DIY Paper Flowers: Paper Peony
Video Tutorial & Templates
Paper peonies make gorgeous décor that you can make yourself. They look great in vivid colors (like our peonies here) or subtle pastel colors. Put them in a vase to make your home cozier, present them as a gift to your loved ones or make a lovely bride’s bouquet. No matter what you choose, you will get a wow-effect! You also can create any number of unique flower arrangements by combining peonies with other paper flowers with stems.
These peonies look so lifelike that it is hard to believe they are made of paper. Using our detailed video tutorial along with cutting machine and manual cutting templates (download link below), you will easily make your own beautiful paper peonies. And you will get guaranteed pleasure from both process and result!
Each peony has a 15 cm / 6 inch bud, stem, and leaves. You can also make flowers of any other size. To do that, change the size of templates and polystyrene ball proportionally. The assembling process will remain the same.
How to make it
When you are ready to make your paper peonies, prepare the tools and materials (see the list below). Also, download the templates (you can buy them in our shop) and use a cutting machine or print the templates and cut them manually. Now you are ready – watch the video tutorial and start crafting!
If you have any questions, please comment below. I’m always happy to help!
Tools
- Cutting Machine or Scissors
- High-Temp Hot Glue Gun
- Ball Stylus Crafting Tool 18 mm / 0.71 inch (e.g. this) and molding mat (e.g. this)
Materials
- Peony Template
- Paper of colors you prefer (I recommend 120-150 gsm weight)
- Thick Paper-Covered Floral Wire, 14-18 Gauge (e.g. this)
- Polystyrene ball 50 mm / 2 inch in diameter
Video Tutorial
Explore more
Want more projects like this? See our collection of paper flowers with stems. Or browse all of our paper flower designs to see what else you can make!
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Download templates
Here you can download Paper Peony SVG, DXF (for cutting machines) and PDF (for manual cutting) templates. For more information on how to work with templates, see our Cutting Machine and Template FAQ.
19 Comments
Hi your directions are a bit vague when it comes to how many of each petal to cut. On both the SVG files and the PDF files it doesn’t stipulate cut 1 or cut 2. And you must have to double up as there are only 3 petals but 5 petal layers so please let me know which ones to double up on. Thanks
Hello Jacky,
Sorry, it was my mistake. I have changed the templates, and now it contains 5 templates (1 for each row). Please download SVG and PDF files again.
Thanks so much Olga! Really appreciate your help!
Hi, I’m new to all this and I don’t have a cutting machine so I’m using the PDF version. How would the best way be to make a whole in the middle of the flower please.
Thanks.
Hi Lucy,
You can use the wire or something sharp: a needle, an owl etc.
Hello! what kind of paper are you using and what is the setting for it??
Hello Daniela, I use paper of 120-150gsm weight.
Which setting do you mean? In a cutting machine?
Where did you get the vase?
IKEA 🙂
These are absolutely stunning! I made a test flower out of scrap paper to learn the process and I’m so impressed! So, so beautiful and the template is very easy to work with. Thank you so much!!
Thank you so much Angela!
Can you please share some links to the 120-150gam weighted paper? I am having a hard time finding that weight at the local craft store and on Amazon.
Hello, you can find it for example here: https://www.michaels.com
Hi,
I’m confused about the weight if the paper. 120 gsm is shown as 90 lbs on some websites and as 35 lbs on others. Is the paper more text weight or cover weight?
Hi, it depends on the size of paper you use. If you use Text (25×38″) you need 80lbs, if you use Cover (20×26″) you need 44 lbs. 120 gsm doesn’t depend on the size of paper, is a relative value (grams per square metre)
Could you link specific papers online that I can purchase?
Sorry, I know only where to buy it in Russia. I recommend paper 120-160 gsm, but 175 is also ok. You can find 175 gsm paper in the https://www.michaels.com store, for example. Or also you can try to find it on Amazon. I hope it will help.
Hi! I need a larger flower so I bought the 3 inch styrofoam balls. Can you suggest—-1. how much to enlarge the template and 2. Do I need to add more rows for a larger flower?
Hi Johna, you should enlarge the template one and a half times. You don’t need to add more rows.