A Beautiful Dictionary Paper Rose DIY

Today I’m sharing a beautiful dictionary paper rose DIY.

This unique and one-of-a-kind rose will be a delight to make.

It makes a perfect addition to a wrapped birthday gift by using a ribbon to connect it to the top of the gift. Or you could hot glue it on.

Add it to a vase and place it on your office desk at work or home.

Make 3 or more and make a big centerpiece for your dining room table.

No matter where you put this vintage inspired rose, it has that wow factor that will please most anyone.

Now, let me show you how to make a beautiful dictionary paper rose DIY.

What you will need for each rose:

Three pages of dictionary paper.

9-inch plate to draw the circle for the rose
Pen
Scissors
Hot Glue Gun

Steps how to make this dictionary rose.

Step 1: Take the plate and place it upside down onto the center of the dictionary pages. Trace the plate with a pen onto the paper.

Step 2: Cut out the circle. You will be cutting all 3 sheets of paper at once to save time.

Step 3: Cut out a hole in the center. See in the photo below how I cut into the center of the paper and cut a smaller circle to make a hole.

The picture below shows the slit up the side and the circle that was cut out.

Step 4: Take a circle and add hot glue to the corner.

Now onto Step 5: Attach the corner to the other side making a small cone.

Step 6: Taking the large circle, cut out petals. There will be 7 or eight petals cut from the 3 layered paper. Which will make 20 or so petals to make your rose. My camera died which is why there’s no photo for this step.

Step 7: Add glue to the edge of the first petal.

Step 8: Start adding the petals to the edge of the cone. One petal at a time.

You want the center to have a hole like this photo below. I will be showing you a trick later as to how we will be using the hole.

Step 9: As you add a petal, you want to glue the petal a bit upward to give it a rose look.

I stuffed a smaller cone into the center cause the hole was too big.

As I’ve added the petals, you can see how there is a slight gap between the petals. This is so that later you can bend the paper back. But for now, let’s keep layering the petals.