How to make Paper Peonies

Hope you all had a lovely weekend. Today we are going to learn how to make paper peonies. These peonies look gorgeous and are very easy to make. As the festival season is approaching, these paper peonies would definitely accentuate your home. These make excellent gifting options too. So let us begin.

You will need duplex paper and few other supplies. In India you can get these things from craft stores like Itsybitsy.

Craft supplies which you will need :

• Any color crepe paper in two color ( for petals and core )
• Scissors 
• Floral tape
• Glue gun
• Floral wire for stem

Cut the crepe paper just the way it is shown in the picture. Here I have taken yellow crepe paper for petals and white for making the core of peony. Cut approximately 12 large and 6 small petals shapes. Make a heart shaped for making the center petal. Scrunch all the petals with the help of scissors to give a natural look. Gently stretch the center of each petals with your thumb so that a depression forms at the center. Now make the core by cutting a thin strip out of the other color crepe paper. Make small cuts at one side of strip just like the picture and scrunch it. Now take glue gun and gently twist the strip onto the wire to for the core of your peonies. Glue the petals by taking three at a time. Do not worry if your petals are not cut in symmetry because that's not we are looking for. Very often irregular patterns look beautiful. After you have done with gluing all the petals, let it dry. Take a floral tape and starting from the base of your peonies, cover the entire length of your wire.

You can also make peonies with soft tissue papers. They look gorgeous. Use the same technique for tissue paper, only omitting the step where you scrunch and stretch the crepe paper. 

Pic 1 for large petals
Pic 2 for core
Pic 3 for center petals