How to make a paper rose wreath

Make a Paper Rose Wreath

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This wreath is beautiful and cheap but it took quite a long time to make. So if you decided to try it, be committed to many nights of work. :)

This wreath is beautiful and cheap but it took quite a long time to make. So if you decided to try it, be committed to many nights of work. :)

Tear out three pages from a book.

Tear out three pages from a book.

Stack them on top of each other. Cut out a spiral using a wavy line to help the make the rose petals.

Stack them on top of each other. Cut out a spiral using a wavy line to help the make the rose petals.

Make the width about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch.

Make the width about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch.

This is what it looks like once the cutting is done.

This is what it looks like once the cutting is done.

Start with the outside end of the spiral.

Start with the outside end of the spiral.

Begin rolling it in a tight roll. This will be the center of the rose.

Begin rolling it in a tight roll. This will be the center of the rose.

After the center is done begin rolling a little looser so the rose gets wider.

After the center is done begin rolling a little looser so the rose gets wider.

The center of the spiral becomes the bottom of the rose. I then hot glue that flap to the bottom of the rose.

The center of the spiral becomes the bottom of the rose. I then hot glue that flap to the bottom of the rose.

A finished rose.

A finished rose.

The bottom of the rose all glued.

The bottom of the rose all glued.

Hot glue the roses to the wreath form nice and tight so no white shows between the roses.

Hot glue the roses to the wreath form nice and tight so no white shows between the roses.

A close up view.

A close up view.

Tie a ribbon of choice to the top and all done!

Tie a ribbon of choice to the top and all done!

  • Foam wreath form ( I used 18 inch diameter)
  • Hot glue
  • Lots of books with the same size and color of pape