It's WISE to DIY: Thrify Ideas for the Do-It-Yourselfer

She Folds Up Some Tissue And Before You Know It, The Most DRAMATIC DIY is Born! These Are SO FUN!

If you are looking for the funnest, boldest party decor or just something to brighten up a room with color, these tissue paper flowers are just the thing.

Recently, I was at a baby shower where the hostess made a bunch of these and the effect was AMAZING.  The room looked truly breathtaking.

Get out your tissue paper and start folding.  Here’s how:

First get a stack of tissue, perhaps 7 or 8 sheets thick.  make sure it’s stacked in alignment and then fold it up like a fan, each fold a few inches wide:

KEEP THE TISSUE PAPER FUN GOING WITH THESE TISSUE-TASSLE GARLANDS!  SO BEAUTIFUL!

When you have it all folded up, fold it, not in half but at about the 2/3 mark, fasten it with a bobby pin or two:

Now you are going to cut the short end into a heart shape:

Open up the fan on the long end and cut out points–up and down–across the fan:

Start pulling apart the sheets on that side so that the sheets are separated and then do the same on the short side:

You will need 4 of these for each flower so repeat this 3 more times.

Click through for the final steps to complete this incredible craft…

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2 Comments

  1. Shirley Dodd says:

    Made these for Vacation Bible School decoration. Kids enjoyed them!

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