We are going to make a lotus flower with crepe paper, perfect for decorating the house. It can be put alone, to compose centerpieces or decorate walls.The possibilities are many!
Go for it?
Materials that we are going to need
- White or pink crepe paper
- Crepe paper or similar of another color for the center of the flower. I have chosen the yellow color.
- Scissors.
- Hot glue gun or other quick glue.
- A piece of cardboard
Hands on craft
- Cut a rectangle of pink or white crepe paper, fold it into several parts and we draw some petals. Two sizes.
- We cut the petals and we leave them separated by size. We cut a piece of cardboard in a circle, about the size of a € 1 coin. Y we are going to stick one of the edges of the petals in this circle bigger.
- Then we will put another row of smaller petals. It is advisable to put about 6 petals for each layer.
- the center of the flower. We take the yellow crepe paper and cut a strip one finger thick and about 20cm long. We fold this strip a lot and we are going to cut half of the thickness in small strips making a kind of fringes.
- We unfold the yellow strip, although it does not have to be completely. Now let's roll it up We glue the final edge to secure it and open the fringes. We are going to glue the center in the middle of the petals.
- It's time give it shape. Let's turn the flower over and tighten around the cardboard circle.
- Now we are going to tie a thread in to make the petals close around the center.
- To finish, we turn the flower over again, we place the petals and the we are going to be pinched one by one so that they stay up.
And ready!
I hope you cheer up and do this craft.