Our August craft collection is all about fairy gardens with pretty flowers and twinkly lights. These paper starflowers are a perfect fit, plus they’ve been on our list for a while now!
If you are new to making paper flowers, this a great project for beginners as the shapes are very simple to cut by hand and assemble. Just check out our supplies list below, then download our template and step-by-step tutorial.
You’re a star
To give our paper starflowers a bit more shine, we chose to craft them using frosted text weight paper. This type of paper has a slight sheen to it, which will give your paper flowers some beautiful depth and dimension. And by using text weight instead of cardstock, they will be easier to shape.
Along with the frosted paper, we added just a bit of gold crepe paper for the small stamen piece. You will also see in the tutorial how we drew on veins with a marker and curled our petals out. For the final touch, we added a bunch of paper leaves that stick straight up and then curled the rest out so they spill over the vase.
Skill level: Beginner
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Tools
- Craft Scissors
- Needle-Nose Pliers/Wire Cutters
- Curling Tool
- Cutting Machine (optional)
- High-Temp Hot Glue Gun
Materials
- Lia Griffith Extra-Fine Crepe Paper – Metallic Gold
- Floral Tape — Green
- Lia Griffith Frosted Craft Paper – Berry Pack Color 1, Citrus Pack Color 3, and Succulent Pack Color 3
- Floral Wire – 18-Gauge Paper Covered Green
- Thick Paper Covered Stem Wire
- Tacky Glue or Art Glitter Glue
- Karin Brushmarker Pro — Egyptian Blue (305)
How to Make Paper Starflowers
- Gather your craft tools and materials. Then download the pattern below.
- Cut paper according to template using scissors or a cutting machine.
- Draw along the score lines using a blue marker.
- Fold the stamen in half along the core line, then use white glue to attach and wrap it round the tip of an 18-gauge wire.
Full tutorial available for members to download below.
Explore More
Love these paper starflowers? Explore all of our frosted paper flowers to see what else you can make. Or check out our crepe paper flowers.
Are you having trouble? Feel free to contact us and we will be happy to help you out.
7 Comments
Thank you, that helped a great deal!
I had a couple of questions on the Starflower. The supply listed the use of a Thick Stem wire. While looking at the directions I was unsure when you used it. It looked like you used the 18 gauge wire. Also, I was unsure how to attach the 1st set of leaves to the flowers. Did you wrap the flowers around the 1st set of leaves then attach with floral tape? It also didn’t explain out to attach the second set of leaves with the floral tape. Do they gradually go down as you use the floral tape or do you overlap them around the flower stems and 1st set of leaves. It wasn’t quite clear. My end result did not look like your picture. My 1st set of leaves were much higher that my second set. I had several questions that I just tried to figure out. The instructions seemed to miss a couple of steps. Sorry for the confusion.
The thick stem wire was mistakenly added to the supply list, you do not need it. Steps 13-15 explain how to add the leaves and flowers. You will attach the flowers around the first set of leaves using floral tape, this is shown in step 14. I kept all of the flower wire ends even with the end of the wire that the leaves are attached to. When attaching the second set of leaves place the base of each leaf even with the other leaves. You should have roughly 4 inches of wire below the leaves, this is so you can plant like a potted plant or so it sits up higher in a vase, however if you do not want this excess wire you can cut it off.
thanks a lot it works perfectly
thanks a lot . I try that
Hello, I have a problem when I download an SVG file on my machine (Brother Scan and Cut) The program automatically reduces the size (image too large for the cutting mat according to him) without telling me what percentage he reduces the image. How can I know the size that the flower should have in order to resize the image correctly.
Thank you for your help, I know you are not used to using this machine.
Murielle
I am unfamiliar with the Brother machine, so I thought to print the PDF version and measure it to match. Be sure when you print the PDF that you print full size rather than “fit page,” and you should be good to go.