Make an exotic bouquet of paper or silk and give a pleasant surprise to
your mother this Mother's Day. It is a simple fun children activity. In
order to make a bouquet you first have to prepare the flowers for the
bouquet. Choose a bright color paper or silk for making paper or silk
flowers.
For making paper roses you take a cardboard and cut petals out of it.
There should be three different sizes of petals; the smaller ones for
the center and the larger ones for the outer layer of the flowers. The
petals should be provided with small stubs so that they can be attached
securely to the floral wire. Now, place each cardboard you have shaped
on the paper or silk and trace out the outlines. Calculate the number of
flowers you would like to make and calculate the number of petals you
would like to put in each layer of each flower.
Take floral wire and fix each of the petals securely on the wire by
means of a green tape. You can include as many petals as you want and as
many layers you would like your flowers to have. For each flower, 14 to
16 petals should be enough with three layers of petals. Use the larger
petals as you move towards the exterior.
You can also have leaves cut in the same manner and tape them to the
wire. For a better result you can use real rose petals and leaves as
models to have the designed shapes of petal or leaves close to original.
If you have chosen paper for making your bouquet then to make your
flowers look even more beautiful you can coat the petals with liquid
paraffin or you can use a mix and match of two or more different colors
of paper or silk for designing the flowers. After you arrange the
flowers in the bouquet, you can spray it with a light fragrance and
sprinkle it lightly with water to give it the semblance of fresh
flowers.
