Bird is the Word
As part of our Pacific Islands bouquet for Cricut, this crepe paper Bird of Paradise is yet another bold and beautiful ingredient. So far we’ve brought you our crepe paper ginger flowers, crepe paper helicona and crepe paper pincushions, and in addition to these Birds of Paradise, we’ll be showing you how to simply craft tropical greenery in the coming days. By the end of the week, you’ll have a full Pacific Islands bouquet to make your summertime last forever! Take a trip to paradise with these Birds of Paradise today.
Tools & Materials
- Craft Scissors
- Tacky Glue
- Paint Brush
- Needle-Nose Pliers/Wire Cutters
- Lia Griffith Heavy Crepe Paper ā Nectarine, Juniper or Emerald
- Floristic Crepe Paper ā Midnight Blue
- 18-Gauge Green Paper Covered Wire
- 20-Gauge White Floral Wire
- Floral Tape
- Acrylic Paint ā White, Red Deep (we used Blick brand)
- 1/2ā Plastic tubing
Steps
- Gather the tools and materials listed above.
- Cut the crepe paper according to the template notes using scissors or a cutting machine.
- Cut eight 6ā pieces of wire, then fold each petal in half and glue a wire down the middle, then unfold the petals once the glue has dried.
- Brush white paint onto one side of each petal.
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8 Comments
As for using your heavy crepe paper it would most likely be nectarine instead of goldenrod, juniper instead of Greenleaf, but Iām not sure what I would use instead of the midnight blue
Hi Annie! Yes those replacements are correct (emerald would also work for the heavy green). If you don’t want to use the other brand of blue, you could use our Teal and color it with Design Master spray or PanPastels. However… we are redesigning this flower to be part of May’s collection, so we’ll show you exactly what to do then š
Hi guys,
Any tricks on putting the Tropical bouquet together? Having a creative block?š©
Sue Smith
Hi Sue! What kind of trouble are you having? You may find some tips & tricks in this video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AGDZDNSYt4&t=92s
Gorgeous!!
Thank you!!
Hi Lia
Made my first BofP last night. Once I looked over the instructions a few times, it went together pretty easily. I made my “feathers” red and blue since I’m working on my project to provide the flowers for the medal ceremonies at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Dec 29th. It’s the last national Championships before the Olympics and the athletes will be chosen at that time to represent the US in Peyonchang. I’m so excited to have my flowers given to the athletes as a remembrance of their “Olympic trials”. All the bouquets will have a red, white and blue theme, so I hope yo don’t mind that I switched up the colors on your beautiful BofP!!!
xoxo
Susan
How nice, Susan!!