Crafts from paper - flowers

From such simple and pliable material as paper, you can make a huge number of a variety of crafts. One of the most popular paper masterpieces are all kinds of flowers that are perfect for participating in school exhibitions of children's works, decorating the interior, and also as a gift to family and friends.

In this article, we offer to your attention two detailed instructions, with the help of which even a child will not be difficult to figure out how to make a hand-made paper, imitating beautiful flowers.

How to make your own crafts from colored paper in the form of flowers?

Doing crafts in the form of beautiful flowers from colored paper is not at all difficult, and even a junior schoolchild without the help of parents can easily cope with this task. In some cases, origami techniques are used to create such ornaments, but more often flowers are created using various elements cut from colored paper and glue.

Among the crafts in the form of flowers made from paper with their own hands, roses have become especially popular. They turn out to be extraordinarily beautiful and realistic. To perform such a wonderful decoration, the following instruction will help you:

1. From a sheet of white paper, cut out the square, and then fold it up so that the triangle is formed, then fold the sheet again in a triangle and repeat this action a third time.
2. Cut the tip of the sheet as shown in the photo, then unfold the workpiece. You will get a template for future roses.
3. Transfer the template to the colored paper of the desired shade and circle it with a pencil. Cut out 4 such details.
4. Color pencil, the shade of which is slightly darker than the color of the paper itself, lightly tint the edges.
5. Make an incision on one workpiece, on the second - cut out the petal.
6. On the third - a heart, consisting of 2 petals, and on the fourth - a figure of 3 petals.
7. Each part is twisted in the form of a cone and fixed with glue.
8. Using a pencil, twist the petals.
9. Glue to each other all the blanks, starting with the largest.
10. Here is a rose you can get!

Crafts in the form of flowers from crepe paper

From crepe, or corrugated paper, making your own crafts in the form of flowers is a little more difficult. Nevertheless, with the help of our master class, you can accomplish this task without much difficulty:

1. Take the peat pot and place a warmer for the windows in it, which will act as a stand. Inside, place a circle of the desired diameter from the artificial lawn.
2. From corrugated paper of pink color cut out strips and twist each of them as shown in the photo.
3. Bend the future petals in half and fix the outer and inner edges with an adhesive gun.
4. In the center of one petal, glue several stamens, which can be purchased at a specialized store or manufactured independently. Then attach 2 other petals to it and glue them together. (crafts made of paper flowers 25-27)
5. Making all the flowers in the same way, carefully insert them into the pot and glue them.
6. From the green felt cut out the leaves, give them the desired shape, and then glue to the flowers.
7. Wrap the pot into a sheet of A4 paper and tie it with string. Your bouquet is ready!