Assembling the Mum Paper Flower
First, glue the straight edges together. There are two straight edges with a slight corner between them. Do not glue the rounded parts or get any glue on the “ribbons.” Be careful not to crease the loops when you do this. Liquid glue works well for this. The ribbons should form loops.
Next, wind the straight edges around the marker or dowel a few times letting the flower rest between winding. This helps when you finally roll the flower and gets the paper relaxed enough to roll.
Roll the flower as if it was a rolled flower using a pair of tweezers to hold the center, starting with the small end (the short loops). Glue the flower roll at the large end to keep it rolled until the leaves are ready.
Finally, join the leaves at the open end and glue. And then the pointy end is attached to the bottom of the flower roll to help hold it together.
And your mum paper flower is done!
Thanks for this – I couldn’t find instructions on how to roll this up anywhere else! It’s a cute flower!