Patriotic Paper Flowers DIY Tutorial

Create beautifully patriotic decorations with our Paper Flowers DIY tutorial!

I adore fresh flowers, but hate that they go by so quickly. With this Paper Flowers DIY project, you do not have to worry about your centerpieces fading away!

Hello there, Juggling Act Mama readers!  It’s Katie from View From The Fridge back today to share a fun and easy craft.  I think you’re  really going to love these!

There are quite a few different tutorials for DIY paper flowers out there, but I’m pretty sure this is about the easiest version!  A couple folds, some hot glue, a button to top it off, and you’re done.  You will have beautiful flowers that don’t die!  They will actually last quite a long time (and don’t need water!) if you store them carefully in between use.

Paper Flowers DIY Shopping List:

• Patriotic scrapbook paper, preferably double sided
• Wooden skewers OR extra long Lollipop sticks
• Hot glue gun and glue
• Button(s) or other embellishments for the centers

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This Paper Flowers DIY project is perfect for a variety of events:

✔ Memorial Day
✔ 4th of July
✔ Labor Day

You can also customize them with different colors and patterns for other events and holidays like birthday parties, baby showers, Easter, Thanksgiving and even weddings.  I am kind of a hoarder when it comes to lovely scrapbook papers!  These sets would also make gorgeous centerpieces!

Paper Flowers DIY Tutorial

Materials:

• Scrapbook paper, preferably double sided
• Wooden skewers OR extra long Lollipop sticks
• Hot glue gun and glue
• Button(s) or other embellishments for the centers

Instructions:

1. Out of your scrapbook paper, cut a square (~5″), then cut this in half diagonally to form two triangles
2. Using one triangle, fold both ends into the center to meet in the middle as shown
3. You should now have a perfect square.
4. Fold down each corner as shown
5. From the center, fold the paper so each center edge is now matched up with the outer edge
6. Curl the paper so that each edge meets in the middle.  Repeat these 6 steps 6 times to form 6 petals.
7. Get out the hot glue gun and apply hot glue to your dowel rod/skewer/lollipop stick
8. Glue each petal onto the skewer as shown
9. Six petals glued onto the top of the skewer
10. Hot glue a button onto the center to cover the top of the skewer

My little sidekick was helping me out with this project, and decided he was also a fan of these flowers:

Please note, we do NOT recommend children helping with the hot gluing portion.  Instead, get them involved in choosing the paper and arranging the finished flowers.

I just love the way these came out!  Ok, just one more closeup of these paper flowers:

Thanks for having me here today, Ang!  I’ll be back next month with more craftiness.  In the meantime, I’d love for you to stop by and say “hi” over at View From The Fridge.

And … in case you’re wondering about those mason jar vases … check out that tutorial here: