Tissue Paper Flowers

Tissue Paper Flowers

Tissue Paper Flowers

Suitable for Kindergarten to Third Grade

- three dimensional, colourful, and 
  attractive when displayed as bouquets or 
  individually
- also make great gifts for Mother's Day or 
  "just because"
- very effective results for all ages 
  and abilities
- flowers can be made plain or fancy

Materials
- tissue paper of various colours (cut into squares, circles or scalloped circles)
- older students can cut their own tissue paper if able (tissue paper should be cut ahead of 
  time for young children)
- scissors
- green chenille stems

Construction
- the tissue paper squares/circles need to be stacked one on top of each other 
- the more layers that are used, the fuller the flower
- flowers with a smaller diameter require less layers than those with a larger diameter 
- small flowers can start as small as about 6 inches in diameter, whereas larger flowers can 
  be as big as about 12 inches in diameter
- I recommended practising the proper technique used to make "fan folds"
- using a piece of cartridge paper, demonstrate how to make a fan by folding the paper 
  back and forth, making each fold about a half inch wide
- once the pieces of tissue paper has been stacked, begin making fan type folds, back and 
  forth
- once the fanning is complete, fold the fan in half to find the middle
- take a green chenille stem and wrap it tightly around the middle fold 
- secure it by twisting it so that it will not come undone
- very gently, separate the tissue papers by starting with the first layer bringing it up toward 
  the middle
- continue this process with each of the remaining layers
- fluff up and enjoy your beautiful creation