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Tissue Paper Flowers |
I'm famous (in my family) for being the Martha Stewart of Utah County. I love making inexpensive, but fun craft projects out of ordinary products, like my
frugal wrapping paper bows. Yesterday I was asked to teach a youth group how to make some tissue paper flowers to decorate for an upcoming event. These flowers are so gorgeous that no one will know they only cost about $0.05 a piece to make. I have made these flowers dozens of times to decorate birthday parties, bridal showers, Mothers Day gifts and church events. The Savvy clan and I have even turned them into giant flower pens using floral tape and stick pens. I even made them to decorate the church gym for my daughters baptism. We have an enormous extended family and the church was the only place to hold the luncheon. I wanted the room to be a bright celebration of this exciting day and used tissue paper flowers to spruce things up. (And of course I got a deal on all that food :-)
I thought I would share this simple and inexpensive decorating idea with you.
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Family Luncheon decorated with Tissue Paper Flowers |
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Tissue paper flower table arrangements - I even sprinkled matching Laffy Taffy and flower erasers (from the dollar store) across the tables for the kids. They loved it and all got to take a flower home. |
Project Ingredients:
- Chenille Pipe Cleaners
- Tissue Paper
- Scissors
Tissue Paper Flower How To:
Step #1:
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Fold 2 Pieces of Tissue Paper in half and then in half again - see below |
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Tissue Paper Folds |
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Step #2:
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Using Scissors cut folded edges to create (8) 1/4 sheet pages |
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Step #3:
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Accordion fold tissue paper sheets and secure in the middle with any color pipe cleaner |
Step #4:
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Trim both ends of accordion with scallops, points or fringe for different flower effects |
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Scallop, Point & Fringe white tissue paper flowers made last night for a church function |
Step #5:
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Beginning with the top sheet, pull tissue paper up to the center of the flower. Pull from the base of the paper, not the tips, to avoid tearing. | |
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Complete Flower |
You'll end up with gorgeous multi-colored or solid color flowers which you can display in vases, tape to gifts or garnish a party table with. These flowers are truly easy to make - my 6 year old and 10 year old made these:
I used these for a summer themed baby shower and they worked great! Glad you had the same frugal find :)
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