It turns out that a few weeks ago, I started seeing several videos on Instagram of people making paper roses. From the first time I saw it, I loved it and wanted to try it, but I hadn't had the time until this afternoon when I finally got around to it. The final result wasn't the best because of some mistakes I made during the process that weren't explained in the video tutorial I watched, but I'll share a little about what I did right and wrong.
MATERIALES
Servilletas grandes
Tijeras
Alcohol en spray
Marcador del color de tu preferencia
Un vaso
Pegamento blanco
MATERIALS
Large napkins
Scissors
Alcohol spray
Marker in your preferred color
A glass
White glue
Proceso/Process
To begin, we take two large napkins, put them together and fold them in half twice. With a marker, we draw a circle in the middle and then cut out that circle.
I recommend repeating the previous step a second time to get more petals, because when I was assembling the rose, I ran out and had to repeat the whole process, which slowed me down considerably. Okay, after cutting out the circles, we need to separate them. To avoid staining our work surface, we'll place a bag or some plastic underneath. Then we can start adding color with the markers you've chosen. This time I chose purple and blue. I painted the entire edge of the petals and then took the rubbing alcohol spray and sprayed it over all the circles. This made the marker ink spread, allowing us to tint our petals in a pretty way, almost like watercolors. Then we have to let the petals dry. I put them in front of a fan to speed up the process.
Once the petals are dry, we'll shape the rose by gluing them in layers around the edge of the glass. After gluing all my petals, I realized I was missing more, so, as I mentioned before, I had to start over from scratch to fill in what was missing. The worst part is that they didn't turn out as pretty as the first ones and they didn't dry well. That ruined the shape of my rose a bit, but it still looks like a flower, or at least I think so.
This is a very pretty idea for making several roses to decorate part of the house or to give as a gift. It's also easy to make, but keep in mind that if you make a bouquet of these roses, you'll use quite a few napkins, haha.