How to Make Crystal Paper Flowers

Table setting with wooden plates and a cake and a paper flowers craft.
Add a touch of whimsy and elegance to the dinner table and infuse the space with a natural yet modern charm. Whether it’s a formal get together for a huge life event or just a casual weekly dinner to go over all the latest gossip, these paper and wire flowers are a sweet focal point.
Makes 6-8
What you need:
5 pieces White Card Stock (not too thick)
Jewelry Pliers
Middle Gauge Golden Jewelry Wire
Jewelry Crystals with pre-drilled holes
Small Jewelry Beads
Acrylic Paint (we chose pink, natch)
Small paint Brush
Hot Glue Gun
Crafting Scissors
Crafting Awl
Completed wire paper flowers craft on a white background.
What to do:
Step 1: Shape the Flowers: Cut out leaf shaped petals and fold in half lengthwise to create dimension. Use scissors to “ruffle” and scallop the edges of the petals. Cut out 5-6 petals per flower. Once all petals are cut out, glue together at the base to form a flower using the hot glue gun.
Someone cutting the petals of the paper flowers on a white table.
Step 2: Paint the Flowers: Once Cool, Use the crafting awl to create a small hole big enough for the jewelry wire. Combine your chosen paint with some water and use the paint brush to splatter the petals. Don’t be too precise! Just go for it!
Someone working on the paper flowers craft.
Step 3: Shape the Wire Leaves: While the paper flowers are drying, use the jewelry pliers to shape two leaves for each bloom. Be sure to loop the wire around itself in order to lock the changes in direction in place. Think of this as a “single line drawing” of two leaves.Shaping the wire leaves of the paper flower craft.
Step 4: Wire the Crystals: Loop roughly 6 inches of golden wire around the center of two wire leaves where the flower will connect to the leaves. Feed the wires though the hole you created with your awl and put 4-8 crafting beads on each wire. they do not need to be the same. Add the crystal to the end and loop the wire around multiple times to secure the crystal.
Adding the crystals to the center of the wire paper flowers.
To use:
Get a group of friends together for a summer dinner and decorate each place setting with one of your Paper Flowers! If this is a crafty group… why not have them make their own while dinner is finishing up (cocktails and gossip at the ready, of course)? Make sure you send the flowers home with your guests as a little memento of an evening spent laughing with friends.

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