Make Paper Party Flowers for Pennies

Nothing against the ordinary puffy paper flowers you can buy in kit (because we did too!)  but why not pump it up with a more elegant and “garden like” paper flower.  These ‘unfluffed’ paper flowers look just like the flower called Dahlias.  We mixed some old standards that we bought in with our new snazzy way to do it in multiple colors.  Give it a try or just have a party any way! 

Materials:

• Tissue Paper 15-20 full sheets of two similar colors

• Tissue Paper in thin strips in a different color– about 10

• 6” length of string

Tools:

• Scissors

Instructions:

1. Lay out your full sheets one on top of the other casually varying the colors.

2. Accordion fold into a  2” width.

3. Cut both ends into a soft flower petal point

4. Add the thin strips – on top and in the middle of your folded tissue

5. Tie it all up with the string right across the center.

6. Hold the tissue paper strip in one hand

7. Start pulling the tissue paper petals up towards you, in batches of about 5 petals at a time, in a motion towards the center with the other hand- (this is what makes them looks different than the very puffy flowers we all know and love.)

Hint:

When you have pulled your “petals” up -and it looks like a flower –you can take the palm of your hand and press down right on top of the flower and give it a little twist and swirl.  It makes it look more natural, fresh picked from the garden!