Tutorial: Napkin Flowers

Get ready for spring by making those easy-peasy tissue paper flowers. You can make them in any color,or even add layers of different colors! Have fun. :]

You’ll need:

 

Napkins/Tissue paper (any color)

Scissors

Pencil

Straws or empty pen tubes

Yarn or string scraps

Green cardboard/paper scraps

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Step #1

Get your napkins ready. Start with 4 or 5 layers and put them on one another. 

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Step #2

Fold your napkins in a fan-like way. 

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Step #3

Tie your napkin fan from the middle with your yarn scrap. 

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Step #4

Using your scissors,cut little half circles at each end of your napkin. (these will be your little petals!)

           

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Step #5

Now you should start ‘unfolding’ your fan like the pictures below.

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Step #6

Very gently, pull the first layer of napkins towards the center of the flower.

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Step #7

Continue doing this with all remaining layers till you get your flower shape. 

 

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Step #8

Take your straw (in my case it’s an empty pen tube) and wrap and glue a strap of green cardboard on it using your hot glue-gun.

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Step #9

Now make the flower a little ‘stand’ that you can glue the stem to.

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Step #10

Attach the stem and you’re done! Sit back and marvel at your pretty flower. :]

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Make several of these and you got yourself a wonderful vase of homemade beauty!

My 5 and 6 yr old cousins also made ‘wristies’ out of them using some elastic. :]

I hope you liked the little tute. :D Give it a try and post your pics in a comment. ♥
See you all later.