Paper Roses

Each rose is a spiral with a wavy edge, cut from a circle and rolled up. Seven roses in three shades are gathered into a rounded cluster in a paper cone with a bow and a tag.

• Medium
• 7 roses in the bouquet
• 4 Letter sheets
• 1 circle per rose

Make it with your phone cameraLesson code: 8975

On VanGami the template appears over your sheet through your phone camera — no printer needed. Trace it, cut, fold and glue. Below are all the steps in text.

What you’ll need

• 4 Letter sheets — office paper, 80 gsm (20 lb)
• Markers
• Pencil — and eraser
• Ruler — 8–12 in
• Scissors — small
• Glue stick
• Skewers — 7 pcs, 7⅞ in long
• Newspaper or wrapping paper — about 19¾ × 8⅝ in — or 2 Letter sheets, glued along the short sides
• 2 more Letter sheets — printer paper — squares for the cone
• Thread or string
• Thread — for the tag
• Glass — phone stand

Steps

Sheet 1

1. Sheet 1: yellow sheet. A yellow sheet should be under the camera now. The template has 4 sheets. The sheet is white — the pieces get their color at the coloring step.
2. Circles. Trace circles 3½ in across — one for each rose.
3. Spiral. In each circle, draw a wavy spiral from the edge to the center: you’ll cut along it. The waves will become petals, so accuracy isn’t important.
4. Yellow. The paper is white, but these parts should be this color on both sides: color them up to the outline, then turn the sheet over and color the back.

Sheet 2

5. Sheet 2: dark yellow sheet. Remove the previous sheet and put the dark yellow sheet in its place, lined up edge to edge. Don’t move the phone — the scale stays the same. The sheet is white — the parts get their color at the coloring step.
6. Circles. Trace circles 3½ in across — one for each rose.
7. Spiral. In each circle, draw a wavy spiral from the edge to the center: you’ll cut along it. The waves will become petals, so accuracy isn’t important.
8. Dark yellow. The paper is white, but these parts should be this color on both sides: color them up to the outline, then turn the sheet over and color the back.

Sheet 3

9. Sheet 3: light yellow sheet. Remove the previous sheet and put the light yellow sheet in its place, lined up edge to edge. Don’t move the phone — the scale stays the same. The sheet is white — the parts get their color at the coloring step.
10. Circles. Trace circles 3½ in across — one for each rose.
11. Spiral. In each circle, draw a wavy spiral from the edge to the center: you’ll cut along it. The waves will become petals, so accuracy isn’t important.
12. Light yellow. The paper is white, but these parts should be this color on both sides: color them up to the outline, then turn the sheet over and color the back.

Sheet 4

13. Sheet 4: green sheet. Remove the previous sheet and put the green sheet in its place, lined up edge to edge. Don’t move the phone — the scale stays the same. The sheet is white — the parts get their color at the coloring step.
14. Leaf: outline. Trace the solid line — the edge of the “Leaf” piece. You’ll cut along it. There are 3 of these pieces — trace them all.
15. Vein. Down the middle of each leaf runs a fold line, a dash-dot line, from the base to the tip.
16. Strips. Seven strips, 4¾ × 5/16 in — use a ruler. You’ll wrap the skewers with them.
17. Green. The paper is white, but these parts should be this color: color them in completely, up to the outline. Move the marker in one direction.

Cut

18. Cut out: yellow circle — 3 pcs. Cut out the circles along the solid line. Leave the spiral inside for now.
19. Cut out: dark yellow circle — 2 pcs. Cut out the circles along the solid line. Leave the spiral inside for now.
20. Cut out: light yellow circle — 2 pcs. Cut out the circles along the solid line. Leave the spiral inside for now.
21. Cut out: leaf — 3 pcs. Cut with scissors along the solid line. Turn the sheet, not the scissors — the cut will come out neater.
22. Cut out: stem strip — 7 pcs. Cut out the seven strips along a ruler.
23. Cut along the spiral. Cut each circle along the wavy spiral, from the edge to the middle. Trim off the narrow tail at the very start: you’ll get a long strip with a small circle on the end.

Roll

24. Roll the strip. Start at the outer end: roll the strip tightly, wavy edge up, until you reach the circle in the middle.
25. Let go. Set the roll on the table and let go: it will unroll on its own to about 2 in. Fluff the petals with your fingers.
26. Glue to the base. The small circle in the middle of the spiral is the base. Put a drop of PVA glue on it and press the rose down onto it for half a minute: the roll won’t unroll again.
27. Six more roses. Roll and glue the other six circles the same way. That makes seven roses in all: three in one shade and two each in the other two.

Bouquet

28. Stems. Apply glue to a green strip and wrap it around the skewer in a spiral: start ⅝ in from the pointed end and work down 3⅞ in. Do this for all seven skewers.
29. Rose on a stem. Put a drop of PVA glue on the bare tip of the skewer and push it through the base of the rose, right in the center — the tip will go into the roll. Do the same with all seven roses, then let the glue set for 10 minutes.
30. Rose bunch. Gather the roses into a bunch: one in the middle, six around it, alternating the shades. Tie the stems together with thread or tape.
31. Leaves. Fold the three leaves lengthwise along the line and glue them to the stems between the roses: the tips peek out from under the bunch.

Cone

32. Wrapping sheets. The outer sheet is newspaper or wrapping paper, about 19¾ × 8⅝ in; if you don't have any, glue two sheets of printer paper along the short sides. Trim two more sheets of printer paper into 8¼ × 8¼ in squares.
33. Two squares. Lay one square on top of the other offset, so the corners point different ways. Put the bouquet on top along the diagonal: wrap the stems into a cone, and the sheet corners will stand up above the roses.
34. Outer sheet. Wrap the outer sheet around the top, gathering it into small pleats at the stems. Fold the top edge back slightly.
35. Ribbon and bow. Tie the cone tightly with a ribbon at its narrowest point and make a bow. Leave the ends long — 5⅞ in each.
36. Tag. From an offcut of printer paper, folded in half, cut out a 1⅛ × 1¾ in tag, write on it, and tie it with thread to the ribbon.

Done. The bouquet is done. You can make the roses in any color — the template is the same.

Make it with your phone camera

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