| Making paper flowers can be both fun and exciting | | | | pipe cleaner and twist it around the notch, now |
| especially if you are into handmade decorations. It | | | | with the stem pointing straight down gently pull up |
| is very easy and simple to make, that even the | | | | one layer of tissue paper to the center and then |
| non crafty type person can get into the spirit of | | | | the remainder one by one. Repeat the same |
| making paper flowers, because it only involves | | | | process on the other side of the flower. |
| simple accordion folding. At the end you will have | | | | Now that all of the layers are pulled up, they |
| great looking decorations which were easy and | | | | should be fluffed to give the flowers a more |
| fast to make and cost nothing more than a few | | | | natural and realistic look. With the remaining |
| dollars for the material which can be purchased at | | | | squares repeat the same process and continue |
| any craft store in your neighborhood. | | | | making beautiful flowers. For stronger flower |
| The materials you will need are very basic. All you | | | | stems wrap together two pipe cleaners which |
| will need for this of fun creation is one pack of | | | | also works to make different flower sizes and to |
| multi colored tissue paper, one pack of green pipe | | | | give a more realistic looking finish. You can also |
| cleaners (a type of brush made from wire which | | | | cut the tissue paper in different sizes, depending |
| resembles a flower stem when green.) and one | | | | on the size of flower that you are trying to |
| pair of scissors. You can also use wire instead of | | | | create. You could also add more layers of paper |
| pipe cleaners and tape it up with green floral tape. | | | | for thicker flowers and less paper for thinner |
| Now you are ready to begin working. Take four | | | | flowers. When choosing colors try and select |
| or five sheets of tissue paper in different colors if | | | | colors that blend in with each other to give a |
| you want multi colored flowers and lay them out. | | | | more uniform looking finish. After you have |
| Cut the sheets of tissue paper into squares of | | | | finished making your flowers, it is recommended |
| eight inches. Make sure to keep the sheets | | | | that you spray them with a little spray starch to |
| layered, take one set of squares and fold it into | | | | make them firmer, thus giving a more |
| the shape of an accordion so that it looks like a | | | | professional looking job. It also helps them to last |
| thin rectangle. At the rectangle centre cut a notch | | | | longer and not be susceptible to the touch. |
| in V-shape on both sides, take the end of the | | | | |