Apr
20
Happy Earth Day! Today I am showing you the first version of a paper flower garland. You can download the PDF which is 3 pages. I chose three colors of text weight paper for the flowers and a green text weight paper for the leaves. I printed 3 prints of the first page using 2 colors and 2 prints of page 2 using the third flower color. For the leaves I printed 2 pages of page 3. The template prints thin black lines to give you a cutting guide. Follow the directions below and enjoy your floral garland. I am now dreaming of a luau in Hawaii. . . ~Lia
Lia
Lia is a daily crafter, maker, designer and DIYer. Find more of her creative inspiration at liagriffith.com.
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Everytime I leave your site, I feel inspired..thank you!!
That warms our heart! Thanks.
Absolutely gorgeous! I am going to try this!
I’m gonna try and make one!
Gorgeous! Thanks!!!
Lindo , perfeito, amei
Beijos
Sandra- Brazil
Beautiful! Easy to follow tutorial – thank you! Just a few questions, what kind of paper did you use and where can we find it? Thanks again!
I used a letter weight paper that I picked up at Paper Source. Any kind of paper will work, even a card stock, though I do prefer a lighter weight as it seems to look softer and more petal like when you are done.
Lindo! Bom gosto!
Beautiful! I’m gonna try and make one!
Simone — Brazil
Lovely Flowers. The garland, backdrop and the leis, I’ll be stringing flowers for awhile. You and your team share so many beautiful projects, it’s hard to pick where to start.
I thought about printing the garland or lei templates in a smaller size (maybe 50%). Then stringing them on extra long green pipe cleaners and shaping them into flower halos for the little ones to wear.
They could even be strung on a wire hoop, then use your backdrop strands to hang down, making a flower mobile. You all just keep inspiring me. Thank-you!
I love the idea of flower halos. I miss not having little ones around to make things for. Maybe Enzo will wear a flower halo? ;-)
Hi, just love your tutorials, was wondering what kind of paper do you use for the garland and the lei?
thanks a bunch!!!
Best,
Jinky
Hello Jinky. I picked this paper up at Paper Source. Text weight not cover. They don’t always have the colors I want so yesterday I ordered a sampling from paper-papers.com. They have a great selection.
How do you fold the bigger flowers? I’m having trouble folding them.
They are not really folded but the petals are curled then you glue them into a cone shape.
Can’t find link for the pdf of the paper flower garland.
Oh dear, thanks for pointing that out. It is fixed now.
Hello. This is very pretty . We’ve printed and cut from the PDF template and plan to make something similar to your flower backdrop. We’re a bit confused what to do with the half-flower shapes. They are on the template and in pictures 2 and 3, but I can’t see them in the later pictures or the finished product. Do these halves get glued together somehow?
Many thanks!
Kirsten
Hey Kirsten, the half flowers are formed into a cone shape and the two flat edges of the one flower are glued together. Does this make sense?
Hi Lia
Thanks very much for your reply – that makes perfect sense!
Kirsten
Oh good!!
Totally love all the ideas on this website! Thank-you so much! It’s so inspiring I want to make everything all at once!
Awww, thanks Jacoline. :-)