Make Dolls House Scale Miniature Paper Roses

Finish the Miniature Rose Blooms

Fully open dolls house roses showing the arrangement of the punched paper petals.

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Check the photo on this page to adjust the shape of your miniature rose petals. Curve the petals gently with the tweezers so that the lobes of each heart bend toward the back of the petal. As you add petals to your roses make sure you place them slightly lower on the wire so the base of your rose does not get too fat. Placing the rose petals will take practice. Look at silk roses, full size paper roses and real roses to see the flower shape of the different rose varieties. If you want rose buds, you use only the centre types of petals with the tightly furled side edge. To create rose buds, use three to five center type petals and no fully opened petals.

• Introduction to Making Scale Miniature Paper Roses
• Assemble The Materials to Make Miniature Paper Roses in Several Scales
• Prepare the Miniature Rose Petals
• Make the Centers of the Miniature Paper Roses
• Finish the Miniature Rose Blooms
• Make Thorns and a Calyx for Your Miniature Roses
• Make Leaves for Your Miniature Scale Roses
• Arranging Your Miniature Scale Roses