Pleated Flower Tutorial

I promised you a (rose garden) NO!
But I will share a cute flower tutorial with you!
Here we go!

I use 12 x12 paper and I accordion fold it

back and forth

11 times

Fold it in half and find the middle

and ZIP, Cut it in half!

Then fold one half in half (I'm getting dizzy here!)

and yeah, I cheat, I use HOT GLUE

to glue the two middle edges together

right there in the center of the "fan"

There it is all nice and stuck together

(I don't know where the black line came from in the picture)

Then with the leftover strip cut it in half also...

Yep, hot glue one half strip to one edge of your fan...

Then hot glue the other strip to both edges of the fan and the strip

and you have a cone that you can lay on the table

and open up and TA-DA you have a pleated flower!

Use buttons, etc to hold the flower open

Yeah, I use hot glue

I know it's not "paper" glue

but it works and it's FAST!

Have a wonderful Friday!