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Most moms love and appreciate flowers but many also suffer from allergies so bad that they are unable to enjoy fresh flowers. Tulips are especially beautiful don’t you think? Tulips are seasonal for Mother’s Day but they don’t always last long enough, so giving DIY crepe paper tulips is the perfect solution for a beautiful Mother’s Day gift! I will show you how to make this easy and fun craft.
What you will need:
- crepe paper roll in the color you choose (yellow shown)
- wooden sticks or skewers
- roll of green floral tape
- scotch or masking tape
- floral foam
- vase
- filler for vase (dirt shown)
Directions:
Cut pieces of crepe paper (about 5 – 7 inches long)
Make certain that all your pieces are the same length
You will need at least 7-8 petals per flower.
Take a piece of crepe paper and twist it in half in the center.
Fold it in half with the twist at the top.
Twist the loose ends together to make a section of paper that can attach to the dowel. (see pic below)
Repeat this process of making petals until you have as many as you need to begin making your bouquet.
TIP: Use as many as it takes to make it look right.
Take a wooden dowel, two petals and a piece of tape and fasten the petals to one end of the dowel. One at a time, add petals until the flower looks like you want it to.
Take the flower tape and starting it the bottom of the flower, wrap it gently, all the way down the dowel.
Once you are done, stick the dowel into the flower foam that you have set inside the vase.
Repeat making flowers until you have your bouquet!
Want to send flowers but don’t have the cash?
These flowers are super cheap to make and cheap to mail.
Send a beautiful box of tulips to your special person on Mother’s Day.
What are you giving for mother’s day?
Dawn
Those are so cute! I’m not generally a fan of fake flowers, but these aren’t trying to look like real flowers, and they have such a great whimsy. Thanks!
Robin (Masshole Mommy)
That is the cutest idea ever. I love how they came out.
Ladena
What a great idea! I never thought of doing this with crepe paper! The final product looks so great. I’ll have to try making these with my students. Thanks for the tutorial.
Jesica H
Oh that is a cute idea. I think my kids would love doing something like this.
Ellen Christian (@ellenblogs)
Those are super cute. I love the bright yellow you chose!
lena
WOW – those are completely adorable. I love how intense the colors are
Amy Desrosiers
These came out so good! I really love that they look realistic.
Liz Mays
Cute! Wow, I could definitely do these. I didn’t know making them was this simple!
Chelley @ AisForAdelaide
These are so fun! I think this is a wonderful activity to welcome Spring!!
Ann Bacciaglia
These are so cute. I will have to make some. I make a lot of Duct Tape roses. These would make a great gift.
Our Family World
These are too cute. I bet my mom would like it if the kids would make some for her
Shauna
Okay, these are just beautiful. I remember making something like this in school, but totally forgot. This would be fun to do with the kids.
Kristina
Wow, these look so cute. This looks so easy even I can do it!
Autumn @Mamachallenge
Those are super cute and creative! I love how they turned out!
Shelley Zurek
I have been seeing these pinned around. I think the crepe paper tulips are perfect for all the spring holidays.
Cathy @ Our Mini Family
These are gorgeous crepe paper tulips! I love them–I may even just make them for myself to have around the house!