Those who know how to make snowdrops from sweets are not afraid of improvised holidays and parties, because they can make an attractive and original present in literally half an hour. In addition, the total cost of the composition is extremely affordable.
Of course, quick and easy to make snowdrops from sweets and corrugated paper will be able to those craftswomen who have a supply of necessary materials and at least a little experience in such matters. However, do not let this phrase scare others who want to try their hand at working with corrugated paper: this material is sold in many office supply stores, and itβs not difficult to handle it.
What will be needed for a bouquet
To build a decorative composition with a sweet filling, you need to prepare:
- The sweets are small in size, with each wrapped in a wrapper.
- Thin wire.
- Wooden skewers or thicker wire.
- Corrugated paper of those colors that will be used (white, green and light green).
- Double sided tape.
- Ruler, sharp scissors and ruler.
- Gun with silicone glue or thin double-sided tape.
- A decorative basket, flower pot, or other base.
- A small piece of polystyrene or floristic sponge.
- Elements for decorating the bouquet (ribbons, beads, beads, organza, floral mesh, sisal and other materials).
When everything is prepared, you can begin to work. The described method is suitable for the manufacture of not only snowdrops, but also crocuses, prolisks and even tulips.
Paper cutting
Since snowdrops made of sweets and corrugated paper will have three large petals, for each of them you need to cut three strips of white material. The width of the strips is 2 cm, the length is 16 cm.
Inside the flower there will be a light green center, for which you will need a rectangle with dimensions 5 x 4 cm.
The stem will be decorated with green paper. To mask the base of the flower (skewers or wire), you need to cut a strip of 50 cm long and 2 cm wide.
So, we make a snowdrop from sweets with our own hands! The flower is made in several stages.
To begin with, you should prepare a sweet middle. Each candy needs to be firmly fixed on the basis of the future flower. This is easily done with tape, a glue gun, or even a thread.
At the same time, you donβt need to put candy on a skewer, itβs enough that the candy wrapper will be securely attached or glued.
The next step is to prepare the inner petals. Snowdrops made of sweets and corrugated paper will look like fresh flowers as much as possible, if you make the middle as follows: you need to carefully stretch your fingers along the long side of the green rectangle. The edge should take the shape of a ruffle, but not tear. Then you should take the rectangle with both hands and with your thumbs stretch it from the middle to the edges. This form will allow you to put inside the candy and not deform the flower.
Petal formation
Each white strip of paper needs to be folded in half. Then deploy and twist 360 degrees at the bend.
And fold again in half.
Then you need to form a convex petal with your fingers, stretching the part from the center to the edges.
Thanks to this form, snowdrops made of sweets and corrugated paper will be voluminous.
Flower assembly
On a stalk with candy, you need to wrap a detail of light green color and firmly fix it with a thread or tape.
Then, one by one, white large petals are wound. They should be slightly superimposed on each other.
With a strip of green paper you need to wrap the place of attachment of all the petals, and then go to the skewer.
Leaves can simply be cut out of paper or have the same appearance as in the photo.
Such a wide sheet allows you to hide minor flaws.
Alternative color options
If you need to make not only snowdrops, but also other types of flowers for a bouquet, then the above algorithm will also be useful. By varying the color, size and type of the middle, you can make prolisks or crocuses.
To do this, you need bright blue paper (for prolisks), as well as various shades of light purple, pink, blue and yellow (for crocuses). It is advisable to choose such colors that are found in nature, then the bouquet will look real.
The middle for crocuses is done as follows:
- Cut out a rectangle of yellow paper (5 x 4 cm). Along one of the long sides, cuts are made. Their length should reach the middle of the part. It is better that the strips of paper (fringe) are very thin.
- The prepared rectangle is wrapped around a candy attached to the base. The middle looks like stamens.
Further, the flower is made according to the above scheme.
To get a tulip, you need to choose the material in red shades, and instead of the middle use candies in a black wrapper. If there are none, you can wrap them in dark foil yourself.
The tulip has six petals, and they are slightly larger in size than snowdrops and crocuses. Therefore, when cutting paper, you need to proportionally increase all sizes by 50%. The old numbers should be left only for a strip of green paper, which will be wrapped in the stem.
How to make a bouquet
Foam or sponge should be placed in the selected container (basket, pot) and covered with green paper on top. Then you need to place the finished flowers from corrugated paper (snowdrops, crocuses, crocuses). The sharp ends of the skewers or wire perfectly fit into the base of the bouquet.
At the final stage, the basket with snowdrops should be supplemented with decorative elements that are available. Here, fir branches, ribbons or ruffles made of organza, chiffon, mesh will be appropriate.