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Tissue paper roses are inexpensive to make, but the result is a handmade decoration that's quite beautiful. They can be used to decorate everything from a wedding reception hall to a wrapped gift. You can make them to resemble both open and closed flowers and may add a "stem" underneath. These roses can be displayed singly or with many together in a bouquet. | Tissue paper roses are inexpensive to make, but the result is a handmade decoration that's quite beautiful. They can be used to decorate everything from a wedding reception hall to a wrapped gift. You can make them to resemble both open and closed flowers and may add a "stem" underneath. These roses can be displayed singly or with many together in a bouquet. | ||
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== Steps == | == Steps == | ||
===Making Open Flowers=== | ===Making Open Flowers=== | ||
| − | #Get your tissue paper ready. Select a color of tissue paper for your rose's petals. You may use natural rose colors, such as red, pink, white, orange, yellow, and lavender.<ref> http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/valentines-day-ideas/g1352/rose-color-meanings</ref> Instead, you may get creative and use other colors or even patterned paper. Black roses can look both elegant and morbid if you're decorating for a Halloween party. When making open roses, you may use multiple colors in one "flower" to make a rainbow. | + | #Get your tissue paper ready. Select a color of tissue paper for your rose's petals. You may use natural rose colors, such as red, pink, white, orange, yellow, and lavender.<ref name="rf1"> http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/valentines-day-ideas/g1352/rose-color-meanings</ref> Instead, you may get creative and use other colors or even patterned paper. Black roses can look both elegant and morbid if you're decorating for a Halloween party. When making open roses, you may use multiple colors in one "flower" to make a rainbow. |
| − | #Cut out the petals. Using scissors, cut out eight round pieces of tissue paper roughly the same size.<ref>http://theartfulcrafter.com/blog/paper-flowers-one.html</ref> Don't try to make the pieces perfect circles, as roses are not spheres. The pieces may be any size, just keep in mind that their diameter will be roughly half the width of the finished rose. | + | #Cut out the petals. Using scissors, cut out eight round pieces of tissue paper roughly the same size.<ref name="rf2">http://theartfulcrafter.com/blog/paper-flowers-one.html</ref> Don't try to make the pieces perfect circles, as roses are not spheres. The pieces may be any size, just keep in mind that their diameter will be roughly half the width of the finished rose. |
| − | #Curl and wrinkle the tissue paper slightly. This will make the petals look more realistic. Stack the petals on top of one another. Place the bottom end of a pen on top of the petals. Curl the pieces around the pen and move the pen up and down and side to side.<ref> http://theartfulcrafter.com/blog/paper-flowers-one.html</ref> | + | #Curl and wrinkle the tissue paper slightly. This will make the petals look more realistic. Stack the petals on top of one another. Place the bottom end of a pen on top of the petals. Curl the pieces around the pen and move the pen up and down and side to side.<ref name="rf3"> http://theartfulcrafter.com/blog/paper-flowers-one.html</ref> |
#Create the blossom. Separate out the stack of petals. Take the first petal and twist it tightly into a cone shape. Wrap a second petal into a cone around the first petal starting roughly one centimeter below its top. Repeat this with three more petals. For the final three petals, wrap only about a quarter of each petal into the cone and leave the rest flat. These bottom petals should encircle the entire rose. | #Create the blossom. Separate out the stack of petals. Take the first petal and twist it tightly into a cone shape. Wrap a second petal into a cone around the first petal starting roughly one centimeter below its top. Repeat this with three more petals. For the final three petals, wrap only about a quarter of each petal into the cone and leave the rest flat. These bottom petals should encircle the entire rose. | ||
| − | #Secure the paper rose petals with wire. Cut a roughly 10 centimeter piece of thin-gauge wire. Wrap the wire underneath the rose where the petals twist together. Fluff the bottom petals over the wire to disguise it.<ref | + | #Secure the paper rose petals with wire. Cut a roughly 10 centimeter piece of thin-gauge wire. Wrap the wire underneath the rose where the petals twist together. Fluff the bottom petals over the wire to disguise it.<ref name="rf2" /> |
===Creating Closed Flowers=== | ===Creating Closed Flowers=== | ||
#Select your tissue paper. Keep in mind that these flowers will be made of a single sheet each. You won't be able to make multicolored roses like you can with open flowers unless you use patterned paper. Start with whatever size tissue paper you can find. Typical craft tissue paper sizes are around 50 square centimeters. | #Select your tissue paper. Keep in mind that these flowers will be made of a single sheet each. You won't be able to make multicolored roses like you can with open flowers unless you use patterned paper. Start with whatever size tissue paper you can find. Typical craft tissue paper sizes are around 50 square centimeters. | ||
| − | #Rumple one sheet of tissue paper. Crumple the paper into a ball. The wrinkled texture will give your rose volume. Be careful not to tear the paper.<ref>http://www.myjuicecup.com/tissue-paper-roses</ref> | + | #Rumple one sheet of tissue paper. Crumple the paper into a ball. The wrinkled texture will give your rose volume. Be careful not to tear the paper.<ref name="rf4">http://www.myjuicecup.com/tissue-paper-roses</ref> |
| − | #Smooth the paper back out and cut it in half. If your paper is a rectangle, cut it lengthwise. Each half can make its own flower. Take one half and fold it in half again lengthwise.<ref> http://www.myjuicecup.com/tissue-paper-roses</ref> | + | #Smooth the paper back out and cut it in half. If your paper is a rectangle, cut it lengthwise. Each half can make its own flower. Take one half and fold it in half again lengthwise.<ref name="rf5"> http://www.myjuicecup.com/tissue-paper-roses</ref> |
| − | #Roll the paper into a rose. Keep the folded edge on top. Take the bottom corner and begin rolling the paper like a cinnamon roll. Move the paper lower as you go so that the center of the rose is slightly higher than the gradually sloping outer layer.<ref | + | #Roll the paper into a rose. Keep the folded edge on top. Take the bottom corner and begin rolling the paper like a cinnamon roll. Move the paper lower as you go so that the center of the rose is slightly higher than the gradually sloping outer layer.<ref name="rf4" /> |
| − | #Secure the flower. Finish rolling the paper by twisting the last edge tightly under the bottom of the flower. Wrap either a small piece of thin-gauge wire or a green pipe cleaner around the bottom tip to hold the blossom in place. You may also gently insert a wooden dowel through the bottom to both act as support and the base of the stem.<ref | + | #Secure the flower. Finish rolling the paper by twisting the last edge tightly under the bottom of the flower. Wrap either a small piece of thin-gauge wire or a green pipe cleaner around the bottom tip to hold the blossom in place. You may also gently insert a wooden dowel through the bottom to both act as support and the base of the stem.<ref name="rf5" /> |
===Constructing the Stem=== | ===Constructing the Stem=== | ||
#Measure and cut a roughly 84 centimeter long piece of heavy wire. Be sure not to leave jagged ends where you cut. Sharps ends can both prick you and tear the paper rose. A shorter green pipe cleaner may be used instead of heavy wire. | #Measure and cut a roughly 84 centimeter long piece of heavy wire. Be sure not to leave jagged ends where you cut. Sharps ends can both prick you and tear the paper rose. A shorter green pipe cleaner may be used instead of heavy wire. | ||
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#Add the leaves. Pinch one end of a leaf and twist the stem around it. Give the stem another few twists, and then add a second leaf. Continue this pattern for the remaining leaves. After all leaves have been added, continue making loose twists with the wire or pipe cleaner until you reach its end. | #Add the leaves. Pinch one end of a leaf and twist the stem around it. Give the stem another few twists, and then add a second leaf. Continue this pattern for the remaining leaves. After all leaves have been added, continue making loose twists with the wire or pipe cleaner until you reach its end. | ||
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== Tips == | == Tips == | ||
*Have a real rose or a picture of a rose nearby to guide you when you make the paper rose, so it looks realistic. | *Have a real rose or a picture of a rose nearby to guide you when you make the paper rose, so it looks realistic. | ||
| − | *The type of tissue paper you will use here is specifically called crepe paper. It is a crinkly, brightly colored variant of tissue paper commonly sold in stationary and party supply shops.<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/crepe-paper</ref> In the United States, it is generically referred to as tissue paper. | + | *The type of tissue paper you will use here is specifically called crepe paper. It is a crinkly, brightly colored variant of tissue paper commonly sold in stationary and party supply shops.<ref name="rf6">http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/crepe-paper</ref> In the United States, it is generically referred to as tissue paper. |
== Things You'll Need == | == Things You'll Need == | ||
