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How to Make Crepe Paper Ranunculus

The Cricut Maker rotary blade cuts crepe paper beautifully. So I cut petals to make a crepe paper ranunculus and turned it into a corsage for Mother’s Day. Read to the end for an awesome Cricut giveaway too!  (some links affiliate)

Here are the supplies you’ll need to make the Crepe Paper Ranunculus:
Crepe paper sheets in dark green, light green, light yellow, light pink and medium pink
Glue gun
Cricut Maker with rotary blade
Blue, light grip mat
Small scraper
Flat back pin
Small piece of felt

Crepe paper sheets pastel colors

Open the ranunculus Design Space project.

Cut each group of petals and the leaf in the correct colors. 

Cricut cutting crepe paper

Peel away the extra crepe paper, then carefully remove petals from the mat.

Cut crepe paper flowers

Use the small scraper to gently give each petal a bit of curl.

Curling crepe paper petals

Cut a scrap of light green crepe paper, about 1/2 inch x 2 inches and roll up into a ball. 

Hot glue crepe paper flower

Use hot glue to put the ball inside the smallest green flower, and push the petals around it.

Crepe paper flower petals

Repeat with the next larger sizes of green flowers.

Crepe paper ranunculus

Then glue down into the smallest yellow flower, and repeat with the larger flowers, then light pink. Keep pressing petals in towards the center.

How to curl crepe paper flower

For the last two dark pink flowers, glue them so that the direction of the petal curl is down, instead of in towards the center of the flower. 

How to make a crepe paper flower

Add a bit of hot glue as needed in places to glue the petals a little higher up.

How to glue crepe paper flower

Glue the leaf to the bottom of the flower.

Crepe paper flower assembly

Layer a piece of felt over the flat back of the pin and use hot glue to attach to the back of the flower.

Crepe paper corsage

And now you’ve got a beautiful corsage for your mom, grandma, or you!  

Crepe paper Ranunculus tutorial

All week long, you can find Cricut Mother’s Day ideas by checking out Mad in Crafts, 100 Directions, 30 Minute Crafts and The Country Chic Cottage.

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Diane

Monday 9th of March 2020

Very nice detail. Love crafting with crepe!

Blanca

Wednesday 27th of February 2019

Beautiful flowers and the texture of the crepe paper is a pretty detail.

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