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DIY Colourful Paper Flowers

3 beautiful and colourful paper flowers on a white and pink background.

DIY Colourful Paper Flowers

Springtime is officially here and we are all for it. If you are excited as we are about spring’s arrival, celebrate with us by making these beautiful DIY colourful paper flowers!

There are perfect for adult crafts, school crafts, and crafts that are just for fun. If you want a spring-inspired sweet treat, try these Pink Rose Cookies, they are so yummy!

Read on for the step-by-step guide to make your own flower or an entire bouquet!

Supplies needed to make paper flowers, glue, scissors, construction paper, compass, pencil are shown.

Things You Will Need:

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Yellow construction paper with a pencil and compass.

Step 1:

Grab your coloured construction papers and choose the colours you want your flowers to be!

Yellow construction paper with a penciled circle drawn on.

Step 2:

Use the compass to make a perfect circle. Repeat these steps for every colour of flower you make.

Scissors with yellow circle cut out.

Step 3:

Cut out the circle for every colour.

Circle is folded into a pie shape.

Step 4:

Fold each circle into fours.

Yellow circle is folded in half again.

Step 5:

Then fold the folded piece in half.

Folded yellow circle has a zig zag drawn across the folded circle.

Step 6:

Draw a zigzag shape on the opened side of the piece. Or you can use the template to draw the shape.

Zig zag shape cut out from folded circle.

Step 7:

Cut along the zigzag mark as best as you can, this will make the shape of the flower.

Folded circles with cuts made.

Step 8:

Make some vertical cuts on the piece from the opened top side. Don’t cut all the way through.

Circle opened up after all of the cuts.

Step 9:

Open up the fold to reveal a beautiful circle revealing a myriad of thin petals.

One space is cut out of the circle.

Step 10:

Make a cut on the circle piece. Don’t cut all the way through, just until there is a space in the bottom center.

Circle being folded up towards the center.

Step 11:

Start rolling the paper up from the cut area.

Circle flower folded into the shape of a flower.

Step 12:

After rolling it all the way you’ll get a cone, glue the end to secure it.

A green rectangle cut out of construction paper.

Step 13:

Cut out a green piece of paper out of construction paper to make a stem. Make it the length that you want!

Corner of green construction paper being rolled up.

Step 14:

Roll the paper diagonally starting from any corner.

Rectangle is folded into a stem.

Step 15:

After rolling it all the way you’ll get a stick shape, glue it and secure it.

Glue is added to the bottom of the stem.

Step 16:

Apply glue on the top of the stick.

Flower is glued onto the stem.

Step 17:

Then glue the flowers bottom on the glue area, and let it dry.

Two leaves cut out of green leaves.

Step 18:

Cut out two leaves shapes from the TEMPLATE.

Leaves are glued onto the flower.

Step 19:

Glue the leaves on the stick and you’re done!

3 flowers against a purplish pink background.

April Showers, Bring May Flowers!

There you have it! Now you have beautiful flowers for any occasion. I don’t know about you but, I’m ready for the spring weather. Winter was long enough and I’m ready for warmer weather, blue skies, and beautiful flowers.

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This craft is a perfect way to welcome spring!

Are you ready for spring?

Let me know, til then–cheers m’deres!

 

 

 

 

 

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