How about crafting luminous and beautiful 3D paper flowers together? Such crafting can be done quickly and easily, bringing joy and color to dull days. In addition, crafting together helps to develop your child's talents. Imagine: You are sitting at the table, surrounded by colorful paper and paints, creating bright three-dimensional field flowers that will delight the eye and adorn the house. These simple crafts are even suitable for the little ones, they are fun and inspiring, especially on rainy days.

Paper field flowers are a craft project perfect for the little ones. The process of making 3D flowers is so simple that even the little ones can help in different stages. To ensure a smooth and enjoyable crafting experience, it is better to prepare some elements in advance so that the child can focus on gluing and decorating. In this article, you will find a step-by-step guide on making field flowers that are perfect for an autumn activity with your child.

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Materials and Tools for 3D Flowers

You don't need expensive materials for making paper flowers - everything can be found at home or quickly bought at the supermarket. Here is what you need:

Scissors
Glue stick or craft glue
Colored cardboard as a base
Colored paper or regular paper (can be painted with colors or colored pencils)
Paints, colored pencils, or markers for painting

Most of these materials you probably already have at home. If something is missing, alternatives can be used. For example, you can paint regular paper together with your child if you don't have colored paper available.

Steps for Making a 3D Paper Flower

Once everything is ready, we can start making our flower. Follow the instructions, and you will create a beautiful craft that will decorate your home.

Step 1: Preparing the Basic Shapes

Take colored paper and cut a square of about 5x5 cm and a rectangle of about 12x17 cm. The square will be the base for the flower center, and the rectangle will be the material for the flower petals.

Step 1: Preparation of the basic shapes — **Tip**: Choose different paper tones for petals and center - this will make the flower look more lively.

Step 2: Marking and Cutting Out the Petals

On the rectangle, draw the outlines of the petals - elongated ovals or drop-like shapes, as shown in the photo. Cut them out. It's best to make about 8-10 petals to create a lush flower.

Step 2: Mark and cut out petals — **Recommendation**: If you use multiple colors, alternate them to create an interesting pattern in the finished flower.

Step 3: Attaching First Layer of Petals to the Center

Take the square template you prepared in the first step and cut out a small circle from it for the flower center. Start gluing the petals in a circle and evenly distribute them around the edge of the center. This will create the first layer of petals around the flower center.

Step 3: Attach the first layer of petals to the center — **Tip**: Slightly tilt the petals outwards to make the flower more voluminous and natural.

Step 4: Creating Volume by Connecting Petal Ends

Now take the ends of the petals, bend them, and glue them to the base of each petal, connecting them to the start of the petal at the center. This gives volume to the flower and makes it look more realistic. Once all petals are attached, glue another circle on top to cover the connections and complete the flower center.

Step 4: Create volume by connecting the petals' ends — **Recommendation**: For the top circle, you can choose a contrasting color to highlight the flower center.

Step 5: Cutting out leaves and stems

Cut out a stem and two to three leaves from green paper. The leaves can be oval or elongated - the shape depends on your taste. If you wish, add light creases or fold them lengthwise to create volume.

Step 5: Cut out leaves and stems — **Tip**: If you don't have green paper, paint white paper together with your child - this adds even more creativity to the process.

Step 6: Gluing flower and leaves on the cardboard

Take a piece of cardboard that serves as the base for the flower, and carefully glue the stem, flower, and leaves on. Arrange the elements in a way that they look harmonious. The flower can be placed closer to the top edge of the cardboard to make it appear tall and slim.

Step 6: Stick the flower and leaves onto the cardboard — **Tip**: Use a small amount of glue to avoid stains, especially on the visible part of the cardboard.

Step 7: Adding decorative elements and patterns

Decorate the craftwork with small decorative elements: You can stick glitter, small paper flowers, or draw patterns on the petals and leaves with colored pencils or markers. This gives the flower brightness and a finished look.

Step 7: Add decorative elements and patterns

Conclusion

Thank you for taking the time to follow our crafting guide! If you're up for more creative projects, check out our other articles on kids' crafts and Origami. You'll find many exciting ideas for crafting sessions together.

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Published on November 14, 2024 by Vitalii Shynakov

Published on: November 14, 2024
From Vitalii Shynakov

Vitalii Shynakov has been working in the areas of online retail, marketing and customer satisfaction since 2012. Until 2022, he was the head of personnel development and online sales department of four successful stores. He has been part of the TutKit.com team since 2024.