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HOW TO MAKE TISSUE PAPER FLOWERS FOUR WAYS

Tissue paper flowers make a gorgeous event decor with a big impact—think weddings, baby showers, bridal showers and more! Learn how to make easy tissue paper flowers, as well as different methods for cutting the petals to create four unique styles.
Keyword: Paper Flowers, Tissue Paper
Author: Cori George

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Instructions

  • Start with two large sheets of tissue paper.
    How to Make Tissue Paper Flowers: Start with two pieces of tissue paper
  • Fold the two tissue paper sheets in half.
    How to Make Tissue Paper Flowers: Fold the Pieces of Tissue Paper In Half
  • Then, fold in half again.
    How to Make Tissue Paper Flowers: Fold tissue paper in half again
  • Find the corner with all of the separate pieces of paper (not one with a fold). Take this corner and fold it to the bottom edge to make a triangle.
    A pink piece of tissue paper folded into a triangle shape
  • Trim off the extra rectangle of paper. Scissors work if you're just making a few, but found that a rotary cutter, ruler, and self-healing cutting mat were optimal for making a lot of tissue paper flowers.
    How to Make Tissue Paper Flowers: Cut off the extra part of the folded piece of tissue paper
  • When you open up the triangle to make a square, you'll notice that some edges still have a fold. Trim off that edge using a rotary cutter, or slip the scissors into the fold and cut to separate all the pieces of paper. Basically, you want eight individual squares.
    How to Make Tissue Paper Flowers: Cut folded edge to separate all 8 pieces of tissue paper.
  • Fold the paper, accordion style. Usually ended up with six or seven folds.
    Fold the tissue paper squares, accordion style. I usually ended up with six or seven folds.
  • Staple the accordion in the center.
    How to Make Tissue Paper Flowers: Staple the accordion in the center.
  • Trim each edge to create the "flower petals." See below to find other ways of cutting the ends of each flower to create a different look.
  • Carefully start to separate the layers of the flower. Pull from the inside of each layer, as opposed to out on each edge. This will help keep the flowers from tearing. To be honest, we ripped a lot of petals but there are so many on each flower that it wasn't noticeable. Keep fluffing the layers until you have half the flower.
    How to Make Tissue Paper Flowers: Carefully start to separate the layers of the flower.
  • And then fluff the other side! Voila! You've made a paper flower!
    Tissue paper flowers make a gorgeous event decor with a big impact—think weddings, baby showers, bridal showers and more! Learn how to make easy tissue paper flowers, as well as different methods for cutting the petals to create four unique styles.
  • How to Make Small Tissue Paper Flowers
    If you want to make smaller paper flowers, cut down the size of your squares. Then use this guide to know how many sheets of tissue paper to use:
    12" wide and up — 8 layers
    8" - 11" — 6 layers
    4" - 7" — 5 layers
    Smaller than 4" — 4 layers
  • Tissue Paper Petal Options
    This project ended up cutting four different styles of flowers—here's how each look was accomplished
    1. Cutting a rounded petal
    2. Cutting fringe
    3. Cutting a pointed petal
    4. Cutting an inverted rounded petal
    Tissue paper flowers make a gorgeous event decor with a big impact—think weddings, baby showers, bridal showers and more! Learn how to make easy tissue paper flowers, as well as different methods for cutting the petals to create four unique styles.