13 Days of Halloween – Hybrid Fall Flower Centerpiece
Today I’m going to show you how to make a fun & easy paper flower centerpiece that can be displayed in your home through the fall season! I started out with my digital papers from Happy Haunting…
I printed out a few of the smaller patterns, like the dots, stripes & zigzags on my Epson Photo R1800. For my hybrid projects I like to use the Epson premium presentation paper matte, it has a nice weight to it, like cardstock. After I printed them out, I trimmed them by cutting the paper in half, so I had 2 pieces that were about 4 1/4″ x 10.5″, but you can really cut them most any length/width.
you then fold each piece in half long-ways, so you’ll have several long, skinny rectangles, with one folded edge & an open edge. After folding, you’ll take your scissors & cut, starting at the folded edge up to about a 1/4″ of the open edge. Be careful not to cut all the way through! I’ve made my cuts about 1/8-1/4″ apart down the length of the paper.
when you finish, it will look like this…
then, the fun begins! I’ve collected small branches from our yard to create a little more of a rustic look. I then took the cut paper pieces & start rolling them around the top part of the branch {folded edge up, open end at the bottom}, securing them every now & then with hot glue. Basically, you roll, tack with glue, roll some more, glue, until you get to the end of the paper. When you finish, you should have something that looks like this…
then, you can “puff” them out to make them a more full, open flower. I liked the way these flowers looked for fall because they had the look of the mum flowers you see everywhere here in the fall. That’s it! Create as many or as few as you like to make the centerpiece look the way you’d like.
