Easy DIY Paper Flowers Bouquet with Tacky Glue

Crafting is a beautiful way to express creativity, and making paper flowers is a fun, eco-friendly project that anyone can enjoy. With just a few materials, you can create stunning blooms that last. Let’s dive into this easy, step-by step tutorial on how to make crepe paper flowers using a pencil and Aleene’s Tacky Glue.

Supplies Needed: 

Aleene's Original Tacky Glue

Pencils

• Crepe papers (red, green, yellow, white)

• Tiny Styrofoam ball

• Green floral tape

• Scissors

• Vase

Step 1: Create Center of Paper Flower

Hands cutting slits in a piece of yellow crepe paper.

Glue down a piece of green crepe paper around the tiny Styrofoam ball. Glue this piece to your pencil’s eraser. Cut a piece of yellow crepe paper into a small rectangle and make cuts halfway through entire piece. Glue around green ball on pencil eraser.

Step 2: Adhere Your Cut Flower Petals Around Eraser End of Pencil

Hands applying white glue to red paper flower petals over pink background.

Use scissors to cut your flower petals from the crepe paper. Adhere your petals using Tacky Glue to shape into a blooming paper flower.

Step 3: Add Green Blossom Base to Paper Flower

Hands holding pencil flower with red paper petals and applying green blossom base

Use scissors to cut a green blossom base and adhere it under flower petals.

Step 4: Wrap Green Floral Tape Around Pencil

 easy, step-by step tutorial on how to make crepe paper flowers using a pencil and Aleene’s Tacky Glue.

Step 5: Repeat Steps To Create Multiple Flowers

Three paper flowers, two red & one white, lie on a pink background.

Repeat all the steps on multiple pencils to create your paper flowers bouquet. Use different colored crepe paper to have a variety of paper flowers

Crafting crepe paper flowers is a wonderful way to bring a touch of nature indoors. Not only are these paper blooms lovely, but they also offer a sustainable alternative to fresh flowers. Enjoy the process and remember to let your creativity blossom!

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