Flowers & nature · Step-by-step guide
Lilac Blossom Spray
Fold a cluster of tiny four-petal flowers, thread them onto wire stems, and add folded leaves to create a lilac spray.
What you’ll need
- Small purple or white paper squares, 4 × 4 cm
- Green paper squares, 5 × 5 cm
- Thin craft wire
- Craft glue
- A shaping tool
Paper craft · Small folds, wire stems & floral assembly
Make it, step by step.
10 steps · Original diagrams with English instructions
Make the flower base
Open image at full size ↗Use a 4 cm square. Fold both diagonals and both center lines, then collapse the sheet into a layered square.
Fold a narrow diamond
Open image at full size ↗Bring the two lower edges toward the center. Turn over and repeat to form a narrow diamond.
Open and flatten
Open image at full size ↗Fold the lower point upward. Open the central pocket downward, unfold the side layers with it, and flatten the flower into a small square.
Round the first corners
Open image at full size ↗Turn over. Fold the indicated top corner inward, then fold the next corner down in the same way.
Shape four petals
Open image at full size ↗Repeat the corner folds on all four sides. Lift the petals slightly and turn over. Make several matching flowers.
Wire the flowers
Open image at full size ↗Bend a tiny loop at one end of each wire and pass the wire through a flower's center. Gather the stems and adjust the flowers into a loose tapered cluster.
Start a leaf
Open image at full size ↗Fold a 5 cm green square diagonally in half, then fold it in half again and once more into a narrow triangular strip.
Open the leaf
Open image at full size ↗Unfold to the triangular shape shown. Open the remaining pocket from the indicated edge and flatten it into a diamond.
Shape and wire the leaves
Open image at full size ↗Fold the side corners inward along the guides to round the leaf. Place a wire in the central seam and glue it securely.
Assemble the spray
Open image at full size ↗Arrange the leaves beneath the flower cluster and bind the stems together. Adjust the height and direction of the blossoms.
Follow the diagrams alongside the step-by-step English instructions.
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