Crepe Paper Cosmos Cupcakes
One of the greatest things about crafting is all of the wonderful discoveries that can happen while you’re creating, learning, and trying new things. In celebration of those unexpected moments that can be so rewarding, we are showing you how to make crepe paper cosmos cupcakes today!
If you’re unfamiliar with cosmos cupcakes, this flower variety was a happy accident, discovered in 2007 by a gardener in California. After spotting some cosmos in her garden with unique cup-shaped blooms, she saved the seeds, planted them, and nurtured them for years. Once the unique trait was stabilized, she sold the seeds to a horticultural company in England that’s known for developing unusual plants. Now, it’s their best-selling seed and has even won an award! Pretty amazing, right?
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We just love the story of how this pretty flower came into the world. It really relates to the art of paper flower-making, too. Sometimes, something that seems like a mistake can actually lead to an important discovery. That’s why we always encourage you to experiment, exercise your creativity, and keep growing!
While the real blooms of cosmos cupcakes are gorgeous, they don’t last more than a few days. But of course, when you craft flowers out of paper, you can enjoy them in your home forever. You can also get creative with it, try new colors, and experiment with different materials.
For our crepe paper cosmos cupcakes, our designer Meagan used a combination of both extra-fine and heavy crepe paper. Considering the outside blooms look like a cupcake wrapper, crepe paper lends itself beautifully to this delicate flower. Everything else we used to make this flower is linked below! Just follow our tutorial to learn how to create the cupcake bloom and how to shape the petals so they curve upward and inward.
If you have any questions, just comment below. And please share your flowers with us! We’d love to see pictures of your crepe paper cosmos cupcakes and hear what you thought of making this flower. So be sure to tag #MadeWithLia on your Instagram and Facebook pictures. Here’s to happy accidents and new discoveries! ~ Lia and team
How to Make Crepe Paper Cosmos Cupcakes
- Gather your craft tools and materials. Then download the flower pattern at the end of this post.
- Cut crepe paper according to template notes, using your scissors or Cricut Maker.
- Stretch center piece of crepe paper. Fold center piece in half; then fringe on fold.
- Wrap and glue your center piece of crepe around tip of wire.
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Materials
- Lia Griffith Extra-Fine Crepe Paper — Secret Garden: Cypress and Linen
- Lia Griffith Heavy Crepe Paper — English Garden: Nectarine and Vanilla
- PanPastel Lia Griffith Designer Set — Bt Yellow Green and Pearlescent Red
- Thick Paper-Covered Stem Wire
- Floral Bind Wire
- Aleene’s Fast Grab Tacky Glue
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Anna
September 8, 2023 at 2:04pm
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Lia
September 11, 2023 at 9:41am
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Erin
July 12, 2019 at 3:00pm
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Lia
July 12, 2019 at 3:07pm
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Back to the TopLia, Thank you for the update. The the PDF for hand cutting there is only one leaf size. On the SVG it shows two sizes. Can you update the PDF too, please? Another issue I had, was not knowing where the leaves were supposed to go on, the stem of the flower ( which didn’t look right, ripped off, And looked at the picture and placed on a wire alone) or on their own wire? That information added to the tutorial would be very helpful, please. Also how many leaves per flower is the recommendation for this flower.
Prepping to take to my grandkids what I need in supplies.
The last step of the tutorial shows adding the leaf to a wire, we chose to have the leaves on their own wire for arranging purposes but you can add them to the flower stem if thats what you prefer. I always love finding photos of the real flower through a quick google search to see how they grow, you may find this helpful if you are questioning the placement of the leaves. I always love an odd number and would make about 3 leaves per flower. The PDF has been updated.
Lia, I do not see the updates, I see a black area but no writing . Also the photo directions show to curl the sepals. But that is not included in the pattern.
Just FYI , I will figure it out.
My granddaughters want me to make these when I go to visit them this month. They have them growing on their land.
Thank you.
Sorry about that! The template is updated now with the crepe paper type and sepal 🙂
FYI….The patterns are not updated with what is heavy or fine parts of the flower.
We have updated the PDF Template to include the color and type of crepe paper! 🙂
I’m assuming petal “A” is cut on the extra fine and petal “B” on the heavy crepe paper?
Hi Erin,
Yes you are correct petal A is cut in extra-fine, petal B is cut in heavy. We will update the pattern to to include this information!