Paper Flowers

I wanted to make a bouquet of paper flowers for my mother-in-law which were also child friendly to create. These flowers needed to last rather than be glorious for a brief moment in time. So I went hunting for paper flower instructions. There were so many fantastic origami and kusadama examples, and although I've made a few in my time, I didn't have time for this. I eventually came up with this modification of an idea I found while trawling the Internets.

Materials

Coloured paper - regular A4 sheets are great, preferably coloured on both sides
Straws - green if you can find them
PVA glue
Scissors

Choose coloured paper that will give your flower some punch - even full colour glossy magazine pages would work well. Your paper needs to be rectangular to allow for the cuts required.

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Step 1: Cut paper

Place both sheets of paper on top of each other. Cut both in half along the longest dimension. You will now have two sets of paper, enough to make two individual flowers.

Take one set of paper and cut from the bottom corner to the middle of the other side. It's important that you leave one long edge intact as you'll need this area to apply your glue to. The large piece is the one you'll be using.