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DIY Giant Paper Roses: Alora Garden Rose Tutorial

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White paper roses with green leaves on a blue wooden surface. Image text overlay reads “How To Make Paper Roses” in the upper corner.

There is something so incredibly timeless and elegant about a rose. A symbol of romance, sophistication, and a way to represent our deepest emotions – it’s no wonder we are drawn to these flowers. Feeling these emotions myself, I wanted to devise a beautiful rose paper craft that would be the perfect addition to my giant paper flower collection. Putting together this DIY Giant Paper Alora Garden Rose Tutorial is my way of sharing this creative magic with you. Follow these step-by-step instructions to create your own paper Alora garden roses, and enjoy!

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Alora Garden Paper Rose Supply List

Supplies for the Alora garden giant paper rose tutorial are similar to my other paper flower crafting tutorials. Be sure to gather all your supplies before starting this craft. 

Pro-Tip: Get a full all-inclusive paper flowers supply list for beginners here.

Alora Garden Paper Rose Tutorial

This tutorial is available as both step-by-step picture instructions and as a Youtube video tutorial. The written instructions are separated into five sections to make creating these beautiful paper roses even easier: Prepping Your Petals, The Rose Center, The Rose Base, Finishing Your Flower, and Alora Paper Roses: Addendum. 

These paper flowers make great gift box flair and decorations for baby showers, wedding showers, bouquets, and centerpieces. They look great in vases or on tables. You can create stems for your Alora garden paper roses using my free tutorial “How to Make Giant Paper Flower Stems.”  

Remember, making our favorite flowers out of paper takes patience and practice. This tutorial may be a bit difficult for beginners. I recommend newcomers to paper crafting read my book The Art Of Giant Paper Flowers. I created a 220-page full-color hardback art book with complete step-by-step instructions on how to craft gorgeous giant paper flowers plus a full separate template workbook.  

When finished, this Alora garden rose will measure up to 18.5 inches. Now let’s get started! 

How to make Alora garden paper roses

Part 1: Prepping Your Petals 

You will only be using two petal sizes with this rose, with multiple layers of each size. Cutting machine measurements are listed below. You can also use the pre-sized PDF printables and cut the rose petals by hand. 

Cutting machine measurements for giant (XL) Alora garden paper roses:

  • Giant (XL) petal: 7.8 inches wide by 8.3 inches high
  • Large petal: 5.9 inches wide by 6.2 inches high
  • I scale my base size for the XL to be 5 x 5 inches and the large to be 4.5 x 4.5 inches. 

Cut the following number of petals:

  • 14 Extra-Large Petals
  • 19 Large Petals (Trace/Cut 2 per page for the large petals)
Extra-large and large pink paper rose petals have been prepared and are stacked next to the pink paper rose base.

Part 2: The Rose Center

We’re going to make the rose center first. You will use 12 of the 19 large petals for the bud. Set the remaining 7 aside.

Step 1: Lay two (2) of the petals across from each other. Add dots of glue to the overlap. If done correctly, it will look like a bow tie.

Two pink petals lay across themselves to resemble a bowtie. This is step 1 in making the rose center for the Alora garden paper rose flower.

Step 2: Fold one petal around itself & secure it with glue. Then wrap the remaining petal, opposite to it, around the other one.

Step 2 in making the paper rose center has added a petal wrapped around the center of the petal bowtie.

Step 3: Add dots of glue to the inner corners of the wrapped petals to secure them.

Abbi holds a pink, curled Alora paper rose center bud in her hands.

Step 4: Repeat the same steps for the paper roses a couple more times. Glue 2 more petals together, then glue the first center bud we just made on top.

The left side of the rose center is glued to the bud, while the right side petal is flat. It will be wrapped and glued to the rosebud next.

Step 5: Add dots of glue to the outer edge of the petals, then fold up and wrap around to secure.

A giant pink Alora paper rose bud is held in Abbi’s hand.

Step 6: Repeat the same steps again.

Step 7: Glue two more petals together. This time we are going to curl the edges of the petals back before folding them up. Shape the petals using the wooden dowel, pen or marker.

Abbi holds the pink Alora rosebud as she adds the outer paper rose petals.
The outer petals are curled away from the giant paper flower rose bud center.

Step 8: This time add the glue closer to the base of the bud before folding up and pressing firmly to secure.

More outer petals are added to the rosebud center. The Alora paper rose expand outward as the flower is built.

Step 9: We are going to do this two more times exactly the same way. You can give the petals a deeper curl once they are secure if you wish.

The giant Alora paper rose flower is bigger than Abbi’s hand. The additional outer petals add dimension and realism.

Step 10: This is the last round of petals for the rose center. Repeat the same steps. 

Pro-Tip: If you feel it is easier, you can curl the petals before attaching them. I prefer to do it after attaching to be sure I’m hitting the proper angle.

Abbi holds the pink Alora garden paper rose with all its petals. The rose is made to be blooming and open.

Your DIY Paper Flower Alora Garden Rose flower center is now finished. Set it aside because now it’s time to make the rose base.

Part 3: The Rose Base

Now that your petal placement is complete, it is time to make the perfect base for the Alora garden paper roses center. 

Abbi cuts slits into the bottom of all the remaining large pink paper petals. This will aid in attaching to the base of the bud.

Step 1: I have cut roughly 2-inch slits at the bottom of all my remaining petals: 14 extra-large and 7 large. A good guide is to cut up to the indentation of the petal.

Glue is added to a giant pink ombre Alora garden rose petal.

Step 2: Add glue to the very bottom and overlap slightly.

The sides of the giant Alora paper rose flower are curled and glued inward.

Step 3: Use a marker, pen, wooden dowel, etc., to curl the edges back.

Abbi glues the curled, giant Alora garden paper rose petal to the flower base.

Step 4: I’m using my 7-sided Petal Perfect heptagon base. It measures about 6 inches. Each side is where each petal will sit. Add glue to the base of one of your extra-large petals and attach it to the base as pictured below.

A pink flower base has three overlapped giant Alora rose petals attached to the top of it.

Step 5: Repeat 6 more times for this first layer. Lightly overlap each rose petal.

Seven ombre pink giant rose petals have been glued to the base of the Alora garden rose base.

Step 6: Each petal should be lining up roughly to each side of the heptagon-shaped base.

An additional seven giant pink ombre petals are attached to the last layer of Alora garden rose petals.

Step 7: The first layer of the paper rose base is complete. Repeat again with the remaining 7 extra-large petals. Glue each of these 7 extra-large petals in between the first layer of petals so that they are not directly in line.

Seven large pink ombre rose petals have been placed on top of the prior two layers of petals, creating an open and blooming flower base.
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Step 8: Now add in the 7 remaining large petals the same way we just did the last layer.

Part 4: Finishing Your Giant Alora Rose Paper Flower

To finish, add glue to the base of the bud. Glue your rose center in the middle of the flower base.

A closeup of a finished beautiful pink Alora garden paper rose, with petals open.

Voila, there you have it! A beautiful DIY Giant Paper Flower Alora Garden Rose. Isn’t it lovely? I’d say so! As an addition, I’ve added a full video tutorial on my Youtube channel as well as additional instructions for an extra full rose. 

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Alora Paper Roses: Addendum

This addendum step is completely optional.

If you like, you can create fuller paper roses by adding an additional round of 6 large petals on top of your last layer of petals placed on the rose base. Doing this extra round of petals will require an extra 3 sheets of cardstock.

Finish off the Alora rose the same way described in ‘Finishing Your Flower’ – by adding the center rosebud to the rose base. Whether you add an extra petal layer or not, your rose will be gorgeous!

A large finished pink Alora garden rose with golden pink leaves on a marble surface.

Pro-Tip: The images for this tutorial show an optional spray paint option. Spray the paint onto the mid-center of the petal.

A can of pink Krylon spray paint. For all giant paper roses, you can use paint to create ombre effects and petal depth.
Abbi uses spray paint to create a darker pink center on a light pink petal for the Alora garden rose.
Alora Garden Rose Tutorial

Alora Garden Rose Tutorial

Active Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour
Difficulty: Easy to Intermediate

Learn how to make this romantic giant Alora Garden paper rose with this detailed tutorial, supply list, and step-by-step video.

Instructions

Part 1: Prepping Your Petals

    Cut the following number of petals:

  • 14 Extra-Large Petals
  • 19 Large Petals (Trace/Cut 2 per page for the large petals)

Part 2: The Rose Center

    1. Lay two (2) of the petals across from each other. Add dots of glue to the overlap. If done correctly, it will look like a bow tie.
    2. Fold one petal around itself & secure it with glue. Then wrap the remaining petal, opposite to it, around the other one.
    3. Add dots of glue to the inner corners of the wrapped petals to secure them.
    4. Repeat the same steps for the paper roses a couple more times. Glue 2 more petals together, then glue the first center bud we just made on top.
    5. Add dots of glue to the outer edge of the petals, then fold up and wrap around to secure.
    6. Repeat the same steps again.
    7. Glue two more petals together. This time we are going to curl the edges of the petals back before folding them up. Shape the petals using the wooden dowel, pen or marker.
    8. This time add the glue closer to the base of the bud before folding up and pressing firmly to secure.
    9. We are going to do this two more times exactly the same way. You can give the petals a deeper curl once they are secure if you wish.
    10. This is the last round of petals for the rose center. Repeat the same steps.

    Your DIY Paper Flower Alora Garden Rose flower center is now finished. Set it aside because now it’s time to make the rose base.

Part 3: The Rose Base

  1. Cut roughly 2-inch slits at the bottom of all remaining petals: 14 extra-large and 7 large. A good guide is to cut up to the indentation of the petal.
  2. Add glue to the very bottom and overlap slightly.
  3. Use a marker, pen, wooden dowel, etc., to curl the edges back.
  4. Using the 7-sided Petal Perfect heptagon base. It measures about 6 inches. Each side is where each petal will sit. Add glue to the base of one of your extra-large petals and attach it to the base as pictured below.
  5. Repeat 6 more times for this first layer. Lightly overlap each rose petal.
  6. Each petal should be lining up roughly to each side of the heptagon-shaped base.
  7. The first layer of the paper rose base is complete. Repeat again with the remaining 7 extra-large petals. Glue each of these 7 extra-large petals in between the first layer of petals so that they are not directly in line.
  8. Now add in the 7 remaining large petals the same way we just did the last layer.


Part 4: Finishing Your Giant Alora Rose Paper Flower

To finish, add glue to the base of the bud. Glue your rose center in the middle of the flower base.

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Grab the small Alora recently released here!

 
Three white small Alora garden paper roses are in the center of dark green leaves, placed on a blue wooden table.
Click here to also check out the small Alora rose!

My Amazon Picks for this Project

Green-rimmed and orange-rimmed craft scissors available on Amazon.
A pack of card stock in shades of pink to be used in making giant paper roses.
Abbi highly recommends using a Cricut cutting machine for your papercraft projects.

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4 Comments

  1. Hi. How can i purchase a temple? I’m very interested in doing paper flower.

  2. Laurie Crowninshield says:

    I absolutely love these flowers, but do not have a cricut or similar machine. What do I do? Can I still make them? PLEASEEEEE, help me
    Thank You,
    Laurie

    1. Hi Laurie!
      There are PDF printables included that can be hand-cut with scissors if you do not own a machine. 🙂