Crepe Paper Flowers — June 3, 2021

Simple Crepe Paper Cosmos Flower

Crepe Paper Flowers — June 3, 2021

Simple Crepe Paper Cosmos Flower

Tags Double Sided Crepe Projects, Extra Fine Crepe Projects, Paper Flowers for Beginners

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Spring Beauties that Last All Year Round

We love doing collaborations with Good Housekeeping. Our previous projects with them have included our felt fox cup cozy and felt pinecone bear kid’s craft, and now we are crafting up a lovely bouquet of crepe paper cosmos flowers for spring. You may remember that we shared the cosmos in a winter color palette for our heart shaped wreath, but we have discovered that these flowers are even more gorgeous using the double sided paper with beautiful shades of pink. Find our video tutorial below, or read the article on Good Housekeeping’s website! These crepe paper flowers are stunning for the warmer months, and they will last all year long.

Click here for our beginner’s guide on how to make crepe paper flowers.

Tools & Materials

Craft Scissors
Low-Temp Hot Glue Gun
Lia Griffith Double-Sided Crepe Paper – Strawberry & Tulip Pink, Sangria & Aubergine
Text Weight Paper – Fairway, Botanic (discontinued)
18-Gauge Green Paper Covered Wire
Floral Tape
Art Marker – Red

Steps

Gather the tools and materials above.
Print the PDF pattern below and cut crepe according to the pattern.
Glue the center piece around the floral wire as shown.
Gently stretch the centers of each petal.

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For a visual guide to craft these crepe paper cosmos flowers, find our photo tutorial in this post, or watch the video below!

Tips

For beginner crepe crafters, we always encourage you to watch our Crepe Paper 101 video to learn our special tricks for cutting and stretching the paper. You can use the colors that we selected to make these flowers (links in Shop this Project at the bottom of the post), or you can browse all of our color options in our crepe shop. If you are looking for recommendations on art markers, we always tend to use Copic brand or Winsor & Newton.

Explore More DIY Inspiration

If you make these paper cosmos flowers and end up having some extra paper, find our tutorial to make crepe paper anemones using the same color palette. Our anemones also include a handy video tutorial to help you as you craft! Look through all of our crepe paper flowers for inspiration, or head over to our membership page to learn more about our growing community of creatives from all over the world. We love hearing your suggestions and feedback, so let us know of projects that you would like to see on the site by adding a comment below! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for daily glimpses of what we’re up to, or hop over to our YouTube page to see all of our craft video tutorials. Enjoy! ~ Lia & Team

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Double-Sided Crepe Paper Cosmos Pattern

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8 Comments

Christina May 7, 2019 at 7:30am

Would this work just as well with the Heavy Crepe instead of the double sided? I did all my wedding flowers out of text weight, frosted paper, and book pages. Since this is my first venture into crepe paper flowers, I am unsure of all the nuances of the different types of crepe yet.

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1. Lia May 7, 2019 at 9:49am
  
  @Christina
  
  Extra Fine would work better for this specific flower but you can certainly try it with Heavy! This video may be helpful for you as you get started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OjcPMKATNM
  
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Henrietta February 7, 2018 at 4:46pm

Can you make the flowers with cardstock? Beautiful flowers and I love them so much! Thanks.

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1. Lia February 8, 2018 at 8:42am
  
  @Henrietta
  
  Hi! Our crepe patterns won’t work with regular paper, but we do have a cosmos in metallic paper! https://liagriffith.com/frosted-paper-cosmos-flower-video/
  
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Maria June 27, 2017 at 1:31am

Hi Lia beautiful Cosmo flowers, but what shade of red was the marker that you used for this?

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1. Lia June 27, 2017 at 8:26am
  
  @Maria
  
  Thanks! It’s Copic R29.
  
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janet April 24, 2017 at 5:23pm

These are so pretty, and what a lovely effect the shading with the marker has – LOVE!!

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1. Lia April 25, 2017 at 8:45am
  
  @janet
  
  Isn’t it fun?! Thanks Janet!
  
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