DIY: How to Make Tissue Paper Flowers

Posted on | May 26, 2009 | 12 Comments

These colorful and whimsical paper flowers are easy to make and a great way to decorate for a spring or summer party. Just choose your colors, purchase some tissue paper and fishing wire, grab a pair of scissors, and you’re ready to go…

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All you need is a pack of tissue paper (or more, depending on how many you want to make) and a spool of fishing wire. Each flower requires about six sheets of tissue paper. The glossier the paper, the easier it is to construct the flowers.

Layer four to eight sheets of tissue paper (the more paper, the denser the result):

Fold the tissue paper accordion-style, creating about two inch wide folds:

Cut the folded tissue paper into two equal length pieces, which will yield one flower each:

Set one folded piece aside and begin work on the other. Take a long piece of fishing wire and tie one end around the middle of your folded paper. You do not need to cinch the tied fishing wire around the paper, just tie it securely in place:

Trim the fishing wire to be long enough to hang the flower at your desired length:

Once you’ve tied the fishing wire around the middle, round out the edges of the folded paper like so:

Now start fanning out the folds on one side of the string and then carefully separating and pulling apart all the single sheets of tissue:

After fanning out one side, do the same to the other side. Lastly, fluff out both sides to create uniformity:

Once you have made flowers of varying size, color, and density, hang them and enjoy the colorful display:

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12 Responses to “DIY: How to Make Tissue Paper Flowers”

Mary
May 26th, 2009 @ 1:17 pm

These are gorgeous! And so easy too– now I know what I’ll be doing tonight :) Thanks for the great tutorial!

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caroline
May 26th, 2009 @ 2:43 pm

Cool! I bet my daughter would enjoy making these with me for her birthday party! Great idea! Thanks!
Kaylyn
May 26th, 2009 @ 2:53 pm

Those are so beautiful and so simple to make! Now I can’t wait to have a party for no reason just so people can see I can be crafty! haha
yolio
May 26th, 2009 @ 7:47 pm

I love these. When I was a kid, for every big holiday we would make these flowers en masse. We would string them together into giant garlands and hang them with banners. To me, tissue paper flowers = party.
milly
May 27th, 2009 @ 12:38 pm

i learned how to do this in grade school for a play, which i totally forgot about…they really are cute!
Aussie
June 1st, 2009 @ 4:20 pm

you have saved the day, not just my wardrobe!!!

I will be making these for a farewell party I’m organising for a friend at her place. I’ll be able to spice it up with colour and mood without breaking the budget.

thank you!
Aussie
June 21st, 2009 @ 12:54 pm

Thanks again for this girls! The farewell party was yesterday and everyone loved the decorations!
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Katherine
August 6th, 2009 @ 11:28 am

Thank you sooo much! I am definately making these for my little girl’s birthday party!
Olivia
June 29th, 2010 @ 11:19 am

Love those flowers!