Citrine Paper Flowers - Fine Crepe Rose Instructions

DIY Fine Crepe Paper Rose

Note: These are instructions for the fine crepe paper rose template. If you are looking for the basic paper rose instructions, click here.

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Step-By-Step Instructions

Once you have printed out the template, cut out the template pieces, and gathered your supplies, we can start making the flower! This begins at step 4 from the instructions PDF.

Step 4: Cut out centre petals and strips

Step 5: Make the centre of the flower

For this step, the centre piece, a cotton ball, the stem wire, and glue are used.

Stretch the oval of crepe paper into a circular shape and place the cotton ball in the centre.

Apply glue around the edges of the crepe paper and place the stem wire in the centre.

Wrap the paper around the cotton ball and squeeze the glued edges onto the stem to form the centre of the flower.

To better secure the centre to the stem wire, glue and wrap a portion of the stem covering strip around the part where the crepe paper is attached to the stem.

Step 6: Apply the first 3 rounds of petals

Round 1: 2 petals

Apply glue along the bottom edge of a petal cut from template piece 2.

Attach it around the centre created in the previous step. Since the first 2 petals are used to make a closed flower bud shape, angle the petal inwards towards the flower centre and press the sides of the petal onto the centre first.

Then, attach the bottom of the petal. The bottom of the petal will be scrunched, but this is ok since it will be covered by the next petals.

Another view of the petal angled inwards.

Attach the second petal the same way. The first 2 petals will form a rose bud shape.

After attaching 2 petals.

Round 2: 3 petals

Apply glue to the edge of the bottom half of the next petal cut from template piece 2, and attach it the same way as before, but without as much of an inward angle as the previous petals.

After attaching the first petal of the second round.

After attaching the second petal of the round.

After attaching the third petal.

Glue and wrap some stem covering strip to secure the petals, wrapping 2-3 times around.

Use a tool or your fingers to curl back the tips of the 3 petals just attached.

Round 3: 3 petals

After attaching the next round of 3 petals the same way as the previous round.

Wrap the bottom with stem covering strip again.

Curl back the top edges of the petals.

Step 7: Apply the next 2 rounds of petals

Round 4: 3 petals

Attach glue to the bottom 2 cm of a petal.

Attach it to the flower slightly lower (about 0.5 cm lower) than the previous round of petals.

After attaching 3 petals evenly around the flower.

Glue and wrap some stem covering strip around the base of the flower.

Round 5: 5 petals

Step 8: Apply the final 2 rounds of petals

Round 6: 5 petals

Round 7: 5 petals

Step 9: Cut setals, leaf, and stem covering

Step 10: Glue sepals to the base of the flower

Apply glue to the bottom part of a sepal piece, below where the piece splits, and apply it at the base of the flower.

After attaching one of the sepal pieces.

Attach the other 2 sepal pieces evenly around the base of the rose.

Curl back the tips of the sepals.

Step 11: Assemble leaves

Use pieces cut from template piece 6.

Cut out some triangles from the edges of the leaf halves to make a serrated edge. You don’t have to follow the template exactly.

Apply glue along the straight edge of one leaf half. A piece of thin floral wire is used as the leaf stem.

Place the wire onto the line of glue.

Place the other leaf half on top, so the wire is sandwiched by the two leaf halves.

The finished leaf. Trim the tip of the leaf if necessary.

Step 12: Cover the stem and attach leaf

Use the stem covering strip and glue and wrap it around the rose stem starting from right below the sepals down to the point where you want to attach the leaf.

Place the leaf stem next to the rose stem and wrap both together using the stem covering.

After wrapping the stem.

Step 13: Finishing up

To give the leaf a more realistic shape, you can fold it in half slightly along the centre rib of the leaf and give the leaf a curve. Add extra curl to petals if needed.

And it’s finished! The more roses you make, the better they will get!