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This flower is made of corrugated paper. It is very easy and quick to make. It will be a great addition to the interior of your home or a wonderful gift for friends and family.

corrugated paper dahlia


For work we will need:
- corrugated paper of 2 colors.
- threads.
- glue gun.
- cotton wool.
- skewer.
- scissors.

In order to start working with a flower, you need to make a base. Let's create the middle of the flower. Take red corrugated paper and cut a 4x4 cm square. In the middle of the square, make a depression with your thumbs.

need to make a base


Take a piece of cotton wool and roll it into a ball. This ball will be the core of the flower.

need to make a base


Take the prepared square and place cotton wool in the middle of the recess. We connect the corners of the square and twist them so that the shaft remains inside. Under a ball of cotton wool and paper, we tie the corners with thread. We tie everything tightly and tie it in a knot so that the thread does not get tied. Take a skewer and glue the base to the skewer. Let the glue dry.

the basis


We will have flower petals in two sizes. The first one will be 1x10cm in size, and the second 2x10cm.

Petals for flowers


We begin to prepare the petals. To do this, we will take one petal and twist it exactly in the middle.Making only 1 revolution.

Petals for flowers


Take the twisted petal and fold it in half, at the point where it is twisted. At the same time, use your fingers to make a depression in the middle of the petal. Thus, to create a petal with a recess inward.

Petals for flowers


We process all prepared petals in the same way. For our flower you will need eight petals of 2 sizes. In total, we will have 16 petals and a base.

Petals for flowers


Let's start assembling the flower. We take two smaller petals and place them opposite each other. We tie them tightly with thread.

Let's start assembling the flower


In the same way we tie the remaining small petals. There will be 8 of them.

Let's start assembling the flower


Now let's move on to petals of a different size, they are larger than the previous one. But there will also be eight of them. Attach the first four petals. We wrap them well with thread.

Let's start assembling the flower


We attach the last petals to the flower. We tie it with thread and secure it. Correcting the petals.

Let's start assembling the flower


Now let's process the flower stem. Take scissors and cut off unnecessary parts from the petals below. We cut it so that it is easier to glue the stem.

Let's start assembling the flower


Let's start making leaves. To do this, take green paper. We cut a strip measuring 6x12 cm. We cut the leaves so that we get five oval leaves with pointed ends. Using your fingers, stretch the middle of each leaf a little, making a small indentation in the middle of the leaf.

Let's start making leaves


Using a glue gun, glue the sheets to the flower.

Let's start making leaves


For the stem, take a green strip measuring 1x10 cm. Stretch it to the limit.

Let's start making leaves

Let's start making leaves


Let's start gluing the stem. Let's start from the base of the flower. Carefully and neatly glue the base of the flower. Press the green strip firmly onto the skewer. Let the glue dry on the base and proceed to the subsequent gluing.

Let's start making leaves

Let's start making leaves


Now we glue the stem itself. At the same time, glue the skewer with glue. We wrap it tightly with paper.

corrugated paper dahlia


OK it's all over Now. Our beautiful flower is ready.

corrugated paper dahlia


Good luck to all.
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  1. Luda
    #1 Luda Guests 21 April 2017 12:39
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    Thank you for a wonderful lesson.

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