3D Paper Flowers

The other day, I saw these flowers on sale at Walmart for a not-so-much low price. I said to my husband, "I can't believe they're selling these things for this price when you can make them at home, using whatever color or design paper you want for SO much cheaper!!!"

I actually made these for my wedding reception. We placed them on top of the napkins.

Kind of hard to see, but it is a black rose.

I have also used this for a Mother's Day boquet craft with kiddos at children's church. However, my latest use was bulletin board use. When my classroom had a garden theme, I used them for my first bulletin board of the year.

These things are SO easy to make.

Woo! Swirl!

 Let me prove it to you.  

First, draw a "swirl" on your sheet of paper. 

(The bigger the paper, the bigger the flower.)

In this picture, I am using a scrapbook sized
sheet.


Next, with your scissors,

Snip, snip.

 cut along the swirl lines.

You should have a dangling   

swirl left over.

(Btw, these CAN be fun

to hand from the ceiling.)

Now, starting at the end of the    

Cut it, then roll it, and now we're almost done...

swirl, begin rolling it towards 
the middle of the swirl.
It should look like a very tight
tulip when you are finished. 











When you finally have it bunched up, release it. You'll be amazed at how it sits like a flower. It can get a little too loose, though, so that's where the hot glue gun comes in. For heavy paper, like the pretty scrapbook paper that I used, it's best to use this so that the "petals" don't come apart too easily.

Glue guns solve almost any problem. 

See! I told you they were easy. 

So please don't go spend your hard earned money (or somebody else's hard earned money) at these home decor stores or sections. 

Make them yourself. Hang them anywhere!

I hope you'll love them as much as I do!!!