Book Paper Roses

My neice, Amanda, called with a craft emergency!  It's teacher appreciation week at her babies' school and she had an idea which she needed paper flowers for.  So, Hannah and I got busy at the last minute and made 7 of them.

Here's what we used: book paper, circle paper punch, scissors, tape (I used white painters tape), green floral tape, and floral wire stems..

I used a 2" circular punch but you could just cut the circles out with scissors.  First, I folded 1/4" of the wire over to make a loop (so that the petals don't just scoot right off the end of the wire). Take each paper circle and fold a small piece down, this is the top of the petal. Then, take the first paper circle and fold around the folded  part of the wire (with the small fold at the top) and tape into place.  Take another paper petal and wrap base around the first one, tape to wire. Continue in this same way wrapping each paper petal around the last one and taping in place. As the rose get bigger, you will begin to tape the next petal to the last one....if you don't do this (if you continue to tape the petals to the wire) you will end up with a paper pinecone instead of a rose!  Once the rose is as full as you want it, tape well around the bottom.  Next, wrap the stem with green floral tape....and voila!