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How to make a bouquet of tulips from corrugated paper

Want to give your mom a bouquet of flowers that will never wither? Then try to make them from corrugated paper. You can make beautiful tulips in a short time, thanks to the step-by-step instructions with a photo from this article. With your own hands, you can create real masterpieces from the simplest materials.

Master class: how to make corrugated paper tulips

In order for you to get beautiful flowers with your own hands, as similar as possible to real ones, you will need to prepare the following materials:

  • corrugated paper
  • glue
  • scissors
  • wire

Take a large sheet of paper and cut it into several strips 3 cm wide and about 18. You will need to fold this strip in half several times to make a small square..

Take a large sheet of paper and cut it into several strips 3 cm wide and about 18. You will need to fold this strip in half several times to make a small square.

It is advisable to prepare a petal template in advance in order to cut out even blanks. Attach it to the resulting square and cut it out. After you have got a lot of petals, you will immediately need to fold each of them separately, slightly twisting at the bottom.

Most of the petal needs to be slightly curved in order to form a beautiful bud. Corrugated paper stretches well, so don’t be afraid to pull on.

It is advisable to prepare a petal template in advance in order to cut out even blanks. Attach it to the resulting square and cut it out. After you have got a lot of petals, you will immediately need to fold each of them separately, slightly twisting at the bottom. Most of the petal needs to be slightly curved in order to form a beautiful bud. Corrugated paper stretches well, so don't be afraid to pull on it.

Also read: DIY origami paper flowers

To make a tulip bud you will need 8 petals, which will have to be carefully folded and connected together..

Secure the bud to a wire, which you then wrap with floral green tape to simulate a stem. Separately from the corrugated green paper, cut out a leaf, which is attached to the stem with a wire.

Secure the bud to a wire, which you then wrap with floral green tape to simulate a stem. Separately from the corrugated green paper, cut out a leaf, which you attach to the stem with a wire. Try adding stamens inside the flower. They can be bought at a hardware store or made from black and yellow corrugated paper.

Try adding stamens inside the flower. They can be bought at a hardware store or made from black and yellow corrugated paper..

Try adding stamens inside the flower. They can be bought at a hardware store or made from black and yellow corrugated paper.

Paper tulips can also be made by another method – twisting strips. To do this, you do not need to cut each petal separately. It is enough to cut the paper into strips, twist them in the central part. Then fold in half and cut the edges so that they become semicircular.

Paper tulips can also be made by another method - twisting strips. To do this, you do not need to cut each petal separately. It is enough to cut the paper into strips, twist them in the central part. Then fold in half and trim the edges so that they become semicircular.

Then you will still need to give each petal a convex shape and make a bud out of them. The stem, as in the previous version, is made of wire and tape.

Tulips made from corrugated paper, look more natural, so you can use them to form a bouquet for a gift for mom or grandmother, as well as for interior decoration.