How to Make Paper Flowers for a Wedding Bouquet

Pretty, inexpensive and long-lasting, paper flower bouquets are perfect wedding mementos. Learn how to make paper flowers for your bridesmaids and flower girls with this tutorial.
Pink Paper Flowers as Wedding Bouquet

Flower Girl With Paper Bouquet

For a full bouquet, you will need at least 12 paper flowers, depending on the size of your blooms and their fullness. The materials needed for this paper flower bouquet project are crepe paper, scissors, green floral wire, green floral tape, wired floral leaves (from craft stores), ribbon and wire cutters.

Photo by: Cristina Riches, Bird's Party

Cristina Riches, Bird's Party

For a full bouquet, you will need at least 12 paper flowers, depending on the size of your blooms and their fullness. The materials needed for this paper flower bouquet project are crepe paper, scissors, green floral wire, green floral tape, wired floral leaves (from craft stores), ribbon and wire cutters.
By: Cristina Bird

For a full bouquet, you will need at least 12 paper flowers, depending on the size of your blooms and their fullness.

Materials Needed:

  • crepe paper
  • scissors
  • green floral wire
  • green floral tape
  • wired floral leaves (from craft stores)
  • ribbon
  • wire cutters

Cut Petals

Cut several teardrop (petal) shapes out of the crepe paper. The easiest and quickest way is to cut straight from the roll.

Step 1: Paper Flower Bouquet

Cut Flower Petals

Cut several teardrop (petal) shapes out of the crepe paper. The easiest and quickest way is to cut straight from the roll.

Prepare Wire

Cut a small square of crepe paper and fold in half to get a triangle. Fold the triangle around a floral wire tip (Image 1). Secure the paper to the floral wire with double-sided tape, and cover the entire wire in it (Image 2).

Add Petals and Create More Flowers

Keep adding crepe-paper petals to the bud and secure with floral tape at the base each time. Repeat as many times as you wish to vary the fullness of the rose. Continue making paper flowers with steps 1-3 until your desired number of blooms is achieved.

Step 4: Paper Flower Bouquet

DIY Paper Flower Bouquet

Keep adding crepe-paper petals to the bud and secure with floral tape at the base each time. Repeat as many times as you wish to vary the fullness of the rose. Continue making paper flowers with steps 1-3 until your desired number of blooms is achieved.

Form Bouquet

Twist the wired leaves onto each flower stem. Gather stems into a bouquet and cover with floral tape. Trim floral wire ends with the help of a wire cutter.

Step 5: Paper Flower Bouquet

Form Wedding Bouquet

Twist the wired leaves onto each flower stem. Gather stems into a bouquet and cover with floral tape. Trim floral wire ends with the help of a wire cutter.

Add Ribbon

Wrap ribbon around the bouquet stems to cover the floral tape.

Step 6: Paper Flower Bouquet

Add Ribbon to Bouquet

Wrap ribbon around the bouquet stems to cover the floral tape.

Give Bouquets to Your Wedding Party

Gift the bouquets to your bridesmaids and flower girls for blooms they can carry during the ceremony and enjoy long after the wedding is over.

Pink Paper Flowers as Wedding Bouquet

Flower Girl With Paper Bouquet

For a full bouquet, you will need at least 12 paper flowers, depending on the size of your blooms and their fullness. The materials needed for this paper flower bouquet project are crepe paper, scissors, green floral wire, green floral tape, wired floral leaves (from craft stores), ribbon and wire cutters.

Photo by: Cristina Riches, Bird's Party

Cristina Riches, Bird's Party

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