Paper wedding decor does not lose its position year after year due to its simplicity, originality and low cost. If you do not have the opportunity to order complex and expensive decorations from a professional, you can easily create colorful and unique decor on your own. All you need is a few rolls of special paper from which you can create amazing compositions.
Don’t be afraid to ask for help from your girlfriends and groom: with a large and cheerful group, you can create the necessary decor much faster, and your loved ones will be pleased to take part in the wedding preparations.
Advantages and disadvantages of design
Decorating a wedding celebration must be taken seriously. It is the design of the hall and all the wedding attributes that creates a pleasant holiday atmosphere. For wedding decoration, all kinds of materials are used, the type of which corresponds to the chosen style of celebration. Modern newlyweds often began to choose huge flowers and other decorative elements made from sheets of colored paper as wedding decorations.
From this material you can make huge balls, garlands, flowers of various shapes and sizes, cut out figures of birds and animals or various geometric elements. Properly executed decoration for a special event will add a romantic atmosphere to the holiday. In addition, the budget of a young family will not suffer much; the cost of purchasing colored paper and other materials is much lower than buying fresh flowers or decorating the room with fabrics or balloons. In addition, paper decorative details will not lose their beautiful appearance until the end of the celebration.
Paper can be used to make excellent decorative items. Volumetric flowers are especially in demand; they decorate tables and chairs, arches and walls in the banquet room. The main disadvantage of paper decorations is their easy flammability. Therefore, it is better to keep candles at a celebration away from paper decorative elements. Naturally, smoking is not allowed in the hall either.
Hanging compositions over tables
All kinds of hanging compositions above wedding tables are becoming fashionable, giving the wedding space an impressive and unique look. As such compositions, you can use garlands with cranes using the origami technique, three-dimensional figures on strings, etc.
Wedding hall decor
Hanging arrangements over wedding tables
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What can be made from colored paper
You can make anything you want from colored paper. But especially popular are garlands made from various paper figures: hearts, stars, birds made using the origami method, various geometric details. Usually, the passages of the newlyweds to the festive table, the dance floor and chairs for guests are decorated with garlands hanging from the ceiling.
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Large pompoms are made from paper, which are also attached to the ceiling with a light thread. Huge peonies under the ceiling look original and fabulously beautiful. You can make garlands from pompoms of different colors and shapes, against which the newlyweds and guests will be photographed. If the celebration has been moved outdoors, then it is recommended to decorate trees and bushes next to the tables with these pom-poms. Birds and lanterns made using the origami method are also widely used for paper wedding decorations. They can decorate a room or even an outdoor area; it will be equally beautiful and romantic. Using your diligence and a little imagination, you can create unique compositions for decoration from paper. For example, it is easy to make fans, flags from paper, which are ideal as planting cards, and pinwheels on sticks.
Paper flowers, made using scissors and glue, are in perfect harmony with satin ribbons, pieces of light fabric, which make a great wedding arch, composition behind the main table on the wall. Confetti in the form of small paper flowers will perfectly complete your wedding decoration.
How to make paper flowers for wedding decoration with your own hands?
What kind of paper can you make from? You can use any paper material as a base: thick, thin, corrugated, multi-colored, shiny, and so on. The decoration will be more interesting if you take paper with a print or design, for example, music or newspaper.
However, you need to remember that not all colors will suit all paper.
Light, airy peonies are best made from thin material , and for figured decorations you will need dense sheets, but not too hard to bend.
Large dahlia
A very easy master class on how to make a large dahlia out of paper. For this you will need: multi-colored paper of several colors, cardboard for the base, scissors and glue. Procedure:
- From cardboard you need to cut a circle for the base of the desired diameter, it depends on the size of the flower.
- The sheets need to be rolled into cones and secured with glue.
- Lay the finished cones in layers with the narrow side inside the flower, attaching them to the base: first the lower large circle of a darker color, then on top of it, closer to the center - the second layer and so on until the base is filled. The dahlia is ready.
Paper dahlia for a wedding
These dahlias can be used to lay out the background or decorate a wedding arch .
Flower ball
You can make very beautiful flowers in the form of balls or pompoms from corrugated paper. To do this you will need: corrugated paper of one or two colors, several large sheets, scissors, a piece of twine or fishing line.
Procedure:
- Fold the paper sheet like an accordion, secure in the middle with twine or fishing line.
- Cut sharp edges with scissors so that they are round.
- Spread the sheets at each end and fluff the finished ball. The flower is ready.
Flower ball for a wedding
Ready-made decorations can be hung from the ceiling or made into a flower garland.
Kraft paper buds
Very unusual and interesting decorations can be made from craft paper . For this you will need: craft paper, scissors, glue gun, pencil.
Procedure:
- You need to cut a circle out of a sheet. Draw a spiral line on the circle.
- Cut a long strip along the line.
- Roll the strip into a roll, starting from the narrow side.
- Secure the finished flower with glue. The bud is ready.
These flowers can be used to make floral arrangements to decorate areas for photo shoots.
Roses on skewers
You can make very beautiful roses on skewers . For them you will need: corrugated green and pink paper, wooden skewers, scissors, ruler, glue stick.
Procedure:
- The pink leaf for the petals should be cut into strips 5 cm wide. Then each strip should be cut into pieces 8 cm long.
- Each resulting rectangle is folded in half, and the sharp edge on one side is trimmed with scissors.
- The resulting petal unfolds, the upper edges are folded using a skewer: the edge needs to be wound around a stick, clamped, and then removed.
- Stretch each of the petals slightly in the middle to the sides. The petals are ready.
- Then the petals are wound onto the base stick, one on top of the other, and secured with glue.
- A thin long strip is cut from green paper. It is wound around a stick, starting from the edges of the petals. The rose is ready.
A bouquet of such roses will serve as an excellent decoration for a festive table.
Rose on skewers for a wedding
Unusual flowers
In addition to the usual peonies, dahlias and roses, you can make more exotic flowers . To make such decorations, you will need: colored paper, scissors, glue, cardboard for the base.
Procedure:
- You need to cut petals from sheets of different colors - sharp or round, depending on the type of flower.
- Glue the petals one by one onto the cardboard base, in a circle, collecting the bud.
- For the core, you need to cut out a circle from the leaf and make cuts around the circle with scissors, then glue it into the middle of the bud. The decoration is ready.
Such decorations can be used to decorate a photo book or napkins on the table.
Wedding decor with paper flowers
Ideas for large paper flowers: giant, human-sized buds for a photo shoot. This idea is very good for a themed wedding, for example, for a celebration in the style of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. such huge decorations from decorators rather than making them yourself.
Bride's bouquet and groom's boutonniere
A bride's bouquet made of paper is small in size. You can order it from a decor studio or make it yourself. Paper flowers, bright and lush, look no worse than real ones. In addition, such a bouquet will be stored for many years, refreshing the memory of a wonderful wedding day.
To create a harmonious picture and maintain the overall style, you can use the same set of colored paper to make a bride’s bouquet, a boutonniere for the groom, and bouquets for the bridesmaids.
If you decide to make paper jewelry with your own hands, you should first make several copies - this is required in order to know whether it will work or not, because not everyone can work with paper independently. Detailed instructions with photos and video material with lessons on making decorative elements from paper can be found on the website.
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How to make a paper pompom
How to make a pompom yourself and what you need for it. This is done quickly and easily - thin tissue paper or crepe paper is suitable for the job. You will also need scissors, thread or thin wire. The work is presented step by step as follows:
- Cut the paper into sheets with sides 20x30 cm, or take any size. One pompom requires 8 sheets.
- Fold them like an accordion with a fold increment of approximately 1.5 cm.
- Bend the workpiece in the middle and tie it with wire.
- Cut the edges of the accordion with rounded edges or a triangle - this will affect the appearance of the pompom.
- Spread the workpiece and “fluff” it.
Different sizes of pompoms can be used to decorate the hall, arches, garlands to hang on the walls and wedding car. There are a lot of options.
Don’t think that decorating a wedding with paper decorations is ugly and tasteless. If you approach this issue with imagination, the wedding design will be bright, cheerful and unusual.
Paper roses
Roses remain a classic wedding decoration, but the colors will help you create bright accents. For example, using these flowers to create a bouquet for the bride, decorate tables, walls, a wedding arch, make a photo zone, and a boutonniere for the groom.
