How To Make Wired Wafer Paper Hydrangeas

To make wired wafer paper hydrangeas, you’ll need a center and four petals.

These are pretty easy to make, and you can make the individual pieces ahead of time then use them as you need to make flowers.

How to make wired wafer paper hydrangeas

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Supplies needed to make wafer paper hydrangeas:

Wafer paper
Petal dusts
Edible glue
Floral wire
Floral tape
Paintbrushes

Wafer paper supply list:

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Make the petals.

Gluing two strips of wafer paper together with wires in them.

Start by adding edible glue to one strip of wafer paper, adding wires to it then sandwiching another strip on top.

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Cut out the petals, you can do this ahead of time and make a bunch of them so that they have time to dry a little before dusting them.

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Color the petals and make the center.

Dust the petals with a variety of colors to give them some depth. Make the color darker toward the center where the wire sticks into the petal and make it lighter toward the edges.

Here’s an article about dusting gumpaste hydrangeas, click to see that.

Make a center by wrapping a piece of wafer paper around a hooked wire and pressing it into a tiny bud shape. Dust the center with color to match the petals.

Click to read about how to make unwired wafer paper hydrangeas.