Paper Wisteria Plant

Divine Vines

We always welcome any project requests or suggestions from our members. You are a huge part of our creative process, plus you tend to have brilliant ideas. Exhibit A: flowing paper wisteria vines! Wisteria is a gorgeous flowering plant that grows in an intriguingly soft purple shade, so of course we loved the idea of making a paper tutorial when one our our readers suggested it. It may seem a bit daunting at first because wisteria has so many little petals (a cutting machine will definitely come in handy for this one), but the process is simple and the result is stunning. We teamed up with our friends at Paper-Papers to use the best paper possible in bringing these to life! 

Tools

• Scissors
• Low Temperature Hot Glue Gun
• Paintbrush
• 1/16″ Hole Punch 

Materials

• Text Weight Metallic Paper [Lilac, Violet Satin, Fairway, Botanic]
• 20 Gauge Floral Wire (3 pieces)
• Art Marker [Light Orange]
• Yes! Paste

Steps

1. Gather the tools and materials listed above. 
2. Cut the petals according to the SVG or PDF template at the bottom of this post. 
3. Punch a hole in the middle of each petal. 
4. Color a fan shape on one side of the lilac colored petals. 
5. Using the edge of your scissors, curl all of the petals in the same direction, curl the lilac colored petals on the side that was not colored. 
6. Using a small paintbrush, put a dab of Yes! Paste in the center of the lilac petals on the side that is colored, glue the violet petal in the corresponding size to the lilac petal so they curl away from each other. 
7. Place a small dot of hot glue on the end of the wire and slide a small violet petal facing down on top of the glue dot to hold it in place. Repeat this 6 times, spacing them about a 1/2″ apart.
8. Glue 4 small flowers onto the wire with violet petals facing down and spacing them about a 1/2″ apart. 
9. Glue 4 more medium sized flowers onto the wire, increasing the spacing to 3/4″ apart. 
10. Glue the last 4 largest flowers onto the wire, spacing them 1″ apart. 
11. Using the hot glue gun, glue a wire down the center stem of the leaves. 
12. Use the edge of the scissors to score along the score marks and curl the leaves. 

Head over to Paper-Papers blog to follow along with our photo tutorial for this paper wisteria!  

Tips

We have both an SVG and PDF version of the template, so you can make these wisteria vines with a cutting machine or cutting by hand. Next, gather your papers. Unlike other paper flower projects, we used Yes! Paste for gluing the petals together because it dries much more quickly than other glues. Once you start adding the flower to the wire, you will want to switch over to hot glue. When stringing the flowers to the wire, we recommend adding the dot of glue under the flower so that it is hidden. After you finish your paper wisteria vines, you can make a bouquet, turn them into a potted plant or hang individual strands as beautiful decor! 

Get Inspired! 

Whether you’re planning on making these flowers specifically, or this project is inspiring you to make paper flowers in general, be sure to check out both our metallic paper flower tutorials and crepe paper flower tutorials! Wisteria would be especially beautiful for soft wedding decor, or you can find all of our wedding paper flowers here. Whatever project on the site inspires you, we want to know! Share your feedback with us in the comments, and always feel free to leave us a project suggestion for something you’d like to see next. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for daily glimpses of our projects, or head over to our membership page to join in on our crafty community! Cheers ~ Lia & Team

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