Easy Paper Flowers
DIY crafts have been on a steady rise over the years with people opting for these crafts, be it for passing time, making things for themselves that they can’t afford, to give their décors a personal touch or simply because the craft is their passion. It is a hassle-free way to spend your free time that is neither harmful to you nor wasteful.
Handmade paper flowers have always held a special appeal and beauty. And, despite being so pretty, they are often really simple and easy to make. Here are a few simple flowers you can make at home.
SWIRLY ROSE
Materials:
Craft Paper
Scissors
Toothpick
Hot glue gun
Method:
1. Draw patterned spirals on a sheet of craft paper and cut it off as shown.
2. Take a toothpick and starting at the outer end, start rolling the paper around the stick.
3. Once you reach the other end of the paper, remove the toothpick.
4. Apply some glue using a hot glue gun at the end of the paper and keeping it flat on a surface (table or ground), stick the swirled up rose on it.
5. Voila! Your swirly rose is ready! Make several more to decorate your projects, assignments, scrapbooks, your gifts or even your house.
BUTTONHOLE FLOWER
Materials:
Craft paper
Method:
1. Take a square craft paper of size 12 cm.
2. Fold the paper in half vertically. Crease and unfold. Repeat the same horizontally.
3. Turn the back and fold in half diagonally. Crease well and unfold. Repeat from the other corner.
4. Pushing the center crease inwards, fold the paper so that it forms a triangle.
5. Fold the paper in half along the crease line.
6. Fold two flaps at a slanted angle backwards as shown.
7. Repeat the same with the other two flaps from the back side.
8. Now, separate the layers of each flap as shown and slightly curl the top corners.
9. Voila! Your buttonhole flowers are ready!
ORIGAMI FLOWER
Materials:
Craft paper
Method:
1. Take a square piece of craft paper of any size.
2. Fold the paper in half vertically. Crease and unfold. Repeat the same horizontally.
3. Turn to the back and fold all the sides towards the center crease and crease well at the center alone as shown.
4. Now, fold the paper in half diagonally and crease at the center as shown. Repeat the same for the other diagonal as well.
5. Turn back to the front. Now, fold the bottom towards the topmost crease line and crease at the center. Repeat for all the sides.
6. Turn back to the back. Now, pushing along the creases, (push the center of the sides inwards, the middle creases upwards and the center point downwards.) fold the paper and push inwards such that it forms a flower.
7. Voila! Your origami flower is ready for use!
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