the flowers are actually quite easy to make and for sure you will come up with many variations,as soon as you have done your first one. ...making them is just a bit time consuming.
esther from deko kitchen published great tutorials and easy templates, which i used myself.
...nevertheless i felt like making my own pictured tutorial and you are more than welcome, to have a look at my first paper flower.
...and of course all other paper flowers, i made so far.
http://silkerudat.blogspot.de/2016/03/giant-paper-flower-wall-backdrop.html
this is what you need
- kraft paper (cut into seven pieces a dinA 4)
- pencil
- eraser (just in case)
- scissors
- glue stick
- glue
- templates
this is what you have to do
- print and cut out templates
- place two kraft paper sheets on top of each other
- place the template of the large petals onto the sheets, leaving out some space
- add the template for the small petals
- copy the templates
- cut out the petals
- cut out two more large and two more small petals
- get two more kraft paper sheets ready
- interfold them
- place the templates of the medium sized petals onto the kraftpaper
- draw then petals onto the paper
- cut out the petals
- repeat until you have eight large, eight medium and four small petals
- draw a medium size circle onto another kraft paper sheet
- cut out then circle
- this circles serves as the invisible base of the flower, so the circle does not need to be perfect
- get the template for the calyx ready
- copy the outlines of the calyx onto the paper
- cut it out
- when you are done, you should have eight large, eight medium and four small petals, as well as one circle and one calyx
- get your petals and your scissors ready
- make a cut of 2 cm in the middle of the bottom part of the petals
- apply some glue onto the back of the leftside of the cut
- adhere both sides of the cut onto each other
- your petals should have a small bulge now
- repeat this with all other petals
- get your calyx template, your pecncil and your glue ready
- place the outer end of the spiral around your pencil
- wrap the entire paper spiral around the pencil
- it might look like this
- fix the inner end of the paper spiral with your glue stick
- apply glue to the lower part of the paper calyx, a glue stick might not work here
- firmly hold the calyx together until the glue dried
- adhere the paper calyx onto the paper circle
- let the glue dry
- get the medium petals ready
- apply glue to lower outer part of the bulge of the petals
- adhere the first petal close to the calyx
- place the second petal next to the first one, so they overlap slightly
- continue with the other petals
- glue the large petals underneath the medium sized ones, close to the edge of the circle
- at the end adhere the small petals inbetween the medium petals and the calyx
- using your scissors, you can create some more bulges at the edges of the petals. just bend the edges of the pedals over the blades of the scissors
- looks beautiful
some more kraft paper flower tutorials will follow soon, so a beautiful flower backdrop can be created...i am looking forward seeing you here soon...best regards...silke
