Trim your crepe paper into one long piece as listed in the notes.

Fold the crepe paper in half, then half again and again until you have about a 3”- 4” folded strip.

Cut one edge of the paper with a zig-zag edge. This will allow the crepe paper to more easily fan out. Unfold.

Cut a roughly 6” length of floral wire. Take one bead and thread it through the wire leaving a 1” length on one side of the bead.

Fold the wire over the bead and then twist it around the other side of the wire to secure it in place. This will be you stem and flower center.

Take your “stem”and add a dollop of glue around the twisted base. Then begin wrapping it with the trimmed crepe paper. As you wrap, pinch the bottom of the crepe paper and gently fold it while fanning out the zig-zag edges.

Fold and pinch, fold and pinch. Add glue periodically around the base as you pinch it to secure the flower together.

When the crepe paper has been fully wrapped around the stem, pinch the base tightly together. Gently pull on the stem to tighten the center of the flower around the bead.

Cut a roughly 12” piece of floral tape and begin wrapping it around the base of the flower and stem. You want it to be as tight as possible at the base.

Continue wrapping the tape all the way down the floral wire to form a thick stem.