How to make sunflowers with crepe paper

Among flowers, sunflower certainly has a very special attraction. This is further enhanced by the habit of always facing the sun and therefore sunflowers are considered the flower of vitality and positivity. Do you want to create these beautiful and meaningful flowers by your own hands with crepe paper? Please read the article below.

Materials for making sunflowers with crepe paper

• Yellow (2 sheets), green and brown corrugated paper (1 sheet of each color)
• Blue paper tape
• Scissors, pliers
• Wire
• Pen, ruler

How to make sunflowers with crepe paper

Step 1: Make the flower stem

Make the flower body

Use a piece of steel wire about 40 cm long to make flower branches , pay attention to choose thick steel wire to make the branches stronger.

Use blue crepe paper to wrap tightly around the wire . You should roll the paper 3 times to make the flower branches look bigger and more stable. After rolling the last layer, use paper tape to fix it.

Step 2: Make pistils with brown crepe paper

Prepare a brown paper tape 100cm long and 4cm wide, then fold the tape in turn with a length of about 25cm and use scissors to cut into small lines no more than 1cm.

Once finished, you cut the brown paper tape into 4 , according to which each tape will be 25 cm long and 4 cm wide . Use those 4 brown paper tapes to wrap around the top of the prepared branches . Just roll, you just use milk glue to fix it.

Step 3: Make sunflower petals with yellow crepe paper

Make sunflower petals with yellow crepe paper

Prepare square 8cm squares of yellow crepe paper and fold them in half. Use scissors and start cutting along rounded lines to shape the petals.

Pro tip: You should use a pencil to draw a shape on the paper first to make the cutting process easier.

Once the cut is complete, open the petals and use scissors or chopsticks to create a natural curve of the flower.

Use chopsticks to create the natural curve of the flower

Use the prepared petals to stick around the pistil with milk glue , remember to adjust while wrapping so that the petals look natural and suitable for the pistil.

Use the prepared petals to wrap around the pistil

Step 4: Make calyx with blue crepe paper

Twist the tip slightly to create the natural pointed tip of the calyx

Fold a piece of blue crepe paper 12 cm long and 8 cm wide into a rectangle. Then use scissors to shape the calyx similar to the petals . Continue to use scissors and twist the tip to create a natural pointed tip of the calyx.

Once done, we proceed to glue the calyx around the base of the petals with milk glue. After fixing the upper part of the calyx, pinch the bottom of the calyx and use green tape to glue it back.

Step 5: Make leaves of flower branches from blue crepe paper

Prepare blue crepe paper strips 10 cm long and 6 cm wide, and apply double-sided tape to them.

Place a piece of wire about 7cm long in the middle of the paper tape and fold the paper in half. Next, use pruning shears to create the desired shape for the leaf. If you are not familiar, you can draw first and then cut.

Use green tape to attach the leaf to the flower branch

After the cut is complete, you use green tape to attach the leaf to the flower branch and that’s the sunflower with crepe paper.

Finished product

Beautiful sunflowers, brilliant

The finished result will be beautiful, brilliant and natural sunflowers that are no less than real flowers because of the extremely soft characteristics of the crepe paper. Depending on your needs and preferences, you can decorate flowers in a vase or pack them into bundles to give to your loved ones. Surely your loved ones will also be surprised by your skillful workmanship.

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