Learn How to Make Paper Flowers _ DIY Giant Paper Dahlia

Hey guys , this is Marian for HGTV dot com .

And on today's weekday craft afternoon , we're making giant paper do Dallas are my favorite , late summer flower .

And the great thing about this oversized paper version is there's no green thumb required .

Here's what you'll need .

You can find precut cardboard circles in the cake decorating section of the craft store or you can make your own .

All right , let's get started .

First up , we're going to cut our scrapbook paper into four inch squares .

I highly recommend using a paper cutter for this .

It will make your job go a lot faster .

All right .

Once you've cut roughly 60 squares , it's time to start making our paper cones .

This is really easy .

It's just like making an ice cream cone .

We're gonna start off by placing a length of double stick tape along one edge of your paper square just like that .

Now , bring the opposite corner about halfway across the square and then bring that taped side over to overlap it .

Make sure you've got the tape good and secure because we don't want these cones to pop open while you're making your flour .

Just repeat that action .

About 60 times .

All right .

Once we've made all of our paper cones , it's time to start assembling our flour .

We're going to start by flattening the bottom inch or so of the cone .

And I've applied a layer of double stick tape to the outside of our cardboard circle .

Place that on the tape and you're gonna want to space them out just under a finger width .

A part once we have our first layer of cones down , put down another layer of tape and just nestle the second layer of cones in between the first bringing in each layer by about an inch and a half .

All right , just one of these dahlias makes a beautiful and unique wreath for your front door or you can make several for a really impressive piece of wall art .

Well , guys , that's it for this week's episode of Weekday Craft afternoon .

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