Paper Flower Wall Decor
Who knew you could make such pretty flowers out of paper plates?! They look complicated, but they’re actually so easy to make. Why buy expensive wall decor when you can make such pretty decorations for pennies?? Paper plate flowers look great in a kids room or nursery, but they’re also the perfect party decoration. You can use these DIY paper flowers for bridal showers, baby showers, or an anniversary party. They’re quite large, so they’re the perfect addition to a photo booth backdrop or selfie wall. You can make a wall of beautiful blooming white flowers for the cost of a few inexpensive paper plates. Make your flowers different sizes by making some with paper dessert plates and others with paper dinner plates. They’re pretty, cheerful, and so simple to make!
Check out our Paper Plate Flowers video tutorial:
*Note: Scroll down for the step-by-step photo tutorial. Folded Paper Sunflowers Paper Hyacinth Flowers Rolled Paper Flowers
Here’s what you’ll need:
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Paper plates Paper fastener Scissors Pencil Hot glue gun
What kind of paper plate should I use?
You want to use a thin paper plate, the kind with the rippled edge. You know the ones you hate to eat off of, because they start collapsing the moment you have a bit of food on them? Yeah, that kind. Bad for eating, but perfect for crafts! Our paper plates are 9 inches, which makes fairly large flowers, but you could also use smaller plates for variation. Plain unwaxed plates are best, since you want to be able to write on them with pencil and fold them easily.
How do I hang up these DIY paper flowers?
For a more rustic look you can glue or tape a loop of twine to the back of the flower and hang it from there. For a traditional flower wall back drop you can use double sided tape or Command Poster Hanging Strips to hang the paper plate flowers.
Can I colour my paper flower decorations?
These paper plate flowers look elegant in plain white, but you can definitely add some colour to them to match your party theme. Watercolour paints give the flowers a beautiful soft colour, while acrylic paint pens could be used to add finer patterns or designs.
How else can I decorate my paper flower wall decor?
These paper plate flowers really shine on their own, but there are a couple additions you could make. Paint a light coat of white glue on the center of the flower and sprinkle it with glitter. You could also glue rhinestones or sequins around the center of the flower.
Paper plate flowers make it clear that paper plate crafts aren’t just for kids! These paper plate flowers are so simple to make, but look so elegant. Make paper plate flowers for party decor or place them on top of a large gift box.
Here’s even more flower craft ideas:
Folded Paper Sunflowers
How to Make a Flower Crown
Paper Hyacinth Flowers
Pressed Flower Lanterns
Our book Low-Mess Crafts for Kids is loaded with 72 fun and simple craft ideas for kids! The projects are fun, easy and most importantly low-mess, so the clean up is simple!
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