How to Make Tissue Flowers as a Wedding Decoration
Tissue flowers are fun and inexpensive to make. You can decorate a wedding chapel or home with the flowers and send them home with the guests as wedding favors and remembrances. Coordinate the tissue with the wedding colors or make small bouquets of multicolored flowers to adorn tables and to create the bouquet the bride throws at the end of the reception. Organize members of your wedding party to help make the flowers as a fun activity you can do together.
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Things You'll Need
- Tissue paper – assorted colors
- Scissors
- Florist wire
- Paintbrush
- Green florist tape
- Dowel
- Water (optional)
- Watercolor paint (optional)
Instructions
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Accordion pleat five sheets of tissue paper into 4-inch wide sections that are 10 inches long. Fold the accordion in the middle so the edges come together.
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Round the edges of the accordion into petal shapes. Allow for rough edges and irregularities. Slip a florist wire into the bend and twist together, wrapping the wire around the tissue to give it some stability.
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Slowly separate the petals, curling the sides of the petals around the handle of an artist paintbrush. Crumple the edges of the petal slightly, so the petal looks more realistic. Continue to separate and curl the petals until all are finished. Roll and crumple the interior petals tighter than those around the outside.
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Accordion pleat five sheets of green tissue paper into 3-inch wide and 8-inch long segments and fold to the center. Cut the edges so the point is in the middle and narrower parts toward the fold. Rough the edges a little into a saw-tooth pattern. Take the top sheet and twist the center around the base of the flower. Wrap a small length of florist tape tightly around the flower base and the leaves
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Insert a dowel rod your desired length against the base and wrap down, incorporating leaves as you wrap.
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Use a damp paintbrush to brush the edges of brightly colored petals to mellow the color. Alternatively, lightly brush the edges with a darker coordinating color to add color to the petal ends.
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Allow the petals to dry upright by gently setting them in a glass or vase. Fluff, stretch and arrange the petals after the petals dry. Combine in bouquets and place in vases.
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References
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