Remember the beach baby shower I told you about? These simple, crepe paper flowers will be used to embellish whatever needs to be embellished this weekend!
How to make crepe paper flowers
Materials:
- crepe paper (Hobby Lobby has it for $1 a roll)
- scissors
- pen
- brad
Step 1 – Fold crepe paper
I folded the paper like a fan and drew a petal shape on the top layer with a pen.
Step 2 – Cut the crepe paper
Use the outlines you created as a guide and trim the crepe paper to make multiple flower petals.
Step 3 – Brad
After I cut out all of the petals, I layered them on top of each other and pushed a brad through all of the petals.
This is before maneuvering the petals, fluffing, and bending.
I also discovered the flowers look cuter if you cut out a few smaller ones for the top of the flower… check out the dark blue flower. Experiment with petal shape! It’s fun and easy. I used Elmer’s glue dots to stick the flowers on the tin buckets…I’m sure tape would work too!
more shapes and colors…
behind the scenes in my “studio”… ha!
As of now the tin pails (found on the side of the road for FREE) are going to be used as silverware, marker, napkin holders 🙂 I’m sure they will end up a few more places too!
Comments & Reviews
I was searching for Crepe paper flowers and found your blog. Really nice article though. Please keep posting about these things. Thanks, Midas.
This looks so easy to do! I'm a Maid of Honor and always in need of new DIY ideas. Thanks for sharing!
How cute! That is a great idea! We would love for you to come share this at our "Strut Your Stuff Saturday" link party! http://sixsistersstuff.blogspot.com/2011/07/strut-your-stuff-saturday-week-2.html
Love,
The Sisters @ sixsistersstuff.blogspot.com
This is another one that my 14 year old crafty kid will LOVE, thanks!!
It's nice to see an alternative to those pom pom style flowers. Your cut ones are very cute with the brads. Have a great weekend!
CUTE!
i love it! I've pinned it to my wedding board on pinterest….i'm thinking ceremony decorations 🙂
Very cute and EASY! How did you stick them to the bucket? Tape?