Flowers from paper with your hands: how to make simple, large, large florets - master class

Today you can buy almost everything in stores, but the best gifts are still things made by yourself. For example, it is now very easy to make simple flowers from paper with your own hands, and as a gift to present the bouquets composed of them.

History of floriculture

The art of making flowers from paper originates back in ancient times, then its first development began. In European countries in the Middle Ages, paper flowers were distributed as decorations of temples and churches. The first industrial enterprises producing bulk flowers from paper schemes and materials for them appeared around the end of the 18th century. Nowadays it is possible to make from paper almost all kinds of flowers, for example asters, gladioluses, tulips, lilac twigs, bright dahlias and, of course, beautiful roses. Sometimes an artfully made flower can be difficult to distinguish from the present.

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The popularity of making colors has led to the appearance on the shelves of stores of special sets, including templates, necessary materials and detailed step-by-step instructions. For convenience, the sets are embedded photos of finished products, which greatly facilitates the process of creativity. Paper flowers can be used to compose compositions, panels and ikebans, for decorating frames for photographs, hats, handbags and gift boxes and boxes. In addition, paper flowers are a good decoration at festivities at festive tables.

Why is the making of flowers from paper so popular?

• Unfortunately, real flowers are short-lived, but paper flowers will long please you with their beauty.
• Learning how to make a paper flower is very interesting and exciting, and their circuits can be easily found, so this lesson is a good hobby.
• Color-production is absolutely not costly, because in every house there will always be materials for the manufacture of even the most simple crafts. Thanks to this, you can create beautiful bouquets without spending a lot of money for this.
• There are many master classes and detailed instructions that make this lesson accessible to both beginners and experienced craftsmen.
• Making paper flowers is very suitable for children, as it trains such skills as accuracy, diligence, fine motor skills, fantasy and creativity.
• Paper flowers will be an excellent gift for any holiday, because the features of such material as paper, allow you to create real works of art that anyone will like.

Making a flower

In order to produce beautiful flowers from paper, the master class is very desirable, so it is recommended that you first act strictly according to instructions, and in the future you can show creativity and invent your own schemes.

To make such beautiful daffodils you will need:

• double-sided green and white, corrugated yellow paper;
• brush;
• pencil;
• glue;
• scissors;
• a little wire.

First you need to cut out 2 squares of white paper( 5 cm sides) and make 2 cm cuts in the center on each side. Then wind the petals on the brush, which are located diagonally and glue them in the center so that the petals of the second billet are between the petals of the first.

Next, cut out a circle of yellow paper( diameter - 5 cm).It must be wrapped around the pencil and glued in the middle of the flower.

A stalk is made from a 20-centimeter wire, wrapped in a strip of green paper. At a distance of 5 cm from the edge is thickening. Just below the thickening, sheets of light green paper are stuck. For the manufacture of two strips( 1.5x6 cm) are made and the corners are cut from above.

In the center of the flower, make a hole into which the wire is inserted. Its tip should be bent to the flower kept on the stem.

Here's the finished narcissus!

To make more complex and large flowers from paper video can be much more convenient than verbal instructions, this must be taken into account when working.