Paper Hanging Flower

Keep your crafting simple with these decorative paper-bag flowers. Load up on scissors, a hole punch, double-sided tape, string, and gusseted paper bags of any size to make this craft your own. These flowers can hang from ceilings for a stunning view of the colorful paper crafts. Try out bright hues like yellow and orange for a special pop of color. In the end, your result will be high-flying creations that kids and adults alike will enjoy making and hanging up for parties or year-round décor.


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MATERIALS

  • Gusseted paper bags of any size
  • Scissors
  • Hole punch
  • Double-sided tape
  • String

  • STEPS

    1. Fold bottom of a bag in on itself, as pictured. Cut above lower fold to remove bag's bottom.
    2. Trim top to form a petal shape. Punch a hole about 1/4 inch from bottom. Repeat with remaining bags. Apply double-sided tape to lower front edges of one bag. Place another bag on top; repeat to stack all bags. Draw a length of string through hole in stack; knot.
    3. Pull top and bottom bags around to form flower.
    4. Join ends with double-sided tape. Suspend flower from string.

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