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HOW TO MAKE TISSUE PAPER PEONIES

Delicate tissue paper is the perfect material for making paper flowers! These tissue paper peonies are a beautiful way to decorate a party, shower, or even nursery. 
Keyword: Flowers, Peonies, Tissue Paper
Author: Cori George

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Instructions

  • For the peony, you're going to need 6-8 squares of peach and two squares of yellow. Here's how to make your squares. Start with one color of your tissue paper. Fold the two sheets of tissue paper in half.
    A piece of yellow tissue paper lying on an aqua blue table
  • Fold in half again.
    A piece of yellow tissue paper lying on an aqua blue table
  • Find the corner with all of the separate pieces of paper (not one with a fold). Take this corner and fold it to the opposite edge to make a triangle.
    A piece of yellow tissue paper lying on an aqua blue table
  • Trim off the extra rectangle of paper.
    A scissors and two pieces of yellow tissue paper lying on an aqua blue table
  • When you open up the triangle to make a square, you'll notice that some edges still have a fold. Trim off that edge by slipping your scissors into the fold and cut to separate all the pieces of paper. Basically, you want eight individual squares.
    A scissors and a piece of yellow tissue paper lying on an aqua blue table
  • A stapler, scissors and a piece of yellow and a piece of orange tissue paper lying on an aqua blue table
  • Stack your peach and yellow and fold it, accordion-style. For the peony, I like to fold my folds a little narrower than when I make other flowers -- 8 to 10 folds.
    A stapler, scissors and a piece of orange accordion folded tissue paper lying on an aqua blue table
  • Staple in the middle.
    A stapler, scissors and a piece of orange accordion folded tissue paper lying on an aqua blue table
  • Using your scissors, round the ends of your tissue paper accordion.
    A stapler, scissors and a piece of orange folded tissue paper lying on an aqua blue table
  • Carefully start to separate the layers of the peony. Pull from the inside of each layer, as opposed to out on each edge. This will help keep the flowers from tearing.
    Lying on an aqua blue table is an orange and yellow accordion folded tissue paper where part of the tissue paper is pulled apart to resemble a flower
  • Keep fluffing the layers until you have half the flower, then fluff the other side. Once you have it all fluffed, crumple the yellow pieces to create the center of your peony. Fluff the petals around the center, keeping it sort of cup-shaped like a real peony.
    How sweet would these be as feminine baby shower decorations or at a bridal shower in the wedding colors? So sweet.
    Close up of two orange and yellow paper tissue flowers against an aqua background