I made a rainbow of giant paper flowers to decorate my craft room and today I’m sharing the free paper flower templates and a tutorial for how you can make your own big, bold and beautiful paper flowers.
I can’t even tell you the pizzazz that these paper flowers add to my craft room and how much I’m in love. It is such a huge focal point in the room and I adore the bright colors and whimsical feel. My craft room is my happy place and these giant, colorful flowers really reflect that feeling.
Paper flowers are so fun to make, can be used in so many different ways and there are endless options for color combinations to match your decor style. Paper flowers make great decorations for weddings, baby showers, bridal showers and pretty mch every special occasion! And the best part is that the whole thing is made from nothing but paper and hot glue so they’re super affordable.
I went to Hobby Lobby and loaded up on cardstock in every color of the rainbow, literally. It takes 8 sheets of 8.5×11″ cardstock for the largest flowers shown and 3 sheets for the smallest flowers, so be sure you buy enough cardstock. Nothing’s worse than being one sheet of paper short and having to run back to the store in the middle of a project. I went when open stock paper and paper packs were all 50% off, so I feel like I scored big time.
Making paper flowers is simple and so fun. All you need is paper, scissors and hot glue. You can use a Silhouette or Cricut machine if you have one, but cutting the petals out by hand is totally doable too. I created a video tutorial to show you exactly how to make them.
For this particular display of paper flowers, I wanted a mix of big and small flowers with tropical greenery peeking out a bit, so I planned out which colors in rainbow order would be big and small, then mixed different flower shapes so there was plenty of variety.
It’s hard to tell in the pictures, but I found some really pretty pearlized paper at Hobby Lobby and used that for the lightest pink flower and the ombre aqua flower. It adds a subtle sparkle that I really love. I also bought a pack of vellum and created one entire flower from it. It basically disappears in pictures but is pretty in real life.
I’m even sharing the free paper flower templates for you to enjoy.
There are four files available. One file is for printing and cutting by hand and the other three are SVG files to use with a Silhouette or Cricut machine. The three SVG files are for easy paper roses, cabbage roses and peonies. You’ll see all four templates in the Google folder.
To get the templates, enter your email address right here:
Now go check your email and you’ll see an email from me that will have a link to all the templates.
I also purchased THESE cut files from the Silhouette Design Store. It’s what I used for the flower centers. I just added the slits to the bottom of each flower petal to make them more 3D.
This was such a fun project. Each paper flower is a miniature work of art and watching the rainbow of flowers come together was really satisfying. It will inspire me every day as I’m in my craft room creating.
I mean, how could you not be inspired when you look up and see this?!
I used thumb tacks hidden under a layer of petals. If you don’t want to put holes in the walls, the velcro-like Command strips would work well. I don’t recommend using tape unless the paper flowers will only be used as a short-term decoration. Tape tends to fall off with time.
Cardstock. I bought it in packs at Hobby Lobby because it was cheaper per page. You can use any kind of paper, but if you use flimsy printer paper, the flowers tend to be a little bit droopy, so I prefer cardstock. It doesn’t have to be a particular weight. This pack of cardstock on Amazon would work great.
Enter your email address in the teal colored box above. You will get an email with the link to download the templates.
Any size you want! You can adjust the sizes of any of the templates in Silhouette Studio or if you’re cutting the petals by hand, adjust the pattern on the computer before printing. You can adjust the size in software such as Paint, Photoshop, Illustrator, or PicMonkey.
As a reference, the largest flower in the photos is sized so that the largest outside petals fit ONE petal per 8.5×11″ sheet of paper. That’s a very large petal!
This isn’t an exact science… but as a starting point, if you’re making the largest size flower with one petal per 8.5″x11″ piece of paper, you’d need a circle that’s about 3 inches in diameter and progressively smaller circles for smaller sized flowers.
I purchased a cut file from Silhouette Design Store. They had a ton to choose from! If you are cutting leaves by hand, Google “jungle leaves” and print one out to use as a pattern.
The number one reason people can’t access the files is that they are at work and their work server blocks access to Google Drive. This is especially true for school districts. Try opening the files again at home or from an unrestricted computer and see if that helps.
Not really. And when I notice they’re dusty, I spray them down with canned air (or blow air out of my shop vac), then vacuum the floor. Easy peasy!
I’m sharing tons of fun ideas on my social channels and I’d love for you to join me there.
Jennifer can you tell me how I can make a large poinsettia. Would I not curl the edges? And any suggestions for natural materials to make the center would be very much appreciated!
Thanks for sharing! I've been looking for something over my windows in my craft room also!Wow… I'm not one to have flowery things but this looks amazing indeed! I'm inspired just looking at the picture 🙂
Hello I have a weird question for you? How many do I need to cut with the cut files on each petal to make it fuller and thicker? I hope that makes sense hah!! thank you so much for this great idea you are very very talented.
Thank you Melissa! I would do 8-10 petals on each size of layer, then stack four or five layers together. Does that help?
Hello! Thank you so much for providing these cut files! Did you create other sized petals for multiple layers in Silhouette? For example, your cabbage roses look like there are more than 3 layers. Also, did you purchase the cut files from the Silhouette Store for the flower centers? Thank you again!
I did create more layers using the shapes in the cut files, depending on how large I wanted each flower to be. The largest flower shown has one petal per 8.5×11 sheet of paper… it was huge! And yes, I did buy some of the flower centers from the Design Store. But you may already have some different shapes that would work. Good luck making your flowers!
I went to the link you added for the center portion of the flowers but it went to all of her designs..all 23 pages. Do you know the name of the one or ones you bought. I can’t wait to add this design to my classroom.
Thanks for these files! I love making paper flowers with my Silhouette Cameo, but still have yet to make any giant flowers. (I think I just need a good excuse.) 🙂
Olá…sou do Brasil e estou encantada com essas flores. qaue linda decoração e muito obrigada por comaprtilhar…Beijos
Você é muito bem-vindo! Estou tão feliz que você gosta deles. Meus sogros estão vivendo no Brasil agora, então o Brasil tem um lugar especial no meu coração.
Hello! I am a cricut user and the cut files don't work for my machine, would you have the SVG version? Would really love to give this a try! Thank you 🙂
I tried uploading some of the files as SVG files. Did you see that there are two different file types in the Google folder linked above? It was a little tricky to get them to convert to SVG for some reason. The good news is that you can always download the printable template and just trace the shapes in your cricut software.
Thanks so much for sharing. I love these!I love this!! I have downloaded the .svg files and noticed that 2 files have different sizes and the cabbage rose are all one size. For example, the cabbage rose. What size are the petals for each layer. I would hate to waste paper cutting the wrong sizes. Thank you
The cool thing about this project is that you can make them any size you want! For the very largest flower shown, I cut one petal per 8.5×11 piece of paper. Most of hte other flowers had about 4 petals per 8.5×11 paper to give you an idea of size. Just scale them so each set of petals is a bit smaller than the last, if that makes sense.
Hi there! I've been wanting to do this exact thing for so long in my girls' room but I am having a hard time finding instructions. Do you have a link or website you used to for constructing these?
Did you watch the video above? Basically you just cut out the petals, fold them together at the base where the slit is, then glue the petals onto a circle. Make a small, medium and large set, then glue them together.
Love these and want to do this in a miniature version for my daughter's American girl doll house,That is a completely adorable idea. If you do really small flowers, try Googling "rolled paper flowers." They are quicker to make because it's all one piece, so no individual petals. I just don't love them when they get really big.
These are great! How did you affix the flowers to the wall?I used push pins, but if you don't want holes in the wall, you could use those Command Strips that look like velcro.
These are beautiful. Which 3D flowers did you use from Silhouette? Thank you.I used several different flowers from Carina Gardner. I added the slits on the bottom to help them have more shape. Without the slit on the bottom, they lay too flat. This is one of the flowers I bought: https://www.silhouettedesignstore.com/view-shape/122654
Oh thank you so much. And the larger flowers you just enlarged the pattern?You must have the larger Silhouette machine? I just have the small one so mine would be smaller unless I cut them by hand 🙁
I actually only have the smaller Silhouette machine. The biggest flower shown is one petal per 8.5×11 sheet of paper. I resized things in Silhouette Studio.
Oh perfect then, thank you. KarenHi Jennifer, gorgeous flowers! Is there are circle file available for the SIL? And how do the peony flowers go together? Thank you! 🙂
I didn't include the circle file because they're pretty simple to make on your own in Silhouette Studio. Just click on the circle tool and make three circles measuring around 2 inches, 3 inches and 3.5 inches. All of the flowers go together in the same way… round off the petals, fold the bottom slit over on itself and secure with hot glue, then glue the petals to a circle. Repeat for 3 rounds in different sizes… The only difference with the peonies is to roll the petals toward the center of the flower instead of away from the center, if that makes sense. Does that help?
Hi Magen, That’s my bad. Just go ahead and add your own slits with scissors! I’ll try to update the pattern soon.
Thanks so much for the templates. Hopefully I can figure this all out. I've watched the video 3 times! 🙂
Are the leaves from the Silouette store as well?Love these and can't wait to try!! My daughter has the same triangles on her wall. Can you tell me where you got the actual window treatment? It would look awesome in her space!!
I used push pins, but you could use the velcro style Command Strips if you don't want to make any holes in the wall.
The cabbage rose files are all the same size 15×11.5, what paper did you cut these out on? I can't find cardstock that is bigger than 12×12, I have a 12×24 mat for the Silhouette but can't find large enough paper to cut this cabbage rose out in one piece
You should be able to adjust the size in the Design software. Just click on the images, then drag them smaller.
Muchas gracias, saludos desde Ecuador.Beautiful flowers, will be making some for my classroom! Random question, where did you get the curtains?
I made the curtains with fabric from Joann. The fabric is from the Nate Berkus line and it's in the section of big rolls of home decor fabric.
These are beautiful flowers! I will be making some for an Alice in Wonderland baby shower, I don't have a hobby lobby by me so I need to order cardstock online, did these color sheets come in a book, or do you know if I can order loose sheets online?
I'm not sure what you mean. Did you watch the video? Did you download the template? You cut each petal out individually, then glue them together to make a 3D flower.
wow nice i want make for my doter have any batern This is beautiful. Is there a template to hand cut the leaves?No, but if you Google "tropical leaves" there are a lot of images that you could print and use as a pattern.
These are gorgeous! I am making these for my classroom!I'm going to make these for my new granddaughter's room. I would love to have the pattern for the largest one, the one that you said the largest petals where cut use one sheet per petal. Thank you for these patterns, I can't wait to start!
HI! I do have a silhouette and I am having trouble getting the files to open in my silhouette studio. Do you have ideas or tips on how I should go about doing this? I am new to this silhouette world and need some tips.
If you click on "3D Paper Flower Cut Files" above in this post, it will open Google Drive with the files. Then, look for the heading that says Folders. The Silhouette files are in there. The other ones that pop up are SVGs which you need the Designer Edition of Silhouette Studio to open. Hope that helps you! I'm cutting my petals now! Wish me luck! 🙂
THANK YOU. I drove myself crazy yesterday trying to save and open those files in my silhouette studio. I finally gave up and downloaded 2 flower templates I found elsewhere. Today I opened google and was going to just find some templates there but read your comment. It worked and now I have all the different templates! I bought one file in the silhouette store but that had the center she used so still a good thing. You rock. Thanks.
Hi are we able to use the templates for commercial use? To create paper flowers to sell? Thanks again!
Hi, this may be silly. But this will be my first time doing this and I just wanted to know if there are instructions?
The video tutorial is between the subheadings “How To Make Paper Flowers” and “Instructions for Silhouette Paper Flowers.” It’s a darker image with two black bars on either side and a triangle play button in the middle. Hopefully that helps!
I would LOVE more instructions on how to do this. I think this would be so cute in my kids toyroom but have no idea where to even start. I understand that you use flower files… but then how are you building the flowers together? I'd love a longer youtube video tutorial
Thanks for the feedback, Nadia. It helps me know what is most useful for my readers. Did you watch the video in this post? It's quick, but it shows you the steps. I DO have a more in-depth video in the works, but it probably won't be done until January because I'm so busy making holiday crafts right now.
Hello,Any circle will do. Try tracing a CD or plate. Or make a circle using the shape tool in Silhouette Studio.
Thank you for sharing the templates for these beautiful flowers! I haven’t downloaded them yet, but wanted to meanwhile watch your video. Unfortunately, I cannot find your YouTube link. ☹️ Can you direct me?
Hey Lani, I’ve been doing some website maintenance and some of my videos disappeared. I have it embedded again in this post, so hopefully that helps.
Love this! I’m going to make some for my daughters room! I don’t have a machine so I’m going to do it all by hand but doesn’t seem that hard. Quick question: if I were to do it by hand what kind of paper should I use? Is it like card stock?
I love it all but im have the hardest time printing only the large rose! The other pages printed fine but this one isn’t! Is there anything else i can do?
Hobby Lobby is selling paper flowers like this with gold trim and they’re only $4 to $12 depending on size… BUT I may just copy them now with paper I already have 😁 Thank you for sharing this!
They’ve started selling several different types of big paper flowers, which is so great for people who don’t have the time to make them.
How did you attach them to the wall?In the post there is a teal colored box with the words “Get the Printable Files” in it. Enter your email address there and it’ll send the files to your email.
Is this template still available — I clicked and confirmed per instructions from Return email and still have not received template — thank you.
I just tried the box and it worked for me. Enter your email. Then it’ll send you an email where you confirm your subscription. Then a window pops up with a link to the files. If you are on a work computer, sometimes they block access to files like this.
Them are so cool looking!! Now I wanna make some! (Even though I have a million other projects staring me in the face) 😁
Hi! I love these so much and want to make them for my little girls room! Quick question though….I’m sure they get a little dusty and I’m just wondering how you dust them?
I have a question… so this is super random but some girl was making these and selling them. I bought some for my daughters room… but the petals have started to uncurl and going back to being straight. So my flowers look weird and not cute anymore. What do you suggest I do to try and fix them?
Is it humid where you live? That’s the only reason I can come up with for them uncurling. You can try shaping the edges around a pencil to give them their curl back.
No it is not humid at all… but I just remembered we used her humidifier alot this winter when she was sick. That probably did it. I will try to use a pencil and hope it works! If not I will be making her some more. Thank you for your reply 🙂
Hi! I’m so excited to use your tutorial to create these beautiful flowers!! Quick question, where did you get the template for the leaves? Maybe I’m overlooking it. 🙂 Thanks so much! Truly beautiful!!
I don’t, but if you google “jungle leaves” you should be able to find a leave shape you like, print it out and use it as a pattern.
Thank you so much for the paper flower files, instructions and video! This is exactly what I’ve wanted for my great granddaughter’s nursery. I’m going to go watch the video now!
Did you watch the video tutorial? You put six to eight petals of each size together around a paper circle base.
Paper Flowers have always scared me but I just got a silhouette and now after reading this I’m feeling inspired to tackle something life this for my craft room this weekend. Thanks for the files and inspiration!
This is so beautiful and the way the different colors blend together is amazing… I will try this . Thanks
How did you use only 8 sheets of 8.5×11 sheets of paper for the largest flower if the base layer has 8 petals that are as large as the 8.5×11 sheet of paper?
Ah… you’re right! It took 8 sheets JUST for the outside layer! I’ll go in and fix that. It must have taken more like 10 or 11 sheets. Oops!
What is the width of your window? I’m planning on doing this for my classroom and my window has a span of 12 ft. This way I can kind of gauge how many more flowers I’ll need to add in.
In order to download Files, I had to download a program called Silhouette Studio. Once there, I had to select the designs and change it to a black outline (instead of red) and increase the line to 2.00pt. I also had to select ‘show print border’ and adjust my print size down to 95-97% so that it wouldn’t get cut off. Note, the instructions are not posted with the designs so you will have to return to the website to get the exact step by step instructions.
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Thanks for sharing the free templates. Only one template has directions.
Do we use the same directions for all the templates (peonies, cabbage svg) I am so confused.
I just eyeballed it. Or you can lay the petals out in the shape that you want them and then measure about what size the hole is in the middle. It doesn’t have to be super precise.
Can someone email the printable template because the link to download it isn’t showing for me 🙁These are beautiful, which pattern goes with the light teal one that has the pointed petals- it is on the right side. I am making these to match my Steam classroom. so excited to do this 🙂
Where can the scissors be purchased that you used for the fringe (flower centerpiece)?Hi! How in the world do you curl the petals so that they’re smooth? I tried curling a few around a pencil (and I also tried a pen), but they wind up looking like a lot of creases instead of a nice smooth curve. 🙁
That’s weird! I’m not sure why you’re having trouble with it. Maybe try a thicker Crayola marker or something like that?
You have to curl them and then hold them for a few minutes. Oh, what a cool idea! thank you for the templates! super very beautiful flowers! thanks for idea Thank you soo much I have a question will you tell if I can make smaller ones so we can make them for mothers day.For the center flowers, when I click on the link to the silhouette store to buy the center pieces, it comes up with lots of choices. Many…which ones did you use and what material did you make the centers with? vinyl, cardstock? Also, did you also cut a small circle as the center base for each flower?
I used Design ID 195517 for the center cutouts and I cut them out of cardstock. And yes, I cut cardstock circles for the flower bases.
I can’t wait to try this! The flowers look great – can’t wait to try them Tamplates pleaseI am trying to access the templates but there is no teal box displayed to enter my email address to get them sent to me, any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
Not sure if this is how I get the free flower templates or not….directions above were confusing!
But the flowers are beautiful!
To get the templates, you enter your email address into the box that says “GET THE FREE PAPER FLOWER TEMPLATES.” Then check your email.
