Paper flower greetings

After posting these online yesterday, I had a number of people ask about how to make them. As simple as they are, it was actually kind of hard to explain.. so I thought some photos would make it much easier. So I'm posting the directions here for those of you who were wanting them.


I start by cutting a piece of 3/16 inch wooden dowel about 12 inches long.

I then paint the dowels with green acrylic paint, and a foam brush. Using a piece of foam to hold it while it dries is helpful... especially it you are doing a number of them at one time. Don't worry about the little bit that you stick in the foam ,not being painted, it will be covered by the flower.

The flower I have here is quite large. I used a 12x6 piece of paper. You can make them any size. I would do one out of a piece of scratch paper first, to get an idea of the size you like best. This was even a bit larger than the ones I showed yesterday.

Then you are going to fold it back and forth , like making a fan. the width of these folds is about

1/2 inch.


Make sure your folds on each end , are as shown, with the last fold like this. It will make them look nice, when putting them together. If you need to trim one fold off, to make this happen, that's fine.

Then tie a thin ribbon around the middle, and tie it tight in the back.

You will want to make sure its in the MIDDLE. To make sure it's in the middle. Pull the two ends up to meet. They should meet at the edge evenly.

Once you are sure they are going to meet up correctly at the edge. Use strong double sided tape to connect them on both sides. I use Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Photo tape
It's strong and holds really well.

Then I use hot glue to attach my stick in the back. Try to glue and insert the stick in to one of the folds for extra reinforcement.

Then trim off the ribbon ends

I hot glue a button in the center of the flower and add a ribbon and a little tag greeting with a stamped message on it. I attached mine with a colored safety pin.

I thought these would be so fun to have around just to give out to cheer a friend, a thankyou, get well, birthday, ect... They could be stuck in a planter, or they would be great to give someone for thier desk at an office, teacher gift, ect...

Anyway... have fun creating!

And dont forget to put your name in for the giveaway... I'm drawing tomorrow morning!!!!!