These giant paper flowers were easy to make and fun decorations for my outdoor barbeque this past weekend. They would also be cute decor for a bridal shower, baby shower, or casual dinner party.
Step 1: Download and print the template from Martha Stewart onto cardstock.
Step 2: Cut out 7 petals from the template. (In the directions on Martha Stewart’s website, they direct you to cut out one petal and trace it onto the cardstock. However, I just printed the seven petals directly onto the cardstock which reduced the amount of time.)
Step 3: Take a pencil and curl each petal around the pencil in different directions.
Step 4: After cutting slits in the bottom of the petals, hot glue the bottom of each petal together as shown above.
Step 5: Overlap the first two petals and hot glue them together. Add a third petal to create the first layer of petals.
Step 6: Glue the remaining four petals around the outside of the middle three petals.
Step 7: Make the center of the flower by cutting out two circles, one six inches and one four inches. (I didn’t measure the circles. I just eyeballed it.)
Step 8: Cut slits all the way around the six inch circle and cut eight slits into the four inch circle. Use your fingers to bend some of the pieces inward.
Step 9: Glue the four inch circle onto the middle of the six inch circle.
Step 10: Glue the attached circles into the middle of your flower. Now you have a beautiful, budget-friendly floral decoration.
You can attach a stem to the flower if you want to place them in a vase. I used them without stems by attaching ribbon with my hot glue gun to the back and hanging them in different areas of the outdoor entertaining space.
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What a clever idea! I also love your hands….they are so cute!
May 27th, 2009
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