CREPE PAPER FLOWERS BOUQUET
Whether flowers have bloomed in your region, bring spring indoors with these crepe paper flowers. Make them in the color theme of a wedding, a birthday or graduation party, or any room in your home.
Here's a sneaky tip: dab the ends of the stems or petals with an essential oil blend to make them smell like real flowers!
Materials: 1¾-inch (4.5-cm) wide crepe paper streamers wired silk flower stems double-sided adhesive tape
Step 1
Cut 10 heart shapes from crepe paper. Make sure the tops and bottoms of the hearts are cut along the crepe paper roll edges. This is for sizing purposes.
Step 2
Press both thumbs into the center of one heart. Pull gently with your thumbs to form a rounded petal shape. Repeat with the other hearts.
Step 3
Cut a 4-inch (10-cm) piece of crepe paper. Loosely fold it in half lengthwise. Place a ½-inch (1-cm) strip of tape at one end of a wire stem. Loosely roll the crepe paper around the stem to form the flower center. Pinch the base of the paper, and add more tape strips as you roll.
Step 4
Add a strip of tape around the base of the bud. Attach a petal, covering the base of the bud and squeezing the base of the petal to create a tight petal shape. Add another petal, positioned so it slightly overlaps the bud base and first petal. Continue attaching petals, one at a time, adding more tape as needed, pinching the base, and shaping the petals with your fingers.
Step 5
Cut off a 3-inch (8-cm) section of green crepe paper. Cut two leaf shapes out. Use your thumbs to form a concave shape in these too. Use tape to attach the leaves to the flower stem just under the petals.
Step 6
This tutorial is excerpted with permission from Paper Artist: Creations Kids Can Fold, Tear, Wear, or Share
by Kara L. Laughlin and published by Craft It Yourself.
