This one is for you Heather (and, guess what? I used all materials from the Dollar Store ;).
This is a quick tutorial on how I made the tissue paper flower balls for Je’taime’s bridal shower.
As always, you don’t have to stick to this. Change the colors, the sizes, even put a smaller piece on top and bottom to help cover up the center more if you like. Change it up any way you want to, but here is a bit to help you get started.
What you need:
-10 sheets of tissue paper for large ball
-3 to 4 sheets for the smaller ball
-Pipe cleaner for each you make
-Fishing Wire (what I used to hang it with).
* Another side note, I also added a paper clip to hook it onto the ceiling. The room we were in had the wire frames in the ceiling, so this was an easy way to stick it up there without harming a thing.
The Big One
1. Take 10 sheets tissue paper and place them on top of each other. It turns out best if the pieces are a more rectangular shape, but the ones I used were square (20 inches by 20 inches).
2. Now it’s time to begin folding them. You are going to fold them like a fan. If you are using square pieces, it doesn’t matter which side you fold. But, if the piece is, let’s say, 20 in by 26 in., you will want to fold it long ways. Start by folding up.
Then flip it over and fold it the other way.
Continue until it looks like this.
3. Fold in half to find the middle and twist on a pipe cleaner. I double it around twice and then twist it so that there is an opening to put the fishing wire through.
4. Trim the ends of each side. You can either do a curved point or a triangular point (like the small ones).
5. Begin to poof up the ball. Open it up.
Start on one side and pull the top piece toward the middle.
Continue for the next 4, then do the other side. Then flip it over and do the same thing. Fluff it until it looks the way you like.
6. Attach fishing wire, hang up, and enjoy!
The Small One
1.Take three to four pieces of tissue paper and cut them in half (if one side is longer than the other, cut it down the middle of the longest length).
2. Place all six to eight pieces on top of each other just like in the first one.
3. Follow steps 2-6 of The Big One.
Picture of the triangular point
The Finished Product
Zom! says
June 28, 2009 at 8:58 pmThis is fantastically clever and so simple too!!! Thank you!
Alexis says
June 29, 2009 at 10:10 amI love this idea. My daughter’s birthday is next week and it’s polka dot themed so I’m gonna make some of these to hang up! Thanks for sharing!!
Heather - CROQZine.com - Dollarstorecrafts.com says
July 13, 2009 at 10:17 amHow awesome of you to write a tutorial for me! I just got back from vacation, so sorry for the delay in commenting!! 🙂 I will definitely link to it on Dollar Store Crafts!
Valerie says
October 2, 2009 at 6:49 pmused the basics of this to make a Sun for our Science projects! We stapled the tops and bottoms together to make it rounder, then hung it up on it’s side to make it look a bit more like the suns rays…. We linked you up here:
http://thecraftyclassroom.com/CraftSpaceSun.html
Loving your blog! Can’t wait to make an Octopus for my little guy! Blessings,
Valerie
Alice says
January 12, 2010 at 3:23 pmThank you so very much for this tutorial. my grandaughters birthday party is in four days and I am searching for decorating ideas for my daughter. The first time I get you in my email box…… Need I search farther? I’ll keep looking here on your blog. I am so excited that you chose to share this.
Anonymous says
March 11, 2010 at 1:58 pmPerfect! Thanks for sharing, I am having my baby’s first birthday and didn’t want balloons as there will be a ton of very small toddlers, these are a great way to make it bright and cheerful!
Anonymous says
April 29, 2010 at 10:24 pmI am going to make some of this for Cecilia’s bedroom.
May
Tinkr says
September 20, 2010 at 3:38 amThanks for this tute! They are so easy to make and so pretty.
I linked to you in my blog post!
Crafty Kat's DIY Challenge says
April 3, 2011 at 7:27 pmHey! I featured this craft on my blog, http://craftykatsdiychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/tissue-paper-flowers.html
I tried to turn the hanging balls, into floral centerpieces. It’s too cute!
Marriah says
May 24, 2011 at 11:27 amThis is great! I was looking for somthing like this for my birthday party. Thank you!
myronette says
October 27, 2011 at 5:06 pmHi! Thanks for the tutorial! I linked up with you on my blog: http://www.myronette.com/2011/10/26/top-10-party-hosting-tips/
MEM says
December 1, 2016 at 9:46 pmHi, I was wondering if you have any tips how to glue or attach this to a wall. Not hanging from the wire.
thank you
Jessica says
December 4, 2016 at 4:04 pmI would suggest using those damage free decorating Command hooks/strips. Then you wouldn’t have to deal with nails and it would be easy to take down afterwards. Something like these: http://www.command.com/3M/en_US/command/hooks-strips/