This is the time of year when we love to make mums! Last month Meagan made some frosted paper mums that are perfect for beginners. And now for our October collection, she has designed these beautiful crepe paper football mums.
As you’ll see in our video tutorial below, this crepe paper flower has a lot of thin petals to shape, curl, and glue on. So we would say this is more of an intermediate paper flower project.
Kick off your crafternoon with some mums
Although we’ve made a lot of mums, this is the first time we’ve made crepe paper football mums. These flowers got their name because they were originally given as corsages for the homecoming football game and dance. That being said, we’d much rather use these big, wild blooms to make our own paper flower bouquet!
As with most of our paper flower arrangements, we like to mix in some smaller buds with our full-size blooms. Our video tutorial will show you how to make both. To get started, check out our tools and materials list, then download the flower SVG file or template below.
Tools
- Craft Scissors
- Detail Scissors
- Needle-Nose Pliers/Wire Cutters
- Curling Tool
- Cricut Maker or Silhouette Cameo 4 (optional)
- Paintbrush
- Art Sponge
- High-Temp Hot Glue Gun
Materials
- Lia Griffith Extra-Fine Crepe Paper — Chiffon and Cypress
- Lia Griffith Double-Sided Crepe Paper — Fern & Moss
- Floral Tape — Fern & Moss
- 20mm Cotton Spun Paper Ball
- Thick Paper-Covered Stem Wire
- 24-Gauge Green Paper Covered Wire
- UV Resistant Fixative Spray
- PanPastel — Red Iron Oxide Tint (380.8) and Magenta Extra Dark (430.1)
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8 Comments
This was an amazing video tutorial! Thank you!
Thanks Alice!!
Was wondering what the spray can is. Not in supply list & couldn’t make out what it is in the video .
Thank you for catching that! We just updated the post to include the fixative spray.
Can these be made out of card stock? TIA
This pattern is made specifically for crepe paper (taking in mind the direction of the grain and the stretch & weight of the paper). You can certainly try it with cardstock but it would be harder to shape these delicate petals.
That was really the best videotutorial you guys have ever made 🙂 No questions left – i’m starting right away.
Can’t wait to see your finished flowers Linda!