Craft Ideas: Accordion Paper Flowers | Drawing (Art & Craft) - Grade 2 PDF Download

Material Required

• Paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Wooden dowels or sticks
• Buttons, plastic gems, brads, or other embellishments (optional)

Directions to be followed

• Prepare 3 to 4 paper squares of the same size. You can use square origami paper or follow these easy steps for making a square from any rectangular piece of paper. Gift wrap paper, magazine pages, and colorful brochures are some examples of interesting paper options. Avoid using cardstock or paper that is too thick or heavy to fold.
• To ensure that all the paper squares will have the same fold width, gather the sheets together, aligning them on all four sides. While keeping the squares stacked together, make a 1/2 to 3/4-inch wide fold on one side. Separate the sheets.
  
• To ensure that all the paper squares will have the same fold width, gather the sheets together, aligning them on all four sides. While keeping the squares stacked together, make a ½ to ¾-inch wide fold on one side. Separate the sheets.
• Trim the excess paper after the last fold.
• Fold the paper accordion in half.
• Apply glue on the inside of the folded paper accordion.
• Bring the two halves towards each other and press firmly to glue them together.
  
• Do Steps 3 to 7 for all the squares. When unfolded, each paper accordion will look like a fan. These fan-like pieces will make up the sections of your paper flower and the folds will be the flower petals.
• As an optional step, you can alter the shape of the flower petals by trimming the tops of each accordion-folded piece. Draw a curved line or a diagonal line near the top of the outermost fold. Cut along the line.
• To make sure that all flower sections have the same petal shape, place the trimmed section over an untrimmed one, aligning them along the edges. Trace the shape of the tops of the trimmed section onto the section below it. Cut along the line.
• Glue the first and second flower sections together, aligning them along the edges.
• Glue the third section over the second one, again aligning along the edges. Glue the fourth section on top of the third one. Press on the entire pile to glue all the sections in place. Allow the glue to set for a few minutes before proceeding with the next step.
• Apply glue on the pile's topmost fold and at the base of the flower sections.
  
• Carefully bring the two outermost folds towards each other to open up the flower.
• Press on these pair of folds to glue them together.
• Gently press the sections towards the center to glue them at the base.
  
• Glue a wooden dowel or stick at the back of each paper flower to make a stem. Create colorful stems by painting the dowels or wrapping them with fabric ribbon or washi tape. Arrange the stemmed flowers on a vase to make a lovely table décor. An accent can be added at the center of each flower by gluing a paper circle, a button, a plastic gem, or a craft brad. Without stems, these pretty flowers can be used to decorate wreaths, hats, flower crowns, and other craft projects. They can also be taped onto walls, bulletin boards, or window sills for a nature or spring-themed room.