Large corrugated paper flowers
Corrugated paper is very often used by needlewomen to create decorative flowers. Both photo zones and ordinary rooms are decorated with finished products. This decor looks impressive and unusual.
What will it take to work?
To create voluminous flowers from corrugated paper, the needlewoman will need the following materials and tools.
- Multi-colored corrugated paper. For large flowers, it is best to use a dense material. In this case, the petals will keep their shape well. The only exception is flowers with soft buds. They are made from a thinner material.
- Scissors. Sharp scissors or a clerical knife are used to cut blanks.
- Thin wire. The material you need can be found in florist shops. Sharp pliers may also be needed to bend the wire.
- Glue. It is best to use a heat gun to connect large petals. In this case, the buds will be securely fixed.
- Foam balls. They are used as a base for buds. Crumpled foil or cloth can also be used instead.
Various decorative little things can also come in handy in the work. Sequins, rhinestones or brightly colored beads can be used to decorate flowers.
How to make daisies?
An excellent version of a flower that you can easily make with your own hands is a huge chamomile. It is done as follows.
- First you need to cut off a large strip of yellow corrugated paper. Its edges must be cut, creating thin strips.
- The prepared yellow base is attached to a green stem made of wire and tape. The lower part of the yellow strip is pulled tightly.
- Next, the white paper is cut into pieces of the same size. Its edges are slightly stretched. This is done so that the petals are delicate and delicate.
- The stretched paper is cut into strips. Each of them is folded in half. Using a stencil, identical petals are cut out of white material.
- Each petal is carefully twisted with scissors.
- Next, you can start creating green sheets. A small rectangle is cut from a roll of paper of a suitable color. It is cut diagonally. After smearing the edge of the sheet with glue, the two pieces are attached to the wire base. After that, they are trimmed with scissors. The prepared sheets are also carefully stretched, adding relief to them.
- The lower part of the sheet is wrapped with green tape. For one chamomile, 2-3 such blanks will be enough.
- Having finished with the foliage, you can start creating a chamomile bud. Large white petals are glued to the yellow base in a circle. They are usually arranged in several rows. This allows you to make the flower more voluminous.
- When the flower is ready, a rectangle must be cut out of green paper. It is glued to the base of the bud, hiding the joints of different types of paper. Additionally, you can use one more layer of tape to decorate the stem. The same material is fixed on the basis of the plant and the leaves.
Using this scheme, you can create not only classic white and yellow daisies, but also fabulous multi-colored buds.
How to make poppies?
Lush poppies, which can be mounted on the wall or used to decorate a photo zone, also look spectacular. They are done quite simply.
- First you need to make a base for the flower. A foam or foil ball must be wrapped with heated foamiran. This must be done carefully so as not to tear the material. The base is fixed with a regular rubber band.
- Further, an even square is cut off from the black foamiran sheet. It is folded in half twice. Then the edge of the workpiece is rounded off with scissors. Small cuts are made on it to the middle.
- Having expanded this blank, the petals need to be twisted.
- The black center is glued to the green base with a glue gun. All strips should be approximately the same distance from each other.
- A small piece resembling a snowflake is cut out of the remains of foamiran. It is attached to the center of the green and black blank.
- Further, three more wide strips must be cut off from the black foamiran. Having fixed one edge with clothespins or office clips, the other must be cut into thin strips with scissors.
- After removing the fasteners, the black stripes begin to glue around the workpiece. The base is pressed tightly against the ball in the process.
- A small tube is attached to the base of the flower. This is to make it easier to attach the poppy to the rack in the future.
- Poppy petals are cut from red corrugated paper. This is done using one template.
- The edges of each petal are gently stretched, giving it the desired shape.
- The finished petals are glued to the middle of the flower. To make the bud lush, they are placed in several rows.
- Next, the junction of the pipe and the base of the flower is decorated with a green tape.
In this form, the poppy can be attached to the rack. The flower is easy to remove and put back when needed.
For information on how to make a huge poppy from corrugated paper, see the next video.
Ranunculus making
To decorate the hall for some kind of celebration, you can make unusual large ranunculus with your own hands.
- To begin with, you need to cut out details from light pink, green and yellow-green corrugated paper to create a voluminous flower.
- Make a tight ball out of soft paper or foil. It must be wrapped in green-yellow paper.
- From below it is securely fixed.
- Putting the base aside, you need to carefully round off all the petals prepared in advance.
- Next, these details must be carefully stretched.
- The lower part of each petal is greased with glue and attached to the base of the future bud. In this way, several layers of petals are formed.
- Next, cut a strip from the light green paper. It needs to be folded four times. The resulting rectangle needs to be cut off two corners.
- On the other hand, you need to cut the strips at an angle. The resulting workpiece must be straightened. The base needs to be stretched slightly.
- The corners of the strip are glued to the base of the lush bud.
The splendor of the flower depends on the number of petals used. Usually such plants are made very voluminous. It is in this case that they look the most beautiful of all.
More ideas
Other flowers can be used to decorate the interior or festive outfits. The following examples can be used as sources of inspiration.
Chrysanthemums
Even a beginner can easily make such simple flowers with his own hands. A step-by-step master class on creating a chrysanthemum is as follows.
- To begin with, you need to make an accordion of a suitable size from colored corrugated paper.
- It must be fixed in the middle with a thread.
- Next, the edges of the workpiece must be carefully rounded off using sharp scissors.
- After that, the petals need to be straightened.
- Separate layers of corrugated paper are lifted up. This is done to make the flower more voluminous. In the process, they try to make the bud symmetrical.
A similar flower can be attached with a thread to the ceiling.
Roses
It is roses that are considered the most popular flowers all over the world. This means that they can definitely be used to decorate the interior for some important holiday. Roses are made from colored material quite simply.
- First you need to make neat blanks for future petals. The stencil is made in the shape of a slightly elongated heart.
- Using this template, the petals are cut out of white, light pink, or red paper. To speed up the process of cutting out the petals, the paper can be pre-folded and secured with stationery clips.
- The top edges of each petal need to be stretched very carefully.
- It is necessary to cover the wire with a green floral ribbon. Thus, it will turn out to create a beautiful stem of the future plant.
- Next, you need to wrap it with the lower part of the petal. The part needs to be fixed with tape. Do the same with the rest of the petals. All of them must be securely fixed.
- Dark green sheets of the desired size must be cut from the corrugation. They are stretched according to the same principle as the petals.
- The finished leaves are tied to the base of the stem with a tape.
- A sepal must be made from a thin strip of corrugated paper. It is tied to the bottom of the bud. The finished flower turns out to be bright, beautiful and very lush.
Sunflowers
Bright sunny flowers look very beautiful both in bouquets and on the walls. Sunflowers are made according to the following principle.
- First, cut a narrow strip from a sheet of black paper.
- Small cuts should be made around the edges.
- Do the same with brown paper.
- Further, these tapes are connected to each other and begin to twist. The core of the sunflower should be black-brown.
- The lower part of the workpiece is fixed with a thin copper wire.
- Next, petals are cut out of yellow corrugated paper. To keep them the same, it is worth using a template. Each leaf must be made slightly pointed.
- Green leaves are created according to the same principle.
- The edges of all these small pieces are stretched neatly.
- Further, the stems of sunflowers are created from wire and green corrugated paper.
- The same material is used to create sheets. Each one is attached to a thin piece of wire.
- Having made all the necessary blanks, you can start assembling the flower. Sunny yellow petals are attached to the black-brown base. This is done in several layers.
- Green parts are glued to the base from below.
- A stem is inserted into the middle of the resulting flower.
- The base of the plant is decorated with green paper. Next, the sheets are attached to the stem.
Having made several flowers, they can be assembled into a beautiful bouquet.
Peonies
To decorate the room for a birthday or a wedding, you can make voluminous peonies in red, pink or even blue. They are made from corrugated paper and scrap materials.
- First, cut off the top from a five-liter plastic bottle. A hole must be made in the lid for the future stem.
- Cut the paper of the selected color into small rectangles.
- The strips are folded several times. Cuts are made on the upper part, forming future petals. Then they are carefully stretched. Repeat the same with 5 more rectangles.
- Another leaf, prepared in the same way, is used to form the middle of the flower. A wooden stick is wrapped around it. The seventh piece is fixed inside the top of the plastic bottle. The free space is filled with individual petals.
- Further, prepared buds are attached to the central part with the stem. All this is placed in a bottle base.
- The plastic is additionally decorated with the same red petals.
- Additional petals are cut from paper of the same color. One third of them should be 5 centimeters in size, another third - 10 centimeters. The rest are larger.
- The cut petals are stretched neatly to make them look more realistic.
- The harvested petals are glued to the flower in rows. It should turn out to be very lush.
- Having finished with the flower, you can start cutting out the leaves. To create them, the paper is cut into thin rectangular strips. Then the sheets are slightly sharpened, crumpled and stretched along the edges.
- These sheets are glued to the base of the flower.
- The junction of the bud with a wooden base can be decorated with tape or paper.
- Large sheets are cut out of dense corrugated paper, which are attached to a copper wire.
- The stem of the plant is made of a metal-plastic pipe, decorated with corrugated paper or floral tape. It can be bent at your discretion. After that, the sheets must be attached to the base of the stem, and the bud must be placed in the hole in the pipe.
The finished structure can be disassembled and reassembled at any time. Therefore, it is not necessary to throw it away after the holiday.
The process of creating such flowers will delight both children and adults. Therefore, the whole family can make beautiful buds.