Tools:
- Scissors or Craft Knife
- Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Materials:
- Red Glassine Paper
- White Craft Glue
- Strip of Pale Green Paper
- Strip of Black Paper
- White Correction Liquid (or White Paint)
- Floral Wire
- Green Floral Tape
Step 2: Place a finger in the middle of a disk and press it into the fist of your other hand, bringing the edges of the disk together and creating a cup shape.
Step 3: Tightly and repeatedly, squeeze the paper in your fist to create as many creases as possible.
Step 4: Carefully open the disk, turn it inside out, and recollapse it into a cup shape as in step 2 and crease it again.
Step 5: Repeat Step 3, squeezing the paper in your fist for additional creases. The result should be a piece of paper that has many sharp creases radiating from the center of the disk.
Step 6: Carefully open the paper about halfway, being careful not to flatten it completely in the process
Step 7: Use scissors to separate the disk into three separate sections, cutting it apart at the notches created in Step 1. Repeat steps 2 through 7 for the second disk.
Step 8: Use scissors to make a small 1/2-inch (1.3 cm) incision in the pointed tip of each petal.
Step 9: Add a small dot of white craft glue to one side of the incision.
Step 10: Fold the two sides of the incision together at a 90ยบ angle and hold in placed until the glue dries.
Step 11: The result will be a slightly curved petal with a flat bottom.
Step 12: Repeat with the remaining five petals.
Step 13: Attach to petals to each other by their centers with a dot of white craft glue. Slightly overlap the edges of the first and second petals.
Step 14: Attach the third petal, overlapping its edges slightly with the previous two petals.
Step 15: Continue gluing the remaining three petals around the outside of the first three until you have a fully formed blossom.
Step 16: To create the center of the poppy, make a loose scroll using a 1 x 5 1/2-inch (2.4 x 14 cm) strip of pale green paper. Use a strip of black paper and a pair of scissors to create a strip of fringed paper.
Step 17: Glue the fringed black paper around the green scroll. Be sure to position the black paper so that the fringe extends above the top of the scroll. Shape the fringe with your fingers.
Step 18: Use white correction liquid or a small amount of white paint to apply highlights to the ends of the fringe.
Step 19: Attach the flower center to the middle of the glassine petals with a generous dot of hot glue. Hod in place until dry. Poppy leaves are elaborately shaped and can be time consuming to create. Luckily, these flowers are bold enough to stand on their own without added foliage.
Step 20: To finish, hot glue a sinuous stem to the bottom of the flower and arrange in groups of three or five stems.
Step 8: Use scissors to make a small 1/2-inch (1.3 cm) incision in the pointed tip of each petal.
Step 9: Add a small dot of white craft glue to one side of the incision.
Step 10: Fold the two sides of the incision together at a 90ยบ angle and hold in placed until the glue dries.
Step 11: The result will be a slightly curved petal with a flat bottom.
Step 12: Repeat with the remaining five petals.
Step 13: Attach to petals to each other by their centers with a dot of white craft glue. Slightly overlap the edges of the first and second petals.
Step 14: Attach the third petal, overlapping its edges slightly with the previous two petals.
Step 15: Continue gluing the remaining three petals around the outside of the first three until you have a fully formed blossom.
Step 16: To create the center of the poppy, make a loose scroll using a 1 x 5 1/2-inch (2.4 x 14 cm) strip of pale green paper. Use a strip of black paper and a pair of scissors to create a strip of fringed paper.
Step 17: Glue the fringed black paper around the green scroll. Be sure to position the black paper so that the fringe extends above the top of the scroll. Shape the fringe with your fingers.
Step 18: Use white correction liquid or a small amount of white paint to apply highlights to the ends of the fringe.
Step 19: Attach the flower center to the middle of the glassine petals with a generous dot of hot glue. Hod in place until dry. Poppy leaves are elaborately shaped and can be time consuming to create. Luckily, these flowers are bold enough to stand on their own without added foliage.
Step 20: To finish, hot glue a sinuous stem to the bottom of the flower and arrange in groups of three or five stems.
