A calla lily paper bouquet

Roll three white paper blooms around yellow centres, add folded green leaves, and finish with a lilac wrapper for a family gift.

55 minutes · Ages 9+ with adult help · 12 pages · 16 steps

A hand-held paper bouquet about 17.1 x 23.5 cm; the spread varies with your leaves. The shaped petal net rolls into an open-neck cone. Follow the marked glue tab, keep the lower opening clear and overlap each rolled core with its folded stem. This project uses curved cutting, rolling and glue. Suggested ages 9+ with adult help. Allow about 55 minutes plus drying.

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Materials

• WHITE: 1 A4 or US Letter sheet for THREE petal nets and a 4 x 3 cm tag. YELLOW: three 2.5 x 8 cm strips. GREEN: 1 sheet for stems and leaves. LILAC: a 27 x 14 cm wrapper. CORAL: a 21 x 1 cm band. Use light paper for rolling.
• Ruler, pencil, eraser, child-safe scissors and paper craft glue. An unsharpened round pencil about 6 mm thick can help roll the yellow tubes; remove it afterwards. A black pen is only for the gift tag.
• Use a landscape A4 or US Letter sheet for the 27 x 14 cm wrapper. Fold at 9 and 18 cm, then close the bottom 1 cm. Finished pouch: 9 x 13 cm.
• Read the colour instructions on screen. Optional guides print in black and white at 100%; measure each 5 cm bar. The wrapper and band are ruler-cut.

Inside your PDF

• 12-page English PDF with preparation and 16 numbered colour steps
• 18 paper pieces, including repeated leaves and stems; 2 optional full-size guide pages
• Full-size curved petal net with a 5 mm glue tab and an open neck, plus explicit tube-roll direction and a 2 cm core-to-stem overlap.
• Measured folded stems, six folded leaves, a paper pouch, wraparound band and a 4 x 3 cm gift tag
• A sample "With love" message; choose your own words for Mum, Dad or another loved one