I took a few tips from pictures I saw around, but none for my needs or were detailed in description...so my little origami loving son, Tyler, helped me make petals! He's pretty proud of our rose, an I hope to make a big bouquet of them for the table!
Prep:
Get a glue gun, and make a bud center by folding an 8.5x11 paper in half and then making a trumpet with it. Glue the base of your little trumpet so it keeps it shape. You will glue your petals to this trumpet "bud"...
Petals:
#1 fold a regular 8.5x11 paper in half
#2 fold the corners of one end into a point
#3 the opposite end, roll the corners with fingers or pencils, to create the curled edges of your petal
This should be what you end up with..
#4 flip it over, and pinch the "stem" end of your petal
#5 glue this petal at the base/pinch, over your rose bud center, and then overlapping petals as you work out
...make sure to use lots of glue to keep the paper layers of your petal stems in place...
#6 keep an eye in where your petals lay, so there are even amounts all around
#7 make your handle! I just rolled up another trumpet and glued the wide part inside like crazy, and plopped my rose in! I squeezed it in my hand to make sure contact was made on all surfaces.
If you need to go back and glue some places on your rose, don't be shy! Have fun shaping the petals into the rose you want (tighter for a young rose, loosely for a full bloom..)
Enjoy!
-Heather
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