Craftings of The World

Creating your own crafts is fun and rewarding. Many craft ideas are simple yet will increase your creativity and bring you a sense of accomplishment.

One of the easy yet nice-looking craft almost anybody can make is making decorative roses.

Materials Needed:

• Fine wire
• Stiffer wire
• Plastic fern
• Strip of toilet paper or tissue paper 36-inch x 4 1/2-inch, (different colours)

Procedure:

1. Fold toilet paper or tissue in half, lengthwise.
2. With the fold at the top hold the paper at the edges and coil loosely in a rosette shape. Add more coils around if necessary.
3. Pinch the base together and twist with fine wire. Pinch at least a half of the rose.
4. Add fern and stem from stiffer wire.

Ideas for Decorations with these Decorative Roses:

• Single flower may be used for corsages or boutonnieres.
• Different color roses may be grouped and attached to a large cone of chicken wire for a floral tree.
• To make a unique Valentine decoration cut a heart shape from heavy cardboard and cover the entire surface with these roses. Make a hole in the top and hang it on the wall. You can also use it as an extra decoration on Valentine for your Loved one.
• To make a Christmas wreath wire can be inserted in holes in a heavy cardboard and the entire surface covered with flowers.
• For stunning wall decorations use pale pastels paper roses, f.e. all pink or aqua, and trim them with a few small Christmas balls of a contrasting color or use small red plastic hearts, or green leaves.
• Very effective decoration for a large wall space for Christmas (or any holidays) is a large flat Christmas tree covered with green Kleenex flowers.
• Flower groupings may also be used for Valentine or Easter decorations, or to decorate the edge of a banquet table, or your own party tables. Usually 2 or max 3 colors work the best.

I am sure you can come up with many more ideas of utilization for this simple yet appealing craft.

Source : ezinearticles.com