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DIY Tissue Paper Pomanders
I have always been quite the crafty person and some have found this skill to be pretty useless. Well needless to say that I am the one laughing now. The smallest craft that you may undertake can make the world of difference in an event and especially in a wedding! Once me and my fiance decided on our color scheme I undertook my first project. . . the tissue paper pomanders. I learned how to make tissue paper flowers back in elementary school for our parade floats. When I saw a real pomander I thought they were beautiful but the price was way out of my range. So I combined these two things together and it is a huge cost saver! Here are the instructions:
What you will need:
Tissue Paper
Floral Wire
Styrofoam Ball
Ribbon
**All of these items can be found at pretty much any craft store**
First thing you will need to do is cut down your pieces of tissue paper. This is totally up to you but do bear in mind the bigger the piece of paper that your using the bigger your flower will be. (One quick hint would be to fold the paper until you get the size your looking for and then just cut along your folded lines)
Your paper will end up looking similar to this.
Next step will be to do an accordion fold. You will fold one way then flip and fold the other. When you are finished it should look like this. . .
While the tissue paper is still folded you will need to fold it in half. The general purpose in this is to find the center of your flower.
To give the flower a more realistic look you can draw a curved line on the top. As you do more of these you will not have to use this line. Now all you have to do is cut along your guide.
Now you will need to take the wire and wrap it around your tissue paper. After you have done that twist the wire together. Now make sure you wrap the wire tight around the tissue paper otherwise your flower will not be very sturdy. Then you will need to spread open the two sides to prepare for the opening of the flower.
Now you are able to begin separating the layers. To make sure you flower is rounded I suggest altering sides as you work. It should begin to look like this. . .
Now you are done with the hard part. You will need to make 45-50 flowers per pomander. Once you have completed all of your flowers you will be able to start putting them into your Styrofoam ball. First step here will be to insert your ribbon into the ball. I used a piece of wire to make sure that it was secure.
Take your flowers and insert the wire into the ball. . . continue until your ball is filled.
And there you have it tissue paper pomanders!
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Great tutorial Jess. I can’t believe how fabulous they look. The key is to definitely make them full — but they look SO gorgeous! I can’t wait to see how you use them on your wedding day.
LOVE it!!!! Now I need to find a reason to make these for myself
these are awesome! I want to go out and make them right now as gifts for everyone! Really beautiful and SIMPLE!
Jess- How many layers of tissue paper squares did you use for each individual flower? For example: did the blue and white flowers have just one layer of each color or more? Thanks!! I think this is something I’m definitely going to use for my wedding!
Elva,
Great to hear that you are going to be using these for your wedding! I used 3 colored sheets and then 3 white sheets just alter back and forth. Good luck and if you have any more questions feel free to ask!
-Jessica
Jessica,
Thank you so much! This is wonderful. My wedding is May 2,09 and I wasn’t sure what to do the church and real flowers get so expensive! This seems great and fairly simple to do. I will be testing it out in a couple of weeks. I do have a couple of questions for you, what size ball and sheets did you use? I’m thinking of doing 2 or 3 small balls (about 2″ each) and then bunching them together maybe with each being a little longer.
Thank you!
Amber
Amber,
Its my pleasure to share my fun projects with fellow brides. . .its all about paying it forward! I used 5″ balls but your idea seems like a good one. I would be careful though because to make those flowers fit you may have to make your flowers smaller than mine. . .which may become difficult and painful for your hands. Buy only 1 and test it out before getting all of the supplies. For the tissue paper I didnt measure the pieces. . .that would be wwwaaaaayyyyy tooo time consuming. I took a full sheet and folded it over until I had a square piece that seemed like it would work, so all you have to do is cut on the line instead of drawing in lines which may show up later on your finished flowers. Play with the size of flowers and you will know when you have the right size. Good luck and happy planning feel free to ask questions along the way!
-Jessica
Jessica,
These are gorgeous!
After the fan and wire stage, are you literally just pulling the sides in and crumpling them together to make the “petal” look? And you also alternate one color sheet, one white sheet, one color sheet, etc.?
Your pomanders just look SO great and real! I have seen paper ones before, but not so beautiful. I can’t wait to try them out for my wedding in July.
Thanks SO much!
Jennifer,
Thank you and your welcome! Yes I did alter them to give it a more natural look and it was a cost saver as well seeing that the white tissue paper is cheaper
) All you have to do is pull the pieces back, no crumpling is needed they naturally crumple a little bit when you separate the layers. If you have any more questions feel free to ask.
-Jessica
About how long did it take you to make one of these?
Noelle,
It really depends, I actually did it in steps I made all of my flowers and then put them into the ball. The more you do the faster you get. You can probably knock out one pomander in an hour/ hour and a half maybe more if you cant make the flowers quickly. Trust me when I tell you that they are worth every second!
-Jess
Hi there from the UK
I just stumbled on this as I am thinking of making my own decorations. How brilliant! Thanks for sharing your ideas with us!
Kate
Hello Jessica.
I’ve started making the smaller pomanders:) As I am beginning to put them to gether I’ve relized I’m not sure how you got them all to stay, espeically the ribbon. Im using wire and foam clue.
Thank you!
Amber,
You may want to leave the wire a little longer. I was able to just put them in without any glue. Hope that helps
)
Jess
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I’m So Using This Idea For My Baby Shower!! Looks Do-able!!!
GREAT IDEA! I’m using this for my fall/winter wedding. Thank you so much for sharing
Were you able to find the Styrofoam balls at a better price? Tissue paper sounds like a good choice just white and dark purple though right?
How many pieces of paper do you use for one flower? I would love to do this for my wedding.