About Tissue Paper Flowers
Tissue paper flowers are fun to make and can be made in a wide variety of ways. Tissue paper flowers can be made easily or have more details added for a bit more complicated look. These type of flowers can be created in any color imaginable and be as big or small as you want them. Using your imagination is key to making a great tissue paper flower.
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Supplies
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To create the best tissue paper flower possible, you will need a few supplies. Pick tissue paper in any color of your choice and choose many sheets of it. You will also need wire that is used for crafts, scissors to cut the wire, a pencil for making shapes and florist tape. All of these supplies can be found at a local craft shop or the larger chain craft stores as well. If you want to get really creative, purchase scissors that make decorative edges when cutting, it just adds some pizzazz to your tissue paper flowers.
Types of Flowers
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A suggestion for deciding what types of flowers to make is to check out a nature book that has different flower types in it. By looking at this book or thinking about your favorite type of flower in nature, you can begin envisioning what type of tissue paper flower you want to make. Some flowers are easier to make in tissue paper form than others. A rose is probably the easiest, along with the tulip. If you are just beginning in this type of craft, a good suggestion would be to start with an easier flower and proceed to more complicated ones as you become more comfortable and master the craft of the easier flowers. In the end however, the type of tissue paper flowers you make is entirely up to you. You can make any type of flower you wish.
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How to Make a Tissue Paper Flower
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If you wish to make flower petals that are equal in size and shape, you may wish to fold your tissue paper a few times and cut out shapes of petals through the layers of the folded paper. This ensures that you have cut petals that are uniform. Once you have cut the number of petals you need, you will need to cut out the leaves for the stem of your flower. Typically one would use green for the stem leaves. A good idea to make this step go quicker is to repeat what you did when cutting out the petals and fold your green tissue paper and cut uniform leaves. After you have cut your petals and leaves, you will need to cut some craft wire, using about 10 inches of wire for a stem. You can then wrap the stem all around with the florist tape to make the entire stem green. Make a center for the flower by scrunching up a piece of tissue paper into a ball and then wrapping it in another tissue paper, color of your choice. You will attach this to the stem by using floral tape. The tissue paper flower will be completed after you attach the petals and the leaves to the flower by using floral tape as well by molding the tape to the stem of the flower.
What to Do with Tissue Paper Flowers
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Many people may wonder where tissue paper flowers can be displayed. If you make many individual flowers and create a bouquet, you can display these flowers in a vase in your own home. If you are visiting someone in the hospital, it may be a fun gift to take to someone to cheer them up without having to worry about allergies that often come with real flowers. In addition, donate tissue paper flowers you create to nursing homes to brighten someone's day. Tissue paper flowers can be displayed most anywhere. You can use tissue paper flowers for party decorations as well. Just use your imagination.
Cost of Creating Tissue Paper Flowers
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Creating tissue paper flowers is not an expensive hobby when compared with other hobbies. You may need to purchase wire cutters if you find that using regular scissors are difficult to cut wire with. In addition, you will spend some cash upfront if you are just starting out to purchase tissue paper, which runs around $2 to $4 for a pack. If you do not have floral tape, you will need to purchase this as well, but the cost is pretty minimal and the tape lasts a long time. You can typically count on having your supplies last for quite some time unless you overuse them.
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