How to Make Crepe Paper Daffodils
Create your own springtime blooms with these beautiful crepe paper daffodils! Whether you're a beginner or seasoned crafter, you’ll enjoy making these stunning flowers with simple materials!
Yield: 1 crepe paper daffodil
Cost: $2
Equipment
Materials
Instructions
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Create the center of the flower
- Cut a piece of yellow crepe paper to be 1 by 1-1/2 inches.The grain of the crepe paper should be parallel to the long edge (the lines in the paper should be vertical for the 1-1/2 inch section).
- Cut along the short edge (the cuts should go with the grain), making a fringe that goes just over 1/2 way down the paper.
- Cut another piece of yellow crepe paper to be 1-1/2 by 3-1/2 inches, with the grain of the paper parallel to the short edge.
- Cut small "V" shapes along one of the long edges. It's okay (good, actually!) if they're not perfectly even.
- Add a line of hot glue along one short end of this paper.
- Glue it to the other end, creating a cylinder.
- Scrunch the flat bottom together, using your finger to keep the top part open.
Step 3: Create the petals
- Cut a piece of white crepe paper to be 1-3/4 by 2-1/2 inches. The grain of the crepe paper should be parallel to the long edge.
- Cut a petal shape from the white paper.
- Pinch the flat bottom of the petal and twist it to keep it together.
- Repeat, making 5 more petals. (You should have 6 petals altogether.)
Step 4: Make the leaves and stem
- Cut a green piece of crepe paper to be about 1-1/2 by 10 inches. The grain of the crepe paper should be parallel to the long edge.
- Cut from the center of the paper up to the top right corner. Repeat, cutting up to the top left corner, creating 3 pointed leaves.
- Take a piece of floral wire and cut it to be 10 inches long. Use needle nose pliers to curve one end into a loop.
- Wrap green floral tape around the wire, including the curved part, to create the stem.
Step 5: Assemble the flower
- Add hot glue to both sides of the wire at the looped end.
- Wrap the fringed yellow paper around the stem with the fringe side up (away from the wire).
- Twist the fringe together, then add hot glue around the bottom of it.
- Open the cylinder piece back up and slide it down around the fringe. Scrunch it back into shape, then fold the pointed edge down slightly so it sticks out.
- Add hot glue to the bottom twist of a petal and attach it to the yellow part of the flower.
- Add the next 2 petals onto the flower. They should fit evenly around.
- Glue the remaining 3 petals, placing them between the first 3 petals.
- Shape the petals, pulling on each side to stretch them into shape.
- Add hot glue along the bottom of a leaf.
- Wrap the first leaf around the stem about 2/3 of the way down. Repeat with the other 2 leaves, placing the second further down. Finish with the third leaf around the bottom of the stem.
- Your crepe paper daffodil is complete!
- Make a whole beautiful bouquet, including all yellow flowers for some variety!
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Notes
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