18 Stunning DIY Paper Flowers You’ll Love Making

DIY paper flowers are the perfect inexpensive and easy way to have the happiness of flowers indoors all year-long.

While I love to grow flowers in my yard and garden, the downside is that so many of them only stay fresh less than one week once cut.

This is why realistic looking paper flowers make the best way to enjoy your favorite flowers all year long.

What I’ve always LOVED about paper crafts is that it makes easy home decor on a budget, plus makes an inexpensive crafting hobby on a budget. Kids always enjoy making paper flowers too, so it makes a wonderful parent child craft to enjoy together.

Whether you prefer giant easy paper flowers for a party, delicate crepe paper flowers for a vase, or want to make a paper flower wreath to keep up all year, you’ll love our collection of gorgeous paper flower ideas you can make at home.

Crepe Paper Poppies

These lovely oriental poppy flowers are made of crepe paper. While creme paper itself is very delicate, since the project only requires 6 leaves per stem this makes a great paper flower project for beginners.

Find the written tutorial by Lia Griffith

Paper Hydrangea Wreath

This gorgeous paper hydrangea wreath is so much easier than it first appears. Wouldn’t you love to enjoy hydrangeas all year long? They’re definitely one of my favor flowers and would love to display this gorgeous paper wreath.

The project just requires foam balls and paper punches, the paper cutouts get curled to give them the realistic hydrangea flower look.

Find the tutorial by Fiskars 

Paper Peonies

Peonies are truly one of my absolute favorite flowers! Do you love them too?? While we do have peonies in our garden, unfortunately they’re placed in a spot we don’t see them unless we hunt them out in the spring.

I’m going to fully admit here that one year they came early and had already bloomed and were done before I even checked back in the corner. Boy was I ever sad!

These lovely paper peonies are an easy way to enjoy peonies much longer than their typical growing season.

Find the tutorial at Abbi Kirsten Collections 

Large Paper Sunflower

Here’s an easy to follow YouTube video for a large paper sunflower by Bela Mardia that’ll brighten up anyones day!

SVC Cut Paper Flowers

Cori from Hey Let’s Make Stuff shares how to not only make these stunning and huge paper flowers with a Cricut, but also includes pdf templates if you’d prefer to hand cut them.

These would be amazing for a kids room or for a party!

Find the tutorial at Hey Let’s Make Stuff 

DIY Paper Wysteria 

This stunning wisteria definitely brings back childhood dreams.

This project uses a Sissix machine, and would require purchasing a certain template to make this exact project. But I’m sure there’s a similar flower punch you could use and hand punch the flowers instead.

Find the tutorial at Sissix 

Paper Hyacinth Flowers

Find the tutorial at One Little Project

Paper Cherry Blossoms

Can you even believe these paper cherry blossoms aren’t real? I definitely had to do a double take!

Our street is lined with cherry blossoms in front of every house and it’s a flower much appreciated where we live in the PNW.

While the paper flower buds are made out of tissue paper, the branches and leaves of course are not, Happy Happy Nester of course also includes instructions on how to assemble those also.

Find the tutorial at Happy Happy Nester

Paper Spray Roses

Paper spray roses make the perfect small flower project to feature in a vase or to set on a desk.

Find the tutorial at Apartment Therapy 

Giant Spellbinder Rose

This gorgeous SVG file giant spellbinder rose is a stunner by one of my favorite craft bloggers, Jennifer Maker.

What’s even more amazing is that all of the petals are different!

Find the tutorial by Jennifer Maker

Giant Dahlias 

These giant dahlias are such a showstopper! Displaying them on a wall, or down a hallway, or for a party would make such an impact.

Find the tutorial at Craftaholics Anonymous 

Crepe Paper Headband

Another amazing project by Lia Griffith is for this incredible crepe paper headband that definitely reminds me of a spring time hippie girl.

What a gorgeous project if you’re looking for a paper headband.

Find the tutorial at Lia Griffith

OTHER DIY PAPER FLOWER TUTORIALS YOU’LL LOVE

Storybook Roses (made from book pages!)

Accordian paper flowers 

crepe paper carnations 

Hanging tissue pom pom flowers

Crepe paper tulips

Gerbera Daisies 

We would love to see how your paper flower projects turn out! We’d love it if you post your project below or on the Pinterest pin 🙂