Once the pieces are dry, you can then open them out in the same way as the previous tutorial and make your leaf in the same way. Remove the centre of an embroidery hoop. Attach the large lily onto the inner hoop by winding the wrapped wire around the wooden circle. Fix a leaf stem either side, then add the two pom-pom flowers beside the leaves. Secure the two smaller lilies, followed by the remaining leaf stems.

Cut a piece of the 180g pink crepe paper measuring 3 x 2cm (1.2 x 0.8in). Fully stretch out between your fingers and cut into 1cm (0.4in) wide pieces (we need four in total). Tear the top edges of each piece with your fingers to give a jagged edge. Apply a light layer of glue to each piece and roll firmly on to the end of one piece of 18-gauge wire and two pieces of 20-gauge wire, 3mm (0.10in) from the top of the paper. Oranges and other citrusy fruits are in season from October through June, which is why we always like to come up with citrus crafts for the fall and winter seasons. In the past we have crafted oranges out of paper, but we really wanted to do something with dried oranges this year. They are so pretty to decorate with and we love how Meagan used them in this dried orange crepe paper wreath. Hold the stamens in the centre and place the six petals around them. When you are happy with the arrangement, wrap the base of the flower with tape and about halfway down the wires. Trim away four of the ends, then continue wrapping the tape around the single wire to the base.

See what else you can make for the fall and holiday season. Or find more DIY wreathsyou can make for your home. Take one triangle of crepe paper from one square and the same corresponding triangle from the other square. You can save the remaining two pieces to make another leaf later if you need to. Follow the previous tutorial for gluing the two pieces together and then the remaining steps as well. Although make sure the colour that you would like your leaf to be is in the centre, with both sides that have the same colour touching when you glue them down.

You can now choose which of the 60g peach crepe papers you would like to have as your main flower colour, with the other peach shade acting as the accent colour. Isn’t it surprisingly easy to make an accordion garland?! It takes some patience adding each layer, but now that I know how to make one, I want to try a couple more in some interesting shapes. Cut each of the 20-gauge wires around 2cm (0.80in) from the bottom of each carpel and then push against each wire at the bottom of each to a 45-degree angle. Our mantel is going to look so festive once I throw a bunch of these pumpkins on it. If you’re hosting a Halloween or fall party, orange honeycomb tissue balls in various sizes turned into pumpkins would look great on the tabletops.Cup the petals individually very gently between your thumb and fingers in the top third and then gently stretch underneath the curve you’ve created very slightly to straighten the petal. If you are creating harsh marks in the paper when you curve it, then you are applying too much pressure. We can now apply the petals directly underneath the bottom of the fringed centre. Glue the small petals first, with a light layer of glue at the base. Place the first three small peach petals equally around the centre and then the next three in-between. Make sure you push each petal on firmly so that they don’t start to come away from the centre. To make the stamens, snip five 9cm lengths of wire. Trim small rectangles of orange crepe paper. Place the tip of the wire in the centre, fold the rectangle in half, then roll. Pinch the base of the paper, then wrap and wind the pinched area and hold down the wire with tape, forming one stamen. Make four more in the same way. Hold the five stamens together and wind tape around the base ends, connecting them together. Make up several leaves on shorter lengths of wire, then attach them together in one continuous piece. When the garland is long enough to fit around the base of your candle, secure the two ends together with tape. Hair comb Bend and shape the flower and stamens. Carefully drop green marbling ink into the centre base of each flower and a tiny drop either side; don’t overdo this as the ink and the oil within it travels up and down the paper. Make two smaller lilies in the same way, this time using template B and cutting five petals only.