Three Ways to Make Easy Paper Flowers

All you need is cheap party streamers to make these gorgeous flowers.

Bouquet of Paper Flowers on Bedside Table

DIY Paper Flowers

Create gorgeous paper flowers with this easy how-to from Marianne Canada. All you need is a roll of party steamers!

From: Marianne Canada

and HGTV Handmade

Photo by: Cassidy Garcia

Cassidy Garcia

By: Deanne Revel and Marianne Canada

Show: HGTV Handmade

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Nothing brightens a room quite like a big bouquet of colorful flowers, but they don’t have to be real. You can make pretty, chic flowers with paper. And they’ll last a lot longer than grocery store blooms. HGTV Handmade’s Marianne Canada is the queen of making paper flowers that look like they came out of a celebrity pop-up event. Her secret hack: crepe streamers. Yep, you can make flowers from those cheap rolls of streamers that you can find just about anywhere. We’ve even seen them at the dollar store! Watch the video and read on for three beautiful and oh-so-easy paper flowers you can make with party streamers.

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How to Make Paper Flowers With Party Streamers

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Marianne Canada shows you how to construct a variety of paper flowers.

Overhead View of Party Streamers and Paper Flowers on Table

DIY Paper Flowers: Materials

Create gorgeous paper flowers with this easy how-to from Marianne Canada. All you need is a roll of party steamers, scissors, glue, floral tape and a floral stem.

From: Marianne Canada

and HGTV Handmade

Photo by: Cassidy Garcia

Cassidy Garcia

Materials Needed:

crepe paper streamers
glue dots
floral stems

green masking tape
pinking shears
scissors

Prep Materials

Before making each flower, pre-cut tape pieces for the flower base. You’ll need two pieces of tape for each flower. Cut a corner off of each tape piece to make it a cone shape.

Rose Paper Flower

Cut about three feet of crepe paper for each flower.

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Gently stretch out the crepe paper only on one edge of the streamer.

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Use glue dots to attach the crepe paper to the floral stem.

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Wrap the crepe paper around the floral stem, creating tiny pleats as you turn the base.

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Using floral tape, wrap the base of the finished flower to secure it to the floral stem.

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DIY Paper Flowers: Cut

Cut about three feet of crepe paper for each flower.

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Photo By: Cassidy Garcia

DIY Paper Flowers: Stretch Paper

Gently stretch out the crepe paper only on one edge of the streamer.

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DIY Paper Flowers: Add Glue Dots

Use glue dots to attach the crepe paper to the floral stem.

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DIY Paper Flowers: Wrap Paper

Wrap the crepe paper around the floral stem, creating tiny pleats as you turn the base.

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DIY Paper Flowers: Tape

Using floral tape, wrap the base of the finished flower to secure it to the floral stem.

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Cut off a 3-foot piece of crepe streamer. Gently stretch one edge of the streamer paper to make a ruffle effect. Wrap two glue dots on a floral stem about 1 inch from the top. Wrap the crepe paper around the stem, pleating the un-stretched side of the streamer as you wrap. Allow the stretched edge of the streamer to ruffle like flower petals. Make sure to keep the wrapping near the top of the floral stem and push the flower up if it drifts down the stem. Once finished, secure the flower to the floral stem with your two pieces of green tape.

Carnation Paper Flower

Fold the crepe paper accordion style in three inch sections.

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Using pinking shears, cut one side of the paper to make a zig-zag edge.

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Using scissors, cut slits in the crepe paper to create smaller petals.

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