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Beautiful roses that never wilt
i made this for a long time family friend whos birthday was coming up. hope you like it!

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  • How to make a paper flower. Paper Rose Bouquet - Step 1
    Step 1

    start with a pencil and whatever color cardstock you like.

  • How to make a paper flower. Paper Rose Bouquet - Step 2
    Step 2

    draw a spiral on the paper. for this rose i drew a very large spiral. but you can make whatever size you want. the bigger the spiral, the longer it takes to roll it up and the longer you have to hold onto it.

  • How to make a paper flower. Paper Rose Bouquet - Step 3
    Step 3

    start cutting! once you get to the middle, try to leave that little rounded part, don't cut it. you'll need that later. don't worry about following the pencil marks or erasing the pencil either.

  • How to make a paper flower. Paper Rose Bouquet - Step 4
    Step 4

    with the marked side of the spiral facing up, start rolling. i found it helped to keep the roll as tight as you could.

  • How to make a paper flower. Paper Rose Bouquet - Step 5
    Step 5

    keep rolling... i was watching jay leno while i did this.

  • How to make a paper flower. Paper Rose Bouquet - Step 6
    Step 6

    this is what it should look like when its all rolled up.

  • How to make a paper flower. Paper Rose Bouquet - Step 7
    Step 7

    this is when you use that little rounded nub at the end of the spiral. push up the nub and grab your glue gun (that should already be hot) and fill the hole with hot glue. put the nub over the hole, kind of like a cap. then (because the glue is very hot) flip it over on a table and press the very middle of the rose, the center, into the hot glue and hold. i messed up the first three that i made until i got the hang of it.

  • How to make a paper flower. Paper Rose Bouquet - Step 8
    Step 8

    Ta-Da! all done. ... with one of them :)

  • How to make a paper flower. Paper Rose Bouquet - Step 9
    Step 9

    because anything that has to do with crafts needs to be done in odd numbers, i made nineteen of these flowers.

  • How to make a paper flower. Paper Rose Bouquet - Step 10
    Step 10

    heres the bouquet! i took bendable floral wire, bent it in half and twisted. i left a small loop at the one end and used my glue gun to put it on the bottom of the flower. put 'em together and you have a bouquet!

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Lacey
Lacey · La Cañada Flintridge, California, US · 30 projects
made 1 last night. turned out ok. gotta make more to put in a vase-bowl-thing
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