I can’t wait for spring to be here; I’m looking forward to the warmer weather and the flowers blooming again! It’s still too cold here for real flowers, but in the meantime I thought I’d make some tissue paper flowers to help brighten up the place. They’re so quick and easy to make, and they’ll be pretty and colorful all year round!
These flowers would be great Valentine’s Day decor as well; just make them out of red, pink, and white tissue paper and put them up all over your house!
DIY Tissue Paper Flowers
Here’s what you need to make these flowers:
- colored tissue paper
- floral wire or twist ties
- floral stems or straws
- scissors
Start by cutting your tissue paper into squares. You’ll need about 8-10 squares of tissue paper per flower. The larger the squares, the larger the finished flower. My squares were about 8″.
Stack the squares of tissue paper on top of one another and then fold the whole stack into an accordion (make a fold about 3/4″ from one edge, then fold the next 3/4″ under, then fold the next 3/4″ over, and so on until the entire square is folded). Don’t worry if your folds aren’t perfectly straight or even; it won’t show in the finished flower!
Twist a length of floral wire around the center of the accordion to hold the tissue paper in place.
Using your scissors, round the ends of the tissue paper. It’s a little difficult to cut through this many layers of tissue paper, so be careful! But again, don’t worry if your cuts aren’t perfectly smooth, you won’t notice in the finished flower.
Attach a floral stem or a straw using the ends of the floral wire that you wrapped around the middle of your accordion.
Now comes the fun part! Carefully spread out one half of your accordion, and gently peel back each individual layer of tissue paper. Go slowly so you don’t rip the paper.
When you’re finished with all the layers on that half, carefully fluff them out so that they make a half dome.
Then spread out the other side of the accordion and separate those layers of tissue paper. Fluff the entire thing into a nice round shape, and you’re done!
Stick them into a vase for adorable, colorful decor that lasts throughout the entire year!
Pam Avoledo says
So pretty! You did a great job! Every petal looks perfect.