I do love orchids! I almost always have a plant in my home and you may remember my post almost a year ago about how to style a grocery store orchid plant and make it look like it came from a flower shop. You may also remember my paper orchid post where I used a single bloom to top a gift, several for a wrist corsage or many to make a cascading bridal bouquet. Some of you may have seen my orchid decorated paper hat that I made for the Kentucky Derby party. . . I do love orchids. For this tutorial I am mixing my paper orchid template with my live orchid styling and making a full on paper orchid plant. It is just gorgeous and I am thinking that these my be my live orchid replacement. Check out my step-by-step tutorial below and download the printable template to make your own gorgeous orchid plant. Enjoy! ~ Lia
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Hi Lia,
What a beautiful artwork! I want to make this orchid with seniors in my community art class. Should I get metalic white CARDSTOCK or PAPER? Do you think it is too challenging for seniors to handle floral tape? How would the stem part look without the tape? Please send me feedback a.s.a.p so that I can buy appropriate paper for the next class in a timely manner. Thanks in advance!
How nice! I would use frosted text weight paper, it will be easier to curl. Floral tape is a little tricky so you can choose not to use it.
Your pattern was very easy to adapt to be a wall piece, and cut on my Gazelle, to make a piece for my mother. She soooo loved her gardening and especially her orchids. Now her love of gardening and orchids is hostage to advanced Stage-7 Alzheimers – so for her Birthday I thought an orchid arrangement on the wall would be ideal – no care no watering!
Oh Regina, I went through this with my mother who also had Alzheimers. She was an artist, and loved receiving art from us– even if she didn’t really understand what it was, it was obvious it brought her joy. Thank you for sharing this with me. All the best to you both! ~Lia
Lia, your work is amazing and I really enjoy it and find it very inspiring (although I haven’t worked up the courage tried any of these yet!).
I was a little put off though to find someone else apparently taking credit for your work. You might like to go to http://wonderfuldiy.com/wonderful-diy-paper-gorgeous-orchid/ . The author of this site lists your site in a comment as the source of the template but has removed your name from the tutorial image.
Not in the spirit of things if you ask me.
Keep up the great work.
S.
Thank you Sara for letting us know!!
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Lovely paper flower art! What brand of florist tape do you use and where can it be bought? Thank you!
Thank you Debbie! I like this one here, but will have my own coming out in July!! 🙂
Lia, have you come up with a pattern for a cattleya orchid?
I would like to try one.
Thanks, Shirley
Ooh no, but I’ll add it to my list!
Hi, your orchids are really lovely. I’m thinking of making one for my mom cause she loves orchids as much as you do. I just wanted to know what kind of paper did you use? I’m worried Cardstock would be too heavy for a project this delicate. I’d appreciate any help. 🙂
What a lovely sentiment! I used Paper-Papers brand metallic paper, I believe the color was Crystal White. Best of luck!
Would I be able to use a purple colored paper to print these orchids instead of using white paper? Not sure if this will come out looking funny. Thanks!
You can definitely use purple paper! You can make the flowers any color that you’d like and they will look beautiful 😉
I LOVE your designs, Lia! I made one of these orchid plants and took pictures of it before I gave it to a friend. She had received an orchid from her boss as a birthday present, but unfortunately she doesn’t have a green thumb and the orchid died. So I made her this paper orchid that will never die. I would like to upload a photo of my paper plant, but I don’t see an option on your website to upload a photo. So, I thought I might ask . . . can I upload a photo to you and how do I do it?
Thankful for all your creations,
Linda
Thank you Linda! We would love to see a picture, if you send it to us at hello@liagriffith.com we will share it on our Twitter and Facebook page.
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Gorgeous~! Will definately make some for Mother’s Day, my mum’s favourite, will fit great for the real orchid plants between blooming their own flowers, no more empty sticks with just leaves on a windowsill. Thank you for the tutorial ^^
You are welcome, enjoy:-)
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Just found your site today..Just love your creative ideas on paper flowers..Can’t wait to try making the orchids. Can have a house full of orchids without breaking the bank…LOL
Welcome! I love orchids, and yes definitely without breaking the bank.
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Thank you so much for this idea! I am just in love with orchids and I wanted to see if there was an alternative to buying real one or fake ones and this is great! Love your other floral ideas as well!
Thank you Ana!
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All of your flowers are so beautiful! What gauge wire do you use for this project in particular and your other flowers as well?
Thanks Jessica! For most of my projects I like the 18 gage wire as it is the thickest. If I am making a hydrangea with multi wires I might go up to a 20 or 22.
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This type of orchid was the flower for my wedding. Thank you for sharing!!
I do LOVE orchids too.
These are beautiful and I can’t wait to do this project. Thank you so much for sharing and making these available for us to do! How kind of you!
It is my pleasure for sure! I am here to be a teacher. 🙂
Thanks so much for the orchid template.
Sure! Happy to share!
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Okay what am I doing wrong. when I click where it says to download and print all I get is the instructions, – no template for the flowers or leaves. Please help.
I am not sure what you are doing wrong, but make sure you are clicking the grey button. A new browser window will open and you can download from there.
Very pretty! I have always liked making paper flowers. Thanks for the template.
You are very welcome!
This is really amazing, thank you so much for sharing! I was wondering, how thick should the paper you print the templates on be?
I actually prefer a text weight paper over card stock, because it curls smoother.
I try and download the template n it won’t let me why is this,uggg lol help
It seems to work for me. Somehow there is now a PIN button that pops up which I am trying to get rid of. But if you click the other areas of the button it should come up in a new window.
I feel a little stupid… do we attach the big and medium leaves front and back to one another? what is the green sheet for?
The green sheet is the leaves back side so you have two sided color. I put the wire between the two leaves to hide it so when you glue them together it is only at the base where the wire is attached. I like to offset the points of the leaves so they are not directly on top of each other and it will show off the two leaves.
I love this flower. So realistic looking. I think I am going to make one for a colleague’s office as she kills real plants. She even has a window.
With a window this will certainly not die! Haha. You are a sweetheart and she will love it!
Merci pour cette idée Géniale !! combien d’orchidées j’ai jetées parce qu’elles ne fleurissaient plus ..promis je les garderais et elles seront éternelles ; j’adore votre blog merci pour tant de générosité..bonne journée Christine
Thank you Christine! I love to hear from people from other countries and know I am adding beauty to their lives. Your note made my day. 🙂
I love all your paper flowers. I’m going to give it a try and make some. What weight paper do you recommend? Thanks for sharing.
Even on this one I recommend the text weight (any text weight) over the card stock as it has a better finish. The only exception to that is the Tiger Lily where I did use a card tock for the simple long petals.
What a gorgeous craft and tutorial! Pinned and making this 😉
Thanks Ursula! Share photos when you are done.
These orchids are divine! thanks Lia
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So happy you like them!!
Thank you so much! I am loving all your flowers templates and tutorials. You are the best!
Thanks Michelle! I am going to share more flower templates this spring.
How amazing and gifted are you!! I recently discovered your site and I am so thankful for the joy your posts bring!
Awww, thank you Rachelen! So happy you are here!
So beautiful
Glad you like it. 🙂
I have several living orchid plants not currently flowering with decent looking leaves that I just may add some paper flowers to until they again set buds! They aren’t very pretty when not flowering, so I may try to make some of them look more presentable with paper flowers! I won’t tell if you won’t! Thanks for the idea!
Haha! What a GREAT idea!!
LOVE this Lia! Orchids are one of my favorite flowers as well, and this gorgeous plant won’t need any watering 🙂
~ Melissa
Thanks Melissa! I think I will be making more for my house.