If you loved the beautiful DIY wedding this morning and Nata’s gorgeous paper flower bouquets, you are in luck as Nata is sharing how she crafted them with us! She was inspired by a template created by Morgan Levine on Martha Stewart (as was I in the flowers I created for this styled shoot). I just love that this basic idea has inspired different brides to create their own version of giant paper flowers – you might remember these equally awesome giant paper flowers from this wedding I shared last year. :) Thanks so much Nata for sharing how you created your giant pink paper rose + special thanks to Studio Castillero for the photos of the DIY + her wedding!
Materials (to make one giant rose):
• 1 Roll of floral tape
• 6 18-gauge floral stem wire (can find it here)
• 4 sheets of Doublette crepe paper for petals (can find it here – the doublette crepe is $2.50 per sheet and each sheet measures 10
x 49 inches)
• 1 sheet of Doublette crepe paper in green for leaves, calyx, stem
• 1 round pencil
• Craft Glue (we used this kind)
• Crepe paper templates (download from Martha Stewart)
• 3 copies of teardrop template
• 8 copies of the heart-shaped template
• 2 copies of the leaf template
• 1 copy of the calyx template
Step 1: Cut the petals
Cut 5-6 teardrop petals and 15-6 heart-shaped petals from the petal colored crepe paper.
VERY IMPORTANT: Crepe paper is directional so it matters which way you’re cutting the paper. Make sure the grain is vertical when you’re cutting the flower pieces.
Stack 2 pieces of crepe paper on top of each other then place 1 copy of template over the crepe paper and staple. I don’t recommend cutting more than 2 layers of crepe paper at a time since the edges won’t be cut as cleanly.
Repeat until all of your petals are cut
Step 2: Cut the leaves + calyx
Cut 3 leaves and 1 calyx from the green crepe paper.
Step 3: Make the rose stem
Take 3 pieces of stem wire and wrap in floral tape.
Step 4: Shape the petals
With both hands, pull from the center of the petal outward. This will create a cupping of the paper (which is what gives it the petal-like quality)
Turn petal over and use the round pencil to curl the top of the petal.
Step 5: Create the rose bud – the inner part of the rose
Take one teardrop shaped petal and wrap around the taped floral wire from Step 3. Use more floral tape to secure. Repeat working your way around the floral wire until all of the teardrop shaped petals are use.
Step 6: Make the rose bloom –the outer part of the rose
Take one heart-shaped petal and wrap around the rose bud, secure with floral tape. Repeat until all petals have been used.
Step 7: Make the leaf-stems
Take 3 loose pieces of floral wire and using craft glue, wrap each one with green crepe paper. Take one leaf and 1 crepe paper wrapped floral wire from step 10 and glue together. Repeat 2 more times.
Step 8: Add calyx to rose
Wrap the calyx around the base of the rose bloom and secure with floral tape.
Cover the floral tape area with more crepe paper.
Step 9: Add leaf-stems to rose
Using craft glue, secure each of the 3 leaf-stems to the rose stem. I found it helpful to use binder clips to hold the stems together while the glue was drying.
And there you go! It might take a little time, but a great (and pretty awesome) alternative to real flowers for your bouquet – plus you can keep these forever!
big thanks to Studio Castillero for the photos + to reader Nata for the DIY created for GWS
to your wedding faves
Very inspiring! I plan to make them for my Studio. Thanks so much for sharing.
Do these wilt over time? How far ahead can I make these?
Hey! I made them like 6 months ahead of time and they don’t wilt. Good luck@
Can anyone tell me how to get the template to print at the right size… it says to enlarge it but when I do it prints on different pages
You’ll need to take it to a fed ex kinkos or lybrary a place with a xerox machine.
Wow, these are gorgeous!
oh my GOODNESS!! that flower is so beautiful! It totally looks real! Very nice!
I love these giant flowers. They have a surreal quality to them that really enhances the sense of fantasy for an event. Thanks for sharing this tutorial.
Awesome!!very creative,looks so real!Thanks for sharing.
Is Doublette Crepe Paper the only brand of crepe paper we should use? Additionally is there a template for the smaller flowers the bridesmaids are holding?
i hv been making this flower thank u for tutorial its beautiful
Wow! Those flowers are fantastic–and perfect for weddings (maybe kids, too?)!
Thanks for sharing. I’m visiting from OneCreativeMommy.com. (New Facebook follower)
nice flowers
this is really beautiful tips for making awesome flowers for friends and event, great share :)
Oh my GOD what a great creativity love your work it give me idea about by bridge thanks for sharing this great work
Beautiful x
I really love these flowers…I have seen this before when looking for paper flower and tissue papger flower tutorials….I wish I could talk my daughter in to using these for her wedding….
what is the Doublette crepe colors should i get on castleintheair.biz, i want the color like your
https://www.castleintheair.biz/shoppe/?b=10&k=10&c=143
Really inspiring craft !!! last week i have made some east paper roses for my greeting card.
i love to make this big rose now….
http://letscreatecrafts.com/magazine/
Love this and is in the process of making for my engagement pictures! One question tho…what size is the paper you use to cut out the petals? Are you putting 8.5X11 paper on top of the paper and stapling? What size are the petals? Please let me know!
Thanks!
Ok this is freaking amazing! I was trying to explain to a planning bride I know about utilizing gigantic flowers as reception decor, but the words didn’t come out right. After a quick search, I stumbled upon this post and immediately forwarded it to her. Thanks for inspiring! – Rudy
This may have been answered already but how many sheets of the flower colored crepe paper do you need to make 1 flower? (I can’t see all the text of the older comments) Thanks!