Crepe Paper Flower Bulbs

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THE TOOLS Plastic sandwich bagsWhite sandWhite floral tapeDouble-sided crepe paper in the color of your choiceScissorsHot glue gun and sticksWire cuttersWhite-wrapped floral wire (preferably 22 gauge)Vessel of your choice Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Tools HOW-TO ​1. Fill a sandwich bag with about 1/4 cup of sand. Wrap just above the sand with white floral tape. Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 1 2. Cut several strips of crepe paper (about 3/4-inch wide) against the grain of the paper. Wrap the “bulb” with the strips, hot gluing where needed. Pull the paper taught as you work. Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 2 3. Using wire cutters, cut the floral wire to the length of your choice-these will be your stems. Then, make the flowers by cutting petal shapes from the crepe paper and gluing them one-by-one to the end of a wire “stem,” working in layers. The long length of the petal should be parallel with the grain of the paper. Add as many as you like to make a larger flower. Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 3 4. Use white floral tape to smooth the transition from the paper to the wire. Repeat for each flower. Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 4 5. Cut off the plastic above the floral tape on the “bulb.” Slip the wire down; you will feel it secure and catch in the sand. Repeat for all three stems. Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 5 6. Cut long leaves (with the grain of the paper) and glue around the floral tape. Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 6 7. Using a strip of crepe paper (cut against the grain of the paper), wrap and cover the connection of the leaves and secure with hot glue. crepe-paper-step7-0515 8. Finally, “plant” the bulbs and flowers in a container of your choice. We used this antique footed bowl and filled it with white sand-but the possibilities are endless. crepe-paper-final-1-0515

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THE TOOLS

Plastic sandwich bagsWhite sandWhite floral tapeDouble-sided crepe paper in the color of your choiceScissorsHot glue gun and sticksWire cuttersWhite-wrapped floral wire (preferably 22 gauge)Vessel of your choice

Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Tools   

HOW-TO

​1. Fill a sandwich bag with about 1/4 cup of sand. Wrap just above the sand with white floral tape.

Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 1   

2. Cut several strips of crepe paper (about 3/4-inch wide) against the grain of the paper. Wrap the “bulb” with the strips, hot gluing where needed. Pull the paper taught as you work.

   Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 2

3. Using wire cutters, cut the floral wire to the length of your choice-these will be your stems. Then, make the flowers by cutting petal shapes from the crepe paper and gluing them one-by-one to the end of a wire “stem,” working in layers. The long length of the petal should be parallel with the grain of the paper. Add as many as you like to make a larger flower.

   Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 3

4. Use white floral tape to smooth the transition from the paper to the wire. Repeat for each flower.

   Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 4

5. Cut off the plastic above the floral tape on the “bulb.” Slip the wire down; you will feel it secure and catch in the sand. Repeat for all three stems.

   Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 5

6. Cut long leaves (with the grain of the paper) and glue around the floral tape.

   Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 6

7. Using a strip of crepe paper (cut against the grain of the paper), wrap and cover the connection of the leaves and secure with hot glue.

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8. Finally, “plant” the bulbs and flowers in a container of your choice. We used this antique footed bowl and filled it with white sand-but the possibilities are endless.

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   Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Tools

Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Tools

Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 1

Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 1

Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 2

Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 2

Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 3

Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 3

Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 4

Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 4

Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 5

Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 5

Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 6

Crepe Paper Bulbs and Flowers - Step 6

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