Christmas Crafting- How to Make Paper Rosettes
Here is the second in our series of festive crafting projects, and todays is satisfyingly easy, yet looks sophisticated…
How to Make Paper Rosettes
Using left over wallpaper scraps to make beautiful decorations for your home, makes Christmas a little bit more sustainable and guarantees that your decorations will go beautifully with your décor.
You will need:
•Wallpaper offcuts
•Thin twine
•Scissors
•Glue, tape or staples
Instructions for making Paper Rosettes
First gather any wallpaper offcuts and sort out the sizes. A larger rosette will need larger paper.
-Cut your paper into 2 rectangles of equal width and length into
-Fold both strips into concertina folds
-The rosettes can be left with flat edges or if you want to make a star shape you can trim the ends into a point
-Fold each concertina in half and thread a piece of twine around the centre and tie to fasten the two halves together. Keep the twine long enough to form a hanging loop as well.
-Unfold to form the rosette shape and glue, staple or tape the edges together
-Use the lengths of the twine to form a hanging loop and hang on your tree, in front of a window, on a branch, wherever you wish.
To make these rosettes we used…
