Ok, time to show my crafty side! =)
I'm currently working on another craft idea I have using these flowers. So for now I figured I'd make a post on how to make the flowers & then post my idea later on when i have it all worked out =). These flowers look like they'd be hard to make but really they are very simple, if you have any questions feel free to comment bellow & I will answer as quickly as i can!
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| Start out with a page from a magazine |
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| Fold your paper in half |
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| Fold in half again |
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| open up your last fold and cut down the center fold line |
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| open what you just cut &cut down the center fold again |
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| this is what you should be left with |
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| We want to have a triangle to start our folding for each flower petal so fold one corner to another until you have a semi triangle like this |
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| The back will look like this, cut off the excess so your left with a triangle like whats shown below |
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| Fold each bottom corner up to the center point of the triangle on both sides |
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| It should then look like this |
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| This part is hard to show how to do but I tried my best with the pictures so hopefully you can figure it out. Grab what you just folded up and fold it to the edge on both sides.. |
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| It should look like this when your done |
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| Open up what you just folded by sticking your finger in it and fold down. |
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| This is what you should have when your finish that step. |
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| Fold the tops down on either side so you have upside down triangles. |
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| Fold the sides in half inwards lining up with crease where my finger is pointed to |
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| It should then look like this. |
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| Put some hot glue on one side |
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| Line up the two sides together & hold so the glue dries. |
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| This is what it should look like, you now have your first petal! =) |
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| You will need 5 petals to make one flower, so repeat the above steps until you have 5 finished petals & you will be ready to put together your flower. To start place a line of hot glue on one petal. |
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| Then place another petal against it & hold till glue dries. |
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| You will want to cut the pointy end off of the flower petals so you end up with a flat surface. |
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| This is the flower forming, just glue all 5 petals together & wa la you have yourself a flower! =) |
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| Front of the flower |
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| Back of the flower should look like this - flat so that you can easily glue it to things. If you don't want to glue your flowers to anything don't worry about making your bottom flat. |
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| Have fun making these flowers & stay tuned for a craft that uses these flowers! =) |
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You can do so many things with these beautiful flowers & you can make them with many different things. You can make them out of magazine pages like I did here or origami paper, newspaper, thin craft foam, construction paper, paint swatches..the list goes on and on. I chose magazine pages because I love the look & they are super easy to fold! I hope you enjoy making these flowers as much as I did =]
