Hang these up in a window or from a ceiling for a lovely handmade floral display.
These beautiful paper flowers look complicated to make but are really easy; each flower is made from only seven paper bags and some glue.
You can buy 50 or 100 paper bags for a few pounds at stationery or packaging suppliers.
The biggest bags we made flowers with were approx. 20cm x 25cm.
Experiment with paper bag sizes, paper bag colours, decorating the bags with chalks, paint, felt pens or even stickers.
What you’ll need:
Paper bags (no gusset), seven per flower
Glue stick
Scissors
Chalks, paint, felt pens or stickers to decorate
How to make a flower:
Glue a paper bag in a T pattern, across the bottom and down the middle.
Place another bag on top.
Repeat glue process until you have a stack of 7 glued together bags.
Cut the open ends into a petal shape (for stars cut a triangular shape).
Snip fringe cuts around petal shape if you fancy.
Glue one more T pattern, put your hands into the outermost bags, open out and stick together.
Here’s a great tutorial video of how to make them.
All you need are paper bags (no gusset), glue stick and scissors.
Glue a paper bag in a T pattern, across the bottom and down the middle. Place another bag on top. Repeat glue process until you have a stack of 7 glued together bags. Cut the open ends into a petal shape. (For stars cut a triangular shape) Snip fringe cuts around petal shape if you fancy. Glue one more T pattern, put your hands into the outermost bags, open out and stick together.
You can decorate the paper bags before glueing together or you could decorate the finished flower. We used chalks on the bags before glueing and paint splatters on the finished flowers.
Experiment with patterns to decorate the paper bags.
All you need are paper bags (no gusset), glue stick and scissors.
Glue a paper bag in a T pattern, across the bottom and down the middle. Place another bag on top. Repeat glue process until you have a stack of 7 glued together bags. Cut the open ends into a petal shape. (For stars cut a triangular shape) Snip fringe cuts around petal shape if you fancy. Glue one more T pattern, put your hands into the outermost bags, open out and stick together.
You can decorate the paper bags before glueing together or you could decorate the finished flower. We used chalks on the bags before glueing and paint splatters on the finished flowers.
Experiment with patterns to decorate the paper bags.
