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How to Make Beautiful Wallpaper Flowers!
Dec 20, 2025
Join me as we create some gorgeous displays for your home! This video shows you how to take leftover wallpaper samples and turn them into a beautiful decorative flower using simple crafting tools. It's a fun paper craft and a great way to add some diy home decor to your space. Learn how to make a paper flower with this easy tutorial!
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In this video, I'm going to show you how
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to take all those bits of wallpaper,
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turn them into gorgeous displays.
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Those samples from the DIY shop, turn
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them into something you'll love. Let's
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get started.
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To start with, you need to make all the
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separate little pieces for your flower.
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So, there is a free template which you
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can download, but if not, you know, if
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you want to go it your own way, you can
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just make your own petal shape. But as
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you'll see, there's a circular disc
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which is going to go at the back of the
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flower. And you need to cut out your
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petals. Now, you can enlarge these. You
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can make them smaller. You can make them
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any size you like. There's just a
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standard size on the template. And then
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you'd make them bigger or smaller. And
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then you'll also need to cut out the
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parts for the center, which I'll talk
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about in a little while. So, all I've
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done here is cut out the templates. Now,
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if you can print them off on thin card
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and then they'll be easier to draw
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around. I didn't here. I've just used
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paper, but if you use thin card, they do
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make a much better template. So then
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you're going to take your paper. Now, as
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you saw, I've got wallpaper, and I've
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turned it over onto the back. And then
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you're just going to do as many petals
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as you want. Now, I've made them with
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eight, 10, or 12 petals. But there are
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no rules. You can make them with as many
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or as few petals as you like. The only
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word of warning, the fewer petals you've
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got, the harder it is to get it to glue
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all the way around and stay there, cuz
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obviously they're having to stretch out
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somewhat. So, as you can see, I'm just
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working out the best way of getting them
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on to use as little wallpaper as
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possible. However, if you're using a
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paper with a pattern that you want to
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make sure you get a certain thing on the
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petal, then you're probably going to
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draw around your petals on the right
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side of your paper so that you can line
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them up perfectly. For example, if
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you've got little flowers or birds or
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something and you want them to radiate
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out from the center of your flower. And
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you'll see I'm just drawing around one
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of those small circles.
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The size of that circle really doesn't
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matter. I've not made it very big, but
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you could. I mean, you could draw around
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a small plate if you wanted. So long as
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it doesn't protrude beyond the petals
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and you can't see it from the front, it
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really doesn't matter about the size of
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that circle. So, just keep going until
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you've got enough petals. I think I've
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doing 10 here. Yeah, we'll go for 10.
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Um, and just keep going.
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Once you're happy you've drawn them all
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and they all fit and you've got what you
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want, it's time to just cut them all
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out. So, at the moment, I'm just cutting
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out the petals and the circle for the
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back.
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I won't make you watch me cut them all
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out. I mean, that is quite a dull video.
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So, just cut them all out. And then, as
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if by magic, you will have a selection
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of petals and the little circle for the
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back.
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And then we're going to need the paper
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for the center. So, what you want is a
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strip of paper. Now, my measurements are
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the width of the wallpaper, which is 22
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in and 2 in. So, the strip is 22 in by 2
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in, but they are no means crucial
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measurements.
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If you want your center of your flower
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to protrude further, you'd make it
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wider. If you want it to protrude less,
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then you'd make it a narrower strip. If
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you want it to be a fatter center, a
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longer strip. And if you want it to be a
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smaller center, then a shorter strip.
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And I keep stressing throughout this
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video, this is about creativity and you
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making it how you want. And I think this
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is a great project for expressing your
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own creativity by your selection of
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paper sizes, positioning of them. At the
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end of the video, I will show you some
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different combinations and things I've
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done with them just to give you some
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ideas. But really, just go and go crazy
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and do what you want with them. So now
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we've got everything. We've got the
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strip for the center, the petals, and
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the circle for the back.
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So, let's take that strip of paper and
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fold it in half. So, you're going to
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fold it in half with your pretty paper
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on the outside
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and just work your way across.
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What I do recommend is that you make it
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a good fold.
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What do I mean by that? Once you've
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folded it all the way along and you're
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happy with it, just run something along
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it to make sure it makes a crisp fold.
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So, I'm going to use something called a
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bon tool.
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We call it that. Maybe it's called
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something else in other places, but you
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could use your fingernail, the back of a
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ruler, back of your scissors even, just
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something to smooth it down. So, you've
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got that folded strip.
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And then take your scissors and on the
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folded side, you're going to cut down
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the strip. So you're going to just down
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I mean across it. And you're just going
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to repeat that all the way along
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just to make those little narrow strips.
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But make sure you don't cut all the way
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through because we need to keep it
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together
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so that we can roll it later. So just
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work your way all the way along.
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Obviously, the wider the strips you
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make, the wider the detail will be. The
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narrower, the more detail there'll be on
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your your center. And then that will be
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ready to make your center in a little
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while.
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So, put that to one side and we'll do
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something with the petals. Now, because
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mine's wallpaper, you'll see that
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they're curling the wrong way and that's
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just cuz the way the wallpaper was
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rolled. So, if you've got the same
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problem, just roll them the other way
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because we want them to naturally curl
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forwards to make those pretty petals.
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But you can see I'm just curling. I'm
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not folding. It's just to help it go the
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way I want it to.
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Once you're happy there,
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at least flat and hopefully curling a
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little bit,
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you're going to take each one and cut
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some off the long pointy end. Now, I'm
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trying to put them all together to do it
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in one go.
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And you don't have to cut any off, so
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I'd watch the whole video through before
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you start cutting any bits off. I just
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find it makes it easier to put the
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petals together. And because I'm going
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to cut some off the center anyway, I
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don't mind doing it now. And then where
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you've cut that end off or you've got
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the long point, just nip it together and
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form a little fold, but only at that
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end. You're not running it all the way
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along the petal.
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You'll see just a a nip at one end.
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And then I'm just letting them down.
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It's just going to help when we're
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trying to make it stay in at the center
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of the the flower. Could
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you do them all together, you wouldn't
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get that nice little fold in the bottom.
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So, I do recommend doing them all
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separately.
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And it's time to start gluing. So, I'm
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using something called a cool melt glue
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gun, which is basically a hot melt glue
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gun, but operates at a lower
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temperature. So, you have to have
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different glue sticks. And you're going
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to take each petal in turn, apply a
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little glue along the widest part of the
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petal on the wrong side and glue another
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one to it. Now, if any glue pokes
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through, just be careful not to burn
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yourself. Mine isn't that hot, so I'm
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okay just to pull it straight off. But
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if it is hot, just leave it there and
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then pull it off when it's cooled. And
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you can see they've just stuck together.
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Just on the widest part, not all the way
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along. There's no need. Just on that
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widest part. So again, a little bit of
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glue and stick the next one on.
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It won't surprise you to learn you're
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doing them all the same. And you're just
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going to keep working your way along,
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but you will see how that flower is
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starting to form
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even when you've only got three or four
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together.
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So just keep adding them on.
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Now, what you can do, of course, is keep
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forming it round and deciding how many
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petals. You don't have to use all the
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petals you cut out. If you decide you
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want to use fewer,
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but now I'm keeping going.
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Now, if you're not using hot melt glue,
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you're going to have to keep waiting for
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the glue to dry. Probably once you've
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got them all glued, don't try and form
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it into a flower. Just let the glue dry.
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And you're going to see in a minute,
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even if you're using hot mel glue, it's
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worth being a little bit cautious. So
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once you've got all your petals together
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and you know it's going to reach round
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and look fabulous,
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little bit of glue on that last one and
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join the petals up.
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If you do this too early
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or if you do this and then flatten it
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down too early, you might have a problem
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like I'm about to show you. So at this
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point, just leave it all to dry. walk
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away. Make sure it's all set or dried
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and then come back to try and turn it
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into a flower because if you do it too
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soon,
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that can happen.
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So, because you don't want that, just
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give it a little bit of time.
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And then once you're confident it's all
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going to stay glued together, it's time
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to come back to it.
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Because once you've got your flower
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formed,
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you see there's a little cut there.
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We've no seen that I just waited for a
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while. You can flatten it down to make
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your flower. And this is where you'll
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see whether you've got a gap in the
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middle, whether the petals are pushing
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up against each other. What have you
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made in the center? And partly that
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depends on how many petals you've you've
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glued. So you can see mine are a little
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bit close together in the middle. I want
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a gap. So, if at this point you haven't
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got a gap and you want a gap,
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it's time to just cut a little bit more
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off. So, just take your time and be
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careful by bringing all those petals
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together.
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You see, I'm not completely confident
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there. I mean, I could leave it like
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that and not have a center,
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and that would be great. And in fact,
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later on, I'm going to show you one
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where I didn't put a center in, and you
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can see what you think. But assuming you
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want to put a center in your flower at
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this point, you can just cut a little
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bit more off those petals.
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There's no measurement here. Just cut a
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little bit. Put it back down flat to see
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if you've cut enough off.
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And then you can always cut a little bit
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more. You can never put it back on, but
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you can always cut a little bit more
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off. So you can see I've got a gap there
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now. Proper little hole in the middle.
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That's going to be big enough, I think.
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So, I'm just going to turn my attention
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back to that center and make that
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center. So, you remember we've folded
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it. We've cut the little cuts into it.
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Now, it's time to roll it. Now, as you
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roll it, it will try to ride up one
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surface over the other. So, if you want
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to, you can glue it closed, but just a
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word of warning, you only want to glue
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it closed along that open edge, the edge
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with the fold. You don't want to be
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gluing that or you'll end up with
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nothing that looks like a center. It'll
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just be like a block. So, if you do
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decide to glue it, just do it just along
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that edge. But, as you can see, I'm just
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using my thumb to keep pushing it back
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in and making sure it all lines up
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perfectly. So, just keep rolling and
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keep it nice and tight.
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And that'll form this lovely center.
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Just keep rolling. And obviously when
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you get to the end, we're going to have
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to glue it closed. And you can just push
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the edges. Make sure it's all lined up
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perfectly.
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And then glue it closed.
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Just hold it. Make sure it's glued
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before you let go. And that's your
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flower center all ready.
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Oh, nearly stuck it down. So remember
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that circle we cut out right at the
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beginning? That's what we're going to
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glue the flower down to. So, just make
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sure you're completely happy, check your
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flower center actually fits.
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And if you're happy with it all, it's
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time to glue. If you're not happy, maybe
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you need to trim a bit more.
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Maybe decide not to put the center in.
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But just make sure you're happy before
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you do the next step, which is cover
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your circle in glue
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and stick the petals to it.
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And you have to move quite quickly when
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you're using the hot melt glue and there
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are no second chances. But it doesn't
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matter if that circle isn't exactly in
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the center. And then you're going to put
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that center into the little hole that
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you've got. Now, if that doesn't stick
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down properly, which mine didn't,
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because there's not really enough glue
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to hold that down, you've got the chance
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to glue it again, but what you want is
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to make sure the gap's big enough for it
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to go into. And then also, you can press
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the edges out so that they spllay out of
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the center to form a bit more detail for
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that center. So, as you can see, I'm
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just going to splod a load more glue and
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glue that in. And just hold on to it.
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make sure it sticks down properly.
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It's worth just taking that time and
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depending on your glue, you might be
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holding it for a little while. Um, but
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it's worth it because then you've got a
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completed flower which you can then do
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with whatever you want.
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So, here's where I've put three
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together, different sizes. They've all
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got centers, and I think they look
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lovely on that blue wall. Um, and here's
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one with no center, which I promised
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you.
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And as you can see, just as gorgeous,
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just a little bit different.
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And then I've just positioned one on its
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own. You really do only need one to make
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an impact on a wall, but the more the
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merrier.
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