Learn how to make a paper fan flower in five simple steps! Make any size fan flowers you want to decorate for any special occasion.
I’ve had quite a few paper flower tutorials for you lately, and I have a few more too (stay tuned for tissue paper flowers or find our rose flowers here)!
Today we are going to make one of the easiest kinds of paper flowers – a paper fan flower! This is an easy paper craft project and can be used to decorate for so many different kinds of parties and events.
Using different colors, you can decorate for a baby shower, summer party, or even a bingo night at an elementary school as I did with this step-by-step guide of how to make big fan paper decorations.
Once you have the steps down for this easy paper fan craft, you will start thinking of all sorts of ways to use them. Plus the easy steps are perfect for little kids to make their own (with some help!).
You can also make them in different flower shapes by using scissors to cut off the ends for a scalloped edge or rounded edge, whatever you would like.
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How to Make a Paper Fan Flower
Step by step directions on how to make easy paper flowers using the accordion style.
Materials
- Different Colors of Colored Craft Paper
- Paper straw
Tools
- Scissors
- Hot Glue Gun or glue stick
Instructions
- Gather supplies needed to make a paper fan flower. You can make different sizes by using different sized pieces of paper. You'll need two pieces of paper the same size per fan flower.
- Make an accordion fold with the paper. Fold a one inch crease, flip the paper over, and fold another one-inch crease in the opposite direction. Keep flipping back and forth until the entire sheet of paper is in an accordion.
- Repeat the same steps for the other piece of paper.
- Fold both papers in half horizontally.
(If desired, use a pair of scissors to cut a rounded petal shape at all ends.)
- Glue their edges together with hot glue or a glue stick.
Then glue the two pieces together so it makes a round fan shape.
- Cut a small circle out of the same colored paper or a different color and glue it on the center of the flower. To make the center pop out a little more use self-adhesive foam pieces!
- Finally, glue a paper straw or plastic stick in between one of the flower petals and you're done!
- Make a bunch of different colors of the paper fan flowers if desired and place in a vase or use a hole punch to string them up to hang.
I hope this easy flower paper fan tutorial helped get you started in your decorating for your next party!
More Paper Flower Tutorials
If you are looking for different kinds of paper flowers you can make for special events, make sure to check out the following:
- Large paper flowers to make a flower wall with
- Sunflower flowers
- Cricut flowers if you have a cutting machine
Thanks for stopping by and have a creative day!
