Paper crafts: Easy Crepe Paper Garland

DIY instructions below!

   

   

Paper crafts: Easy Crepe Paper Garland

Materials Needed:

Crepe Paper, Thin Gauge Wire, Scissors, Wire Cutter, and String

Step 1: Cut out the petals and the leaves. Taking stacks of the crepe paper cut out the shapes of the petals and also of the leaves. For the petals we made them 2.5″ wide and for the leaves we made them skinny about 4″ long. Take special care to get the shape you want since it makes a big difference what your flower looks like.

Step 2: Make the Flower. You need four petals for each flower. Take the first petal and roll it to make the center. Then take the second petal and wrap it around the first pinching it at the base. The last two flowers you should mold and stretch out with your thumb before adding them to the flower. Take a 5″ piece of wire and wrap it at the base of the flower to hold it in place. Leave the tail of the wire attached like a stem.

Step 3: Attach the flower to the string. Taking a few flowers and a few leaves hold them up to the string. Taking the tail of the wire fasten the leaves and flowers to the string by wrapping it around tightly. Clip off the extra wire with wire cutters. Et voilà! You have a pretty floral garland.

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From Brittany... Ever wonder how to arrange flowers? I am in love with this flower arrangement. 
If you would like to re-create this bouquet that we used for the Art Party yourself, here are the easy 
steps to follow. 

Materials: 

serrated floral knife

pruners/garden clippers

20-24 gauge floral wire

paper scissors 

6 inch square glass vases
Flowers: pink gerbera daisies, dark pink roses, red pixie carnations, orange tulips, yellow ranunculus, yellow mums, kermit poms, bear grass, blue hydrangeas, purple liatris 

Instructions / Tips from Megan:

1. Keep the flowers in cold water until you are ready to use them. 

2. Strip the stems of excess foliage. 

3. Secure smaller bundles of flowers with a rubber band or floral wire. 

4. Trim the ends at an angle. (You can tweak the flowers as you go until you get the right look)

7. Arrange in rainbow order in the vases

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Other then that the only other thing you'll need is some yellow or orange crepe paper for the center of the flower. This is the regular rolls of crepe paper they sell at party supply stores.

Once done you can glue the flowers to branches. Here I used dried curly willow.

LOL I have to say I was a bit reluctant to post the photos because, quite frankly, my fingers look really ginormously freaky in some of them :P

1. Start with a square of paper

2. Fold in half from corner to corner

3. Like this

4. Then fold again from corner to corner making a small triangle

5. Partially unfold from one corner, take the point from the far side of the triangle and fold it downwards to the top point in the photo.

6. Flatten down into a square like this, then flip over and repeat on other side

7. It should look like this

8. Now take the tip of the square and lift it away from the base

9. Continue lifting until you can create the shape below

10. Can you see how I'm folding the outer cut edge as perfectly even as possible to the center line?

11. It should look like this when you've folded both sides inwards.

12. Then flip over and repeat on the other side.

13. It should look like this once both sides are done

14. Here I've taken the points from the solid ends and folded them back over.

14b. Now fold one petal away from the rest of the form taking the tip of the point facing left in the image above and unfold that petal all the way back towards the right.

15. Take the top point and fold the petal in half aligning the top point back down to the creased line on the base like in the picture above.

16. Gently lift the folds open and fold along the scored lines

17. It should look like this

18. Fold the petal back up in the opposite direction. Repeats steps 15-18 on the 3 remaining petals

20. It should look like this when all 4 petals are done

21. Take one of the outer corners and fold it towards the center line

22. It should look like this. Repeat on the half of this petal, then repeat both folds on the backside

23. It should look like this once all 4 folds are completed

24. Hold the flower and gently separate the petals in an outward direction

25. It should look like this with all 4 petals completed

26. Close up front

27. Close up side

28. Cut a small piece of crepe paper twice as long as you want the center to be

29. Gently twist a couple of times in the center

31. Fold crepe paper in half and gently insert into the center of the flower. I use a bit of glue on the folded point to secure in the flower and a small nail or wire to ease the crepe paper lower into the base.


I found this glue at Michaels and it worked like a charm. You can Google the name below to find it online:

3M Scotch Quick Drying Tacky White Glue

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