DIY Spring Tissue Paper Flowers Craft for Kids and Adults

Tissue paper flowers are the perfect spring decor for your table! They look cute and last forever, and you can easily make a bunch of them.

This post is sponsored by Oriental Trading.

Spring decorating is all about flowers. Real flowers never last as long as I’d like, though, so I created these pretty spring tissue paper flowers and a simple centerpiece for my table. Find out how easy it is to make the flowers and decorate for the season.

Oriental Trading challenged me to grab a few Easter party and craft supplies and come up with something awesome. As soon as I saw that they have wooden planter boxes, I was in love.

I’m all about using natural wood decor where I can. It feels like bringing a bit of the outdoors in, which is perfect in the spring!

I thought about adding real flowers for this project, but they’re just so expensive and they don’t last very long. My solution? Tissue paper flowers.

These are so simple and fun to make. Kids and adults will enjoy them. Plus, there are tons of ways to create all kinds of unique flowers (see my tips at the bottom).

How to make tissue paper flowers

Supplies

• tissue paper – green and yellow, or whatever colors you like
• tacky glue
• scissors
• stapler

Instructions

Start by cutting the tissue paper. I really just folded mine and cut on the seams. For the stems, my green paper is 7-inches by 10-inches. The yellow paper for the flowers is 5-inches by 13-inches.

For each stem, start by folding over the end and running a bit of glue along the edge. Fold the end over again and start rolling it into a tube. Before you get to the end, add another bit of glue to seal the edge closed. Let the stems dry while you make the flowers.

For each flower, stack two pieces of yellow tissue paper. Fold the paper in a zig-zag starting from a short end. My folds were about half an inch or so wide. Fold the paper again, this time in half the other way.

Cut the end of the flower into a petal shape. I left one uncut, but the petal shape looked better. Try experimenting with other shapes too. Staple the flower to the stem in about the middle.

Holding your fingers on the staple, unfold the yellow zig-zags and fluff them up. Be careful not to tear the tissue paper.

Spring flower centerpiece

To set up this centerpiece, I also used:

• wood planter box
• Easter grass
• glass milk bottles
• chocolate candy

I left the planter natural, but you could easily paint or stain it if you prefer. I put three of the milk bottles in the box. It’s about 12 inches long, so if you get a bigger box, you can add more bottles too.

Then I tucked the Easter grass around the bottles. This keeps them from moving around and also has a cute Easter basket look.

I added the tissue paper flowers to the bottles and decided it needed one more thing. I added some chocolates to make a sort of grown-up Easter basket. For an Easter party, you could make each guest a dish of candy or put a flower at each place setting.

Tissue paper flower variations

• Use any color tissue paper. Try pink, purple, orange, or a combination!
• Make some green leaves and attach them to the stems.
• Make the stems longer and put them in a big, full-sized vase.
• Cut the petals to be longer and wider to resemble tulips.
• Use a giant piece of tissue paper to make giant flowers. Try 12 inches!
• Instead of the tissue papers stems, attach the flowers to pipe cleaner and then to a headband or hairclips.

What’s next? Try these other fun and creative ideas on One Mama’s Daily Drama:

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