as you pick up a square of paper and look at the master class below, you will immediately make the same petal. It’s very simple – you start doing it and you understand everything along the way. And you are surprised that this is not taught in kindergarten - everything is so simple and accessible to the common person. After module 10, when the entire pattern of the flower has already been absorbed into your subconscious, your hands already do everything almost blindly - automatically.
If you take a roll of plain wallpaper as paper and cut it into large squares, you can get large-sized flowers to decorate a room or decorate a home celebration.
And also due to the fact that these flowers have the shape of a CONE, it is convenient to collect them into one common large ball. And use it as a pendant. Or as a crown for a decorative tree (which is usually used to decorate weddings).
Here is a master class on a large water lily and paper folding techniques without cutting.
But here is an interesting method where the petal modules are made separately, and then each module is not glued, but simply inserted into the grooves of the adjacent module.
These handmade paper flowers can be an excellent craft for any occasion. You can now make paper flowers using different techniques and teach it to your children. You can use these ideas for holiday decorations or for activities in the Skillful Hands group. Such flowers are suitable as crafts for the Spring competition at school or kindergarten. Or these flowers can be a gift for mom on March 8th - a bouquet of paper flowers made by yourself.
Lots of simple ideas for children's crafts on the theme of flowers you will find in our other articles:
Happy crafting!
Olga Klishevskaya, especially for the site
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Any vegetation instantly transforms the space, making it more alive and natural. Alas, real flowers do not retain their attractive appearance for as long as we would like. Recently, flowers made from corrugated paper have become popular. You can use them to create wonderful bouquets or something more original. In our article we will talk about working with this material. We invite you to immerse yourself in the world of handicrafts with us!
Paper flowers: application ideas
These non-trivial crafts decorate both special events and living spaces in any style. Let's take a closer look at exactly how they can be used:
— Flowers have gained incredible popularity as decoration for weddings, birthdays, corporate events and other themed celebrations. They are used to make garlands, arches, bouquets for weddings, and are used for photo studios.
— Flower arrangements are also used to decorate exhibition centers, handicraft stores, beauty salons and showrooms.
— For the interior of a living space, flowers in vases, pots, on ceilings, in the form of wreaths, and topiaries are suitable.
— For the New Year, decorate the tree with small rose inflorescences, creating the illusion of blooming.
— You can hang colorful versions of peonies on the wall or ceiling of the children’s room.
— Before Christmas, hang a wreath made of fir branches and flowers on the door.
— For Valentine's Day or a wedding, design a red, pink or white heart.
— Another trend is to create giant flowers the size of a person. Place them against the wall or create a forest in the room.
Thus, corrugated paper flowers can truly make any space unique and elegant. Moreover, the process of creating rainbow decor is very exciting and can even attract a child. Try to make a flower yourself and get your child involved by first choosing a simple task for him.
Roses
Rose flowers are one of the most popular and desired flowers for millions of girls. And this is not surprising, because a beautiful bouquet is distinguished by its nobility and sophistication. However, before appearing before our eyes in the form we are accustomed to, the plant went through a long path of selection from rose hips. We are unlikely to have time to talk about the intricacies of crossings and selection, but read on to learn how to create a man-made miracle yourself.
For this flower, it is best to choose several similar shades so that its appearance is close to natural. As for the number of petals, it can be arbitrary. Let's consider making a rose from white and crepe paper. Work plan:
1. Cut out 8 small, 10 large and medium, and 8 largest petals. Half of the total amount is made of crepe paper, and the same amount is made of white paper.
2. Make a long strip of green base for the stem, as well as 4 narrow and oblong green leaves that are attached to the bottom of the bud.
3. Use your fingers to round the petals, straighten one edge, turning it slightly in the opposite direction, and curl the other.
4. Take the wire for the stem and wrap it with the ribbon that we have already prepared.
5. We compose the bud itself. Twist the bottom edge of the smallest petal onto the wire, wrapping it completely. Apply glue to the base and place the next small petal on it. Press half of it tightly against the first, subsequent parts are compacted in the same way.
6. The remaining petals are attached as their size increases.
7. Finally, glue the leaves.
Thus, we got a delightful rose that looks like a real one. There are also simplified techniques, but their results are not so realistic.
Peonies
Delicate peonies, created with your own hands, will harmoniously complement the interior of a bedroom, nursery, kitchen or living room, and will also act as an excellent decor for a party.
What we need: corrugated paper in several shades; plain paper or cardboard for stencils; floral ribbon in green; PVA glue; wire; scissors; pencil.
Draw samples of leaves and petals on the prepared materials and cut them out. Cut the corrugated paper along the lines, the width of each of them should correspond to the length of the blanks. Fold the strips into an accordion, place a stencil on top and cut out future parts of the bud using it.
Make frequent and long slits on the templates for the stamen, apply glue to the base and wrap the workpiece on the wire. Secure the stamen with floral tape. Lubricate the bottom of large leaves with glue, insert the stem inside and press the bases of the sheets.
Add bulges to the smallest petals: grab the edges and gently pull to the sides, and press the top edge to create a slight wave. Next, attach the petals to the bottom of the stamen. Do the same with the heart-shaped parts. At the end, the 3 largest petals are added to the bud.
Glue the sepal to the bottom of the flower and wrap the stem with floral tape. A cute and romantic flower is ready!
Sakura branch
The most revered flower of the Land of the Rising Sun delights with its beauty. Every spring, the Japanese strive to celebrate under the cherry blossoms, enjoying the first warm rays of the sun.
We offer a simple master class that will help you bring delicate spring decor to your home. To create a flowering branch you will need: a dry branch, corrugated paper in muted colors, PVA or silicone glue, scissors, cardboard or paper for blanks, a pencil.
1. Draw stencils of stamens, petals and leaves on the materials for blanks and cut them out.
2. Cut the corrugated paper into rectangular pieces for leaves and petals, as well as squares that will become stamens.
3. Align the parts for the petals in the center with a pencil or scissors.
4. Create a stack of all the rectangles and cut according to the templates. Cut the squares from one edge into strips.
5. Press down a little and roll all the elements in the middle into a bundle. Lubricate the lower part of the stamen with glue and twist it.
6. Fasten the lower parts of the three petals together. Add volume to the leaves.
7. Glue the stamen and leaves to the bottom of the bud.
8. Dry the glue, and then glue the flowers to the branch.
Daisies
If you have a desire to fill your interior with summer joy and the warmth of the sun, then you cannot ignore the delicate field daisies. They pair perfectly with any wildflower, allowing you to create a multi-faceted summer bouquet. This bouquet made of paper will delight you for a long time and in any season.
Before you start making, arm yourself with the following tools and materials: corrugated paper in yellow, green and white colors; ruler, pencil and scissors; glue or glue gun; wire, approximately 10-20 cm.
1. First make white chamomile petals. Take white corrugated paper and cut a strip 5 cm wide.
2. Cut the finished ribbons into thinner strips so that the width of each is 1.5–2 cm.
3. After the first two steps, cut out the petals from the strips.
4. To make the petals more natural and convex, we need to stretch the blanks in the middle.
5. To make the stem of our future chamomile, we tightly wrap the wire with green corrugated paper. We attach the ends of the paper using glue.
6. From a yellow roll you need to make a strip 1 cm wide. After this, make shallow cuts along the entire length of the workpiece. Next, wrap the workpiece around the tip of the stem and form a chamomile stamen.
7. Glue each element in turn onto the flower base. When the entire bud is ready, we make sepals from green paper and stretch the petals to the sides. Our chamomile is ready!
Carnations
Graceful and delicate carnations will become a charming decoration of your interior. Arrangements of carnations go well with wildflowers such as yarrow or gypsophila. This decor fits perfectly into the rustic style - the so-called “country”.
Stock up on the necessary tools and materials: wire for making a stem; scissors, tape, glue; corrugated paper in green and white or pink; chalk pastels.
1. The first step is to create the petals of our carnations. To do this, we need to make two pieces of white paper: one – 5 cm, the other – 3 cm.
2. Using a lilac chalk, paint over the edges of the small strip so that one tip is more saturated. We do this from both sides.
3. Next, we will cut small teeth along the entire painted edge of the strip, after which we will fold it 4 times and make 4-6 shallow cuts.
4. Roll the strip into a bud. When about 10 cm remains to the end, stretch the remaining part and get a wavy bend along the entire length. Fix with glue or tape.
5. In the same way we create large petals, but so that they are a little wider.
6. Using wire and corrugated paper, we will make a stem and glue the finished bud to it.
7. We make a sepal and a couple of leaves from green paper. To make them look more natural, they should be stretched to give volume.
Mysterious wreath for Halloween
Despite the fact that Halloween is an unconventional holiday for our region, it has already become organically woven into our holiday calendar. This decoration is suitable for a themed setting for All Saints' Day, as well as for a contrasting interior in a modern style.
To make this unusual wreath, you need to have the following: a wreath blank made of foam or polystyrene foam; corrugated paper in your chosen colors (for example, black and purple); large sequins or decorative beads; a can of aerosol paint; glue or glue gun; paper for templates of our future petals; scissors and thin lace.
1. We make the blank. If necessary, paint it in the desired color, then prepare templates for petals of different shapes and cut them out.
2. Cut the corrugated paper into long strips so that the width is equal to the length of the templates. We fold our strips like an accordion, placing the template on top, and cut them out.
3. To make our petals look natural, let's give them a convex shape. This can be achieved by stretching them in the center. When all the parts are ready, we form a flower out of them. Apply glue to the base and assemble a flower of about 5-7 petals.
4. Make similar flowers from paper of a different color. Then randomly glue all the flowers onto the wreath base.
Once all the work is completed, you can lightly spray the finished wreath with paint and glue beads onto it in a chaotic manner to give it a finished look. Our wonderful wreath is ready!
DIY paper flowers - photo
Our article would not be complete without a photo gallery. There are many more flowers that can be made from crepe paper than we could possibly cover. We have selected visual photographs of ready-made compositions of irises, tulips, blueberries, orchids, lilies and many other flowers, as well as ideas for using them in the interior. Enjoy watching!
The easiest way to feel the approach of any holiday is to start making home decor for the celebration. This time I decided to figure out how to make flowers from corrugated paper - realistic and stylized. Let's figure out together how to make flowers from corrugated paper and what you need for this.
There are many handicraft techniques in the world that allow you to make beautiful flowers with your own hands - today flowers are made from beads and fabric, ordinary paper (quilling, origami, appliqué, etc.), they are knitted and felted, but still one of the most popular methods of making remains assembly of corrugated flowers. What are these flowers good for:
- they can be either photorealistic or fantasy;
- they are easy to make in a few minutes (unlike felting or beading);
- easy to recycle (relevant for those who want to decorate a large hall with flowers for the holiday);
- very affordable materials - corrugated paper costs a penny, especially if you buy in rolls rather than sheets;
- no special training required;
- there is no need to use any complex tool;
- it’s easy to get an acceptable result without experience (for example, flowers can be made from paper with candies - even small bouquets look very presentable);
- the products are bright and expressive (which is very important for children).
Getting ready for work
What you will need to make flowers from corrugated paper with your own hands:
- several rolls of paper (it is better to choose matching colors and green for leaves and stems);
- wire, floral sleeve or any other devices for stems;
- cardboard for blanks;
- glue;
- sharp scissors;
- breadboard knife;
- threads and fishing line.
It is most comfortable to work at a table in good lighting. If you plan to make large flowers (more than 15 centimeters in diameter), then you can sit on the floor (of course, after sending your children, husbands, cats and your beloved dog for a walk).
Making flowers
The simplest option:
So, making flowers from corrugated paper in more complex versions almost always follows the same scenario. I will describe it so as not to rewrite one by one:
- first you need to make a petal template;
- cut 15-20 petals for each flower (if you want to make a realistic flower, then make petals of different sizes - for example, five small, five medium, five large);
- cut the petals (when cutting, observe the direction of the corrugation);
- collect the central part of the bud (twist 5-7 petals together, tying them at the bottom and gluing them together);
- Next, the petals need to be slightly stretched and bent so that they take the most natural shape for the plant;
- Glue the prepared petals to the bud;
- fix the flower head on the prepared stem.
How to make a stem:
- take a piece of wire, a floral sleeve, an ordinary twig - at your discretion, measure the required length;
- cut;
- decorate with green corrugation, or fabric, or paper;
- we imitate leaves, shoots and thorns;
- cut on both sides again.
Making realistic roses
After we have made the blank, we need to stretch the petals - this will give the desired volume and we can imitate the natural bend of a rose petal:
Let's start assembling. We will need wire and thread. First, bend the wire as shown in the photo and wind our blank around the wire, forming a bud:
The outer petals need to not only be stretched, but also the corrugation should be slightly smoothed - this will give the effect of a wavy edge, and the flower will look lush.
Make a sepal from green paper according to the photo instructions:
Build some leaves for the stem and secure them.
Spray the finished flower with hairspray - this will give it a little shine.
And this is the easiest way to create a rose:
A similar option for twisting a rose flower, but with explanations from the author:
Realistic peonies
A peony is a large flower in itself, so it is better not to try to make small flowers, but to collect several really large and beautiful peonies. To make a large flower from corrugated paper, you will need about twenty minutes.
By the way, if you want to achieve a more natural color, you can take white paper and tint it with food coloring - delicate pink and orange flowers will really look like real ones.
The paper needs to be cut into rectangles, each rectangle should be rounded.
- Peony is a rather disheveled flower, so the petals can be cut here and there and even carefully torn.
- You will need a lot of petals - more than 25.
- For sepals, use green paper; cut out 8-10 green leaves from it.
- To get voluminous flowers, you can put candy in the center or form a ball of foil.
- Trim a few petals at random - the less neat you are, the more natural your flowers will be.
Or a more complicated option:
Decorative and stylized flowers
How to make simple flowers from corrugated paper? Step-by-step instructions for making different colors and different methods.
Realistic lilies. Photos of creation step by step:
We make large flowers from corrugated paper - roses.
Such elegant and simple flowers made of corrugated paper can be useful for photo shoots or interior decoration, and they can also be used to create various decorative compositions on the street (just keep in mind that the flowers are quite light and can be carried away by a gust of wind). In general, full-size flowers are often used for decoration, but making them according to the same principle as small flowers is not too labor-intensive.
Huge poppies:
Photos step by step: stylized poppies, but in miniature.
In order to make lush artificial poppies, you will need paper of three colors (black, red, green), wire, thread, glue or stapler, and of course, scissors.
- From a roll of black paper you need to cut a cylinder about ten centimeters long.
- Tie tightly with thread and cut into a fringe along one edge - this will be the center of our flower.
- You can also make a box in the middle - to do this you need to take scraps and wrap them in black paper to make a ball. The ball is fixed with a thread or a stapler and attached to the center of the fringe.
- The roll of red paper must be unrolled and cut into six parts, each part folded like an accordion.
- Place all the accordions one on top of the other and secure them well with thread.
- The corners of the accordions need to be rounded with scissors.
- All petals need to be well unfolded (we straighten each accordion and it turns out to be a petal).
- Use thick wire or wooden slats as stems - they need to be wrapped in green corrugation, cut out large leaves and attached to the stems.
- Secure the poppy heads to the stems and straighten the petals.
Or a slightly different option on how to make a poppy flower step by step From and To:
Now you know how to make more flowers from crepe paper. If you want to make giant flowers, then for beginners it will not be very difficult, however, it is worth considering some points:
- use high-quality paper - of course, even from waste paper a master can make something beautiful, but for beginners it is better to rely on good materials;
- huge flowers must have weights, otherwise they will simply fall (or fix them with fishing line to the wall);
- do not smooth the petals completely, leave a slight corrugation;
- It’s better to have a lot of petals than a few (large roses with four petals look very pathetic);
- for a field composition, use several shades of green paper - then ordinary herbs and plants will look natural;
- if a child is making three-dimensional flowers with you, take care that he does not cut himself with paper, scissors, fishing line or threads;
- For decoration, use flowers made in two or three shades - more colors may look awkward.
More ideas and inspiration
Have you already wanted to make beautiful flowers from corrugated paper with your own hands? Great, that means you liked the ideas I proposed and mk. I’ll tell you a little more about what you can create with your own hands from corrugated paper.
Cute daisies:
See how they make crafts from corrugated paper - gorgeous roses that look better than real ones!
And in this master class you can learn how to make sweet flowers made of corrugated paper with your own hands. And so, flowers made of corrugated paper with sweets, decorated in the shape of a heart:
By the way, sweet bouquets with flowers made of corrugated paper are a wonderful find for any holiday. Such bouquets usually attract more attention than a traditional basket of flowers and are remembered for a long time.
And this is how you can make a Christmas flower - Poinsettia from corrugated paper:
Make paper flowers with your own hands from corrugated colored paper, or make a bouquet of flowers for holiday decoration, or maybe you want to make flower garlands from paper to decorate the hall? There is nothing simpler - learn how to make roses from corrugated paper step by step, and you can give a master class on any type of flower.
Try making corrugated flowers at least once, and then it won’t be difficult for you to make a new product - watch different step-by-step videos and make gorgeous bouquets with your own hands!
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