How To Make Paper Roses

Who doesn't love roses?  Following the directions in this instructable, you can make one, three or a dozen roses. I made one rose out of kraft paper from a recycled/reused grocery bag, so the craft is very frugal in it's demands.

Step 1 Gather Supplies and Tools

Supplies and tools for this craft is very minimal. You need paper, scissors, glue, a pen or marker for drawing lines, a few clamps can be helpful, and that's about it.  The paper choices are unlimited, but I have used: watercolor paper, cardstock, regular and colored bond paper, kraft paper from grocery bags, etc.  I don't recommend tissue paper as I have not used it and believe it is in a class of it's own.

Comments

[puppycorpses333]

I tried using vintage sheet music and pages in German from torn up books that I got at a 10 cent library sale! it looks so cool! thanks for the technique!

[Creativeman]

You are welcome, any chanch of seeing them? You can load photos right to this spot, you know.

[kirbygirl46]

great idea! they look so realistic and i thought by the thumbnail they were real! i guess it takes practice, i just did my first and it looks like sh*t lol

[Creativeman]

Practice, practice, practice. thanks for you comments, and it took me quite a long time to be able to make them as well as I did for this piece. Keep at it, and you will get it. Cman

[kirbygirl46]

that is absolutely beautiful. i just can't do it :( i'm not able to, i can't to it with those 3 pieces it doesn't turn out the same, but i really really R3ALLV wish it did. sigh. for step 5, you just glue them together? no base or anything. cuz in the pic, some of them look like you glue them to a base of some sory

[MS.UNDERstood]

I envy you for your creativity.. loved it 5 stars! =)

[Miscelinious]

i love these flowers, and i love the additional idea to glue fabric on top of the paper for even more realistic flowers!

but can you show exactly how you made the stems, and especially how you conjoined the blossom to the stem?

[Creativeman]

For Stem pictures see:www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-Paper-Daisies/step6/Glue-Flower-To-Prepared-Stem/, step 6.

[Eric zheng]

AWSOME. GREAT MINDS

[Creativeman]

Thank you! Cman

[Sew Crafty]

Stopping by to leave you a Vote CMan

[Creativeman]

thanks, sc...Cman

[J-Manoo7]

wow! very realistic, i saw the thumbnail and thought they were real!  Keep up the good work!
J

[Lee Wilkerson]

Nice 'ible. Beautiful, creative, inexpensive. I also give it 5 stars.

[Creativeman]

Thanks Lee. Cman

[Sew Crafty]

These are just delightful CMan, you did an excellent job, great tutorial too!

[Creativeman]

Thank you so much, Sew Crafty! Cman

[eskape_velocity]

Beautiful and surprisingly lifelike! I'll be making a huge bouquet of these for my mother for a New Years present. Thanks for sharing!

[Creativeman]

Thanks for your comments, and you are welcome! Cman

[roseryoser]

FYI: It's spelled "petals" not "pedals"........

[Creativeman]

Thanks for the correction. Cman

[RavenShadow519]

Stunning my friend!

[Creativeman]

Thank you. Cman

[laxap]

Cman, they are simply beautiful! Makes me want to make hundreds. Thanks for posting.

[Creativeman]

Glad you like them. And you are welcome. Cman

[Timby]

They look very Nice, but my question is, in step 6, 7 and 8, you show what looks to be Stems.  What were they made from? Or was this in a previous Instructable?
  Thanx,
    Timby

[Timby]

  Thanx for the Pics, Next question :) , How do you make them? or is that going to be another instructable? :)
  Thanx again,
    Timby

[Creativeman]

Hey, Timby: Very astute observation there, my man...thanks for the comment. I have taken some pictures showing stems. Cman

[Toaster Muffin]

Awesome Instructable, at first I thought they were real flowers. 5 stars!

[ChrysN]

They are very pretty, nicely done!

[Creativeman]

Hi ChrysN, Thanks alot. Cman

[Kiteman]

Very nice!

(Maybe, for the beginners out there, you could add a JPG or PDF of all the shapes needed to make a single rose?  Readers could print, cut, and follow your instructions.)

[Feanaro]

I second that!  I love this project, but have no idea the shapes.  A PDF of the shapes would make it possible for me.

[Creativeman]

What's the process for converting a drawing to pdf?  Thanks, Cman

[Kiteman]

I put the images into a word-processor document, then there is a save as PDF option.

If you are using Word, I think there's a bit of software you can download to add the option to the save menu.

[vIQleS]

also -

http://media-convert.com

might be easier - nothing to install

[Creativeman]

Thanks Kman! Cman

[Ninzerbean]

So beautiful, I want to try making them from felt, I agree with Kiteman about a pattern for shapes.

[Creativeman]

Hi Ninzer: Thanks for the comment, I thought I had covered the shape thing pretty well in step 2.  I don't know how to do the pdf thing, but realize I need to learn...any suggestions?  Would you do me a favor, though, and just try cutting out your pieces per step 2?  Think life-size rose, and go from there.  Thanks again, Cman.

[Ninzerbean]

 Oh you covered the shape great, it was just that there is such a variety I thought maybe you might have patterns but really I think experimenting on my own will be just fine, in this world where so much is spelled out I forget sometimes I am capable of making a flower on my own, great 'ible!
Lets ask Kiteman how a pdf  gets done just in case there is a reason for one down the road.