Tea party: paper flower balls

Easy-to-make tissue paper flower balls! Adapted from the book Paper + Craft by Minhee and Truman Cho

Materials: tissue paper, wire, thread, scissors
You can experiment with the type of paper used actually. In this case I mixed patterned paper with plain colored ones. You could try crepe paper as well.

For the bigger flower ball, stack 8 sheets of 21cm x 30.5cm tissue paper together and fold in 3cm accordion folds. Trim the edges (either pointy or rounded). Tie the center with wire. Loop thread with wire and leave it long enough to hang from the ceiling. Carefully separate each tissue layer, pulling each layer away from the center until they form ball-like shapes.

For the smaller flower balls, the tissue paper should be cut into rectangles 13cm x 15cm. The book says each ball requires 4 rectangles of tissue paper stacked together, but after experimenting I find the flower balls look prettier with 5 sheets, like the one above.

This one is made with 5 sheets of tissue paper too.

This one's made with 4 sheets.

Budget-friendly and pretty-looking decorations for a party (;