With the festive Jewish holiday of Shavuot coming up in a week and a half-ish, now is the time to get crafting, and specifically all things flowers and botanica to remind us of the lush Mt. Sinai where the Torah was given. It has been a while since I've done any quilling, and while this isn't quilling, the idea started as doing quilled bouquets of flowers with my crafting students, and then transitioned into a combination of quilling and paper flowers, and then this version, the simplest of all. Only one of my students choose this version the others choose the harder combo, which I'll share soon. The wonderful part about this paper bouquet is that is isn't holiday specific and can be made or enjoyed year round! Okay, want to make a colorful bouquet of paper roses as a gift, a card, or holiday decor? (How about a whole gallery full? And yes, of course, framed with cardboard frames, which I've started doing and will share shortly as well.) Okay, time is of the essence!
- A piece of cardboard, anything you have on hand, or a piece of cardstock mounted to a piece of cardboard. Mine is a lid for an aluminum baking pan, of course I save those, since i don't use them and they sometimes come together with a package of 10 pans.
- colored paper, mine is printer paper weight
- quilling paper in green (though you can cut the strips yourself)
- white glue
- my rolled roses tutorial, yes, I used felt, also a great idea! The circle that remains in the middle is the base of the flower.
- another paper rosebud tutorial, in which the flower is rolled starting in the middle, also an option, and simple for younger kids.
How To:
- Make roses in various sizes and colors. An odd number of each color is recommended.
- Compose your bouquet and affix flowers with glue.
- Cut leaves from green paper and glue on spine of leaf.
- Add stems with 1cm high strips of paper affixed on their edge.
A wonderful craft to make with a group, and it does benefit from a frame. Today the one boy who opted for this version made a frame using the same cardboard, only the metallic silver side, which goes nicely with these colors.
