How to Make Cute Tissue-Paper Corsages for Little Girls

Tissue-paper flowers are often used for Cinco de Mayo decoration.

While a real corsage may wilt before your little girl can enjoy it, tissue-paper corsages will last from one party to the next. Create a corsage of a beautiful single bloom or build a tiny bouquet. Tissue-paper corsages are versatile enough to be pinned to a party dress or used for a delicate wrist adornment. This paper craft is inexpensive, fun and easy enough for even a young girl to complete.

Things You'll Need

• Pipe cleaners
• Ribbon
• Safety pins

Instructions

1. Cut tissue paper into 5-inch squares for small blooms or into 8-inch squares for larger flowers.

2. Stack six or more pieces of tissue paper of the same size. The more pieces of paper you use, the fuller your flower will be. Use the same color paper for a singular, intense colored bloom or multiple colors for an eye-catching rainbow effect.

3. Take the stack of tissue paper and fold it in narrow strips, back and forth, like a fan or accordion. Twist a pipe cleaner around the middle of the pleated paper. Trim the ends of the paper in a small curve so they are rounded. Spread the fan of paper and gently pull each layer away from the next. Plump all the layers in one direction to finish your flower.

4. Use one flower for a corsage or repeat these steps until you have a collection of flowers to combine for a larger corsage.

5. Cut about 6 inches of ribbon. Attach the ribbon to the pipe cleaner at the base of the flower, twisting the pipe cleaner a little to hold the ribbon firmly. Wrap the pipe cleaner and ribbon around the wrist to create a wrist corsage. Pin the ribbon and pipe cleaner to the dress for a more traditional corsage.