Carnation paper flower making

Following the previous blog on Pot painting, I would like to give you few tips on tissue paper flower making. These are relatively simple and easy flower making technique. Flowers are nature's way of smiling in delicate artful beauty and decoration for your rooms. You can create your very own works of art from base materials following these simple guidelines. Materials needed are as follows:

·         Tissue papers (bright and lively colors)

·         Wire (12 or 14 gauge)

·         Scissors

·         Glue

·         Green tape

Step 1: To make the flower petals 8 total circle layers for your flower: 4 big circles and 4 smaller circles. The simplest way to do this is to fold a piece of tissue paper in half until you have 4 layers. Trace your lids on the top layer of the tissue paper and cut out the circles through for all the layers. After cutting the circles, arrange them neatly into an aligned pile with smaller circles on the top and larger circles below the smaller ones.

Step 2: Use any sharp tools to poke in the center of all the circles. Push the wire stem all the way through the center of the circles and make sure the bottom ends of the stem are even. Then twist the two wires together on the underside of the flower head to form one solid stem. Wrap this stem with the green tape to complete the stem look. 

Step 3: Start crumpling the first layer inward to create a carnation-like texture. Repeat this for each layer downward until layers are crumpled to give a "poofiness" and texture. The more the tissue paper is crumpled, the more defined the texture will be and this will give you the actual carnation flower look.