How to make paper daffodils and narcissi!

I love daffodils and narcissi. So I made some paper flowers a while ago that will last much longer (although they will get a bit dusty!) Here's how I made them:

For the daffodil you will need

Pale yellow crepe paper for petals
deeper yellow for the center trumpet
brown crepe paper to encase the bud
olive green crepe paper for stem and leaf
very pale green or white tissue (or crepe) paper for center
plastic covered garden/floral wire
Elmers type glue
stick glue
scissors to cut paper (not your mother's best sewing scissors!)
something to cut the garden wire

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Step 1: Let's make it!

Stem and center

Cut a 12 inch length of garden wire and twist a one inch square of pale green or white tissue (or crepe paper) round one end.
Spread glue from center of the paper to a corner (a).
Lay the tip of the wire in it (b).
Fold the upper half diagonally over. (c)
Fold the right hand half over to the left hand side and glue (d),
Then twist and glue round wire (e).

julesverne68 says: Apr 30, 2009. 8:04 PM

Hi, I loved you daffodils and modified your design to make them for my best friends wedding shower. I cut the dimensions in half and had them coming out of a triangle shaped favor box. They were a big hit! Thanks, jules

redrickshaw says: Apr 1, 2009. 3:57 PM

Needed a crepe paper daffodil quickly and was very pleased to make just one- for Easter Bonnet tomorrow. Quite easy, thankfully as just gone midnight, but very effective! Like the way the petals are stuck together. May even win tomorrow!

raven7 says: May 23, 2008. 2:39 AM

These are so nice and realistic. Thanks!

SlothOnSpeed says: May 11, 2008. 3:10 AM

These are beautiful, and I appreciate the detailed instructions on making each petal and attaching it to the flower in progress. When I first read the supplies list, I thought, "Feh, I'll never make these," but after reading your detailed instructable, I feel confident that I could get tissue paper and, with some practice, make nice versions of my very favorite flowers. Stinkymum, how long did it take for you to learn to make flowers that look so real?

stinkymum (author) in reply to SlothOnSpeedMay 11, 2008. 4:15 AM

It took me a while and I discarded a lot before I got them "right". I must admit it is much easier to make the "cheap and cheerful" tissue flowers. The ones shown here were made a while ago, before I had heard of the instructables web site and they are a bit dusty now, but I don't want to throw them away! (but you will need crepe paper as well as tissue paper)

GorillazMiko says: Apr 29, 2008. 7:42 PM

Cool, but I agree with Patrik as well. :P +1 vote. +1 rating.

stinkymum (author) in reply to GorillazMikoApr 29, 2008. 7:47 PM

when I made these I wasn't expecting them to be in an instructable so didn't take pictures of me making them. I tried to make the diagram as exact as I could, hope some of you out there will try to make anyway!