Decorate with tissue paper flowers
You can create these Easy Tissue Paper Flowers with pipe cleaners and a few tissue paper folds. Follow the step-by-step directions and everyone can help.
Making flowers out of tissue paper makes every event a party with decorations of easy, colorful flowers!
Read more: Easy Tissue Paper Flowers DIYKleenex flowers? Yep!
So we used this technique to make flowers out of Kleenex and bobby pins when I was young. They came out looking much like white carnations.
Don't knock it till you try it! Ha!
I thought it was like magic and loved pulling apart the Kleenex layers and seeing the flower appear in 3-D. We would even spray them with perfume, so they smelled good.
Easy Tissue Paper Flowers ROCK!
So I’m a 60’s child, and the tissue paper flowers were pretty popular in the 70’s. So I started making them from colored tissue paper when I was a bit older.
Flower children, right? Ha!
I’m excited to make them again now. My grands and I made the flowers in these pictures for a birthday party.
What colors of tissue paper?
OK, so choose what color(s) of tissue paper you would like for your flower.
I made mine all out of the same color to take the photos. But you could use 2-3 colors of pink tissue or do a rainbow selection of tissue paper colors.
I thought it would be cool to do the top layer yellow to look like a yellow center in the flower. So that’s what I did in the video.
Try one of each!! I promise you; it is addictive!
The important thing is that your tissue paper is all the same size.
Making flowers out of tissue paper
You can make your flowers various sizes in diameter. Most of the ones in the pictures and those in the video are about 8-9 inches wide. Cut your tissue paper width to the diameter size you want for your flower.
For the 8-inch tissue paper flowers I used 12 layers of tissue paper. In the video multicolored flower that is 2 layers yellow (flower center), 8 layers red (flower petal color), and 2 layers of green (leaves).
Note: If you make them even larger in diameter use a few more layers of tissue paper. If they are smaller in diameter use a couple less layers. This is not an exact science; you can experiment with size and number of tissue paper layers.
How do you make tissue paper flowers step by step?
Accordion fold the tissue paper with about 1 inch folds. Fold from the more narrow end of the tissue paper down the longer length.
Cut notches on each side of the folded tissue paper at the center point. This makes the next step easier and makes fluffing up the flower easier.
Tissue paper flowers with pipe cleaners
Twist a pipe cleaner around the notched area and twist tightly. The pipe cleaner works as a stem for the flower.
Note: In the pictures I tied the flowers with string. That works as well!
Now for the fun part, fluffing the Easy Tissue Paper Flowers!
Fan the tissue paper layers out and begin gently pulling the first layer upwards toward the center of the flower (away from the stem). Do this on both sides of the flower.
Repeat this step until all the layers of tissue paper have been fluffed up.
Fluff and shape to even out the flower.
Isn’t that so cute? I love making these.
Tissue paper pom-poms
In the video I repeat the exact same process with a change up on the top two layers of the tissue paper flower. I wanted to try making a pom-pom center that kind of dips down a bit lower in the flower. Let’s give it a try.
Arrange the tissue paper with two layers of yellow on top to make a yellow center for your flower.
Accordion fold and crease well.
Gently pull the two yellow layers out separately- accordion fold again and trim off 1.5 inches on each end.
Cut the ends like fringe by making small snips in about one inch.
Replace the yellow layers in the center top of the stack of tissue paper and refold it again.
Continue in the same manner as the first flower.
The center two layers will fluff up into a pom-pom!! They are shorter than the other layers so they make a really cool center to the flower.
There are so many variations to try- experiment!
There are a lot of different ways to make tissue paper flowers. Here are a couple ideas.
- Make all the layers fringed to make a pom-pom flower.
- Make a full round fluffed ball instead of a flower
- Attach the flowers or pom poms to a garland...
What are you going to try?
Many uses for tissue paper flowers!
These flowers look so nice at parties as table decorations or strung on a garland. They can be made in minutes and the materials are inexpensive and available in most discount or craft stores.
Wouldn’t they work well in a May basket, for Mother’s Day, a birthday, or a baby shower?
Did I mention that these are another of Nana’s favorites!! How many favorites can I have?
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More flower and May Day ideas to try:
- Easy May Day baskets from a paper plate (4 ways)
- Fortune Teller/Cootie Catcher May Day Basket idea
- Woven newspaper basket for May Day
Easy Tissue Paper Flowers DIY
Equipment
- Scissors
- Ruler (optional)
Items Required
Instructions
- OK, so choose what color(s) of tissue paper you would like for your flower.I made mine all out of the same color to take the photos. But you could use 2-3 colors of pink tissue or do a rainbow selection of tissue paper colors.
- You can make your flowers various sizes in diameter. Most of the ones in the pictures and those in the video are about 8-9 inches wide. Cut your tissue paper width to the diameter size you want for your flower.For the 8-inch tissue paper flowers I used 12 layers of tissue paper. In the video multicolored flower that is 2 layers yellow (flower center), 8 layers red (flower petal color), and 2 layers of green (leaves).
Accordion fold the tissue paper with about 1 inch folds. Fold from the more narrow end of the tissue paper down the longer length.
Cut notches on each side of the folded tissue paper at the center point. This makes the next step easier and makes fluffing up the flower easier.
- Twist a pipe cleaner around the notched area and twist tightly. The pipe cleaner works as a stem for the flower.Note: In the pictures I tied the flowers with string. That works as well!
- Fan the tissue paper layers out and begin gently pulling the first layer upwards toward the center of the flower (away from the stem). Do this on both sides of the flower.Repeat this step until all the layers of tissue paper have been fluffed up.Fluff and shape to even out the flower.
- Instructions for the second flower are found on the website.
Video
Notes
Supplies:
- Multi-colored tissue paper
- Pipe cleaners or string
- Scissors
- Ruler (optional)
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