Sweet peas are such pretty flowers. Typically you’ll see them in bouquets and in gardens growing along trellises (they can get up to 8 or 9 ft. tall!). As lovely as the real plants are, they’re toxic to dogs and cats, so we prefer to make our own out of paper. Plus they won’t be in bloom for a few months! So today we’re showing you how to bring a safer, more sustainable version of these beautiful blooms into your home with our crepe paper sweet peas pattern and tutorial.
Hey, Sweet Pea!
One of the fun things about sweet peas is the many different colors they come in. You can make these crepe paper sweet peas using white, purple, pink, red, orange, blue, or lavender paper. They also come in multiple shades, so you could go with something soft, bold, or in between. Lastly, these flowers can be one solid color, two colors, or multiple colors swirled together.
These flowers also have such sweetly ruffled petals. Our designer Meagan crafted these blooms using our extra-fine crepe paper in blush, coral, and raspberry. These colors are gorgeous for spring and summer, but of course you can use whatever colors you prefer!
To re-create these crepe paper sweet peas at home, just follow our tutorial below. You can use your Maker to cut this flower pattern. But it’s simple enough to cut with your scissors, too. If you’re new to cutting crepe with the Maker, you might find this live video helpful! But if you have any questions, just ask in the comments below.
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Tools
- Cricut Maker
- Craft Scissors
- Needle Nose Pliers/Wire Cutters
- Curling Tool
- Aleene’s Turbo Tacky Glue
Materials
- Lia Griffith Extra Fine Crepe Paper — Blush, Coral, Raspberry, and Cypress
- 24-Gauge White Paper-Covered Wire
- 18-Gauge Green Paper-Covered Wire
- 18-Gauge Green Paper-Covered Thick Stem Wire
- Floral Tape — Lia Griffith “Fern”
How to Make Crepe Paper Sweet Peas
- Gather your craft tools and materials. Then download the pattern at the end of this post.
- Cut your crepe paper according to the template notes, using your scissors or cutting machine.
- Use wire cutters to cut your 24-gauge wire into three-inch pieces.
- Glue the two petals with the straight edges together using tacky glue to make one large petal.
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19 Comments
HI Lia! I really liked this SVG, if you create it for felt . Thank you!
I will pass that along to Krista.
Hi, these are so beautiful! Could you explain a little further how the pliers are used to create the coils? After twisting the strip of crepe paper with the glue inside, do you wrap it around the nose of the pliers (with the glue drying and maintaining the shape)?
Yes, and if you are using glitter glue, it will set really quickly. You can also wrap it around thick stem wire. I am going to be teaching this flower in our next updated crepe paper master class.
Hi Lia – just a random question pertaining to these gorgeous sweet peas as well as most of your flowers – would I have to alter the template much if I wanted to use heavy crepe paper instead of fine? I have a over abandance of heavy that I need to use up before I can purchase more
Hi Lisa! If you partially stretch the heavy, maybe 50%, you can get a softer paper that would work with the templates.
Hi there – is there a video for this instructions
This flower does not have a video but I will add it to our Member Make list for future videos.
Hi Lia,
This does not really help. Got how to do the small petal. It is how to arrange the next 3 petals behind the smallest petal. Will this flower be covered in the master class?
You glue the two medium petals on each side of the smallest, with their edges lining up to the center. Then you place the largest petal behind them, again, centered. This is not in the master class, but we go over techniques that give you the confidence to make most flowers.
Hi Lia,
I did look at the picture tutorial but it is still hard to see how the petals should be attached
Laura
I am guessing you are meaning attached to the wire? For the smaller petal, you add glue to the tip and place it into the center of the petal then fold the petal over the wire, opening it back up so that the wire is hidden in the center fold. You then can attach your larger petal behind. Does this help? Are you taking the Crepe Paper Master Class this month? I think that class is so great for anyone to feel really comfortable in making any paper flower.
Hi Lia,
I love these flowers but the instructions to put them together are very vague. Can you provide more detailed instructions for assembling the petals? I want to use these flowers in a garland I am designing for my home office window.
Thanks,
Laura Niles
Hi Laura. Did you look at the photo tutorial that is provided in the downloads?
Wondering about the strip of crepe paper referred to in Instructions #16 – 20. How long/wide? With or against the grain? I’m assuming using the cypress paper, same as the leaves. Sorry if this was addressed earlier.
Thank you for catching that! The SVG has been updated to include that missing piece.
Hat jemand Erfahrung ,mit krepppapier schneiden mit der Silhouette?
Hi Lia! I love these flowers, and can’t wait to make them!! Unfortunately Amazon is out of stock on the thick wire stems. Any suggestions on what I can replace that with? Thanx in advance! Your website is the best best best!
Oh bummer! Those come in & out of stock often, so keep checking back. But in the meantime, you could wrap 3 18-gauge wires together with floral tape, or wrap 1 18-gauge wire with several layers of floral tape.