These paper roses are simple to make and look great as decor!
Keyword flowers, paper art, papercrafts, roses
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 1Paper Rose
Author Amy Lanham
Cost 2
Equipment
1 Paper Cutter
1 Pair of scissors
1 glue gun
Ingredients
1piece12x12 card stock
1skewer
1toothpick
Instructions
Use a paper cutter to cut the card stock into 4 inch by 4 inch squares. Each flower needs 4 pieces.
Fold the square paper in half diagonally 3 times. The cut the side opposite the folded point into a heart, a arch, or a wave. Do the same thing on all 4 pieces of paper. Also cut off the tip of the paper to create a hole in the middle.
Unfold. You will have a paper with 8 petals and a hole in the middle.
Cut one petal out of the first paper. Two out of the second, three out of the third, and four out of the fourth. There should now be 8 papers. 1 petal and 7 petals, 2 petals and 6 petals, 3 petals and 5 petals, 4 petals twice. Set aside one of the 4 petals, you only need one.
Now hot glue the petals back into a circle overlapping the end petals. Do not hot glue the 1 or 2 petals.
Gently curl the edges of all the petals downward with a toothpick. Then curl the one and two petals onto themselves.
Assemble the rose: Start with the skewer. Add hot glue and work your way from the biggest to the smallest petals. Slide the petals down the skewer and secure with hot glue. Try to get the petals as close as possible.
Option 2: stack the petals from biggest to smallest without the skewer. Just press them into each other. Feeding the smaller petals through the hole of the bigger petal until the rose is assemble. Then hot glue and stick the skewer through.