Cherry Blossoms DIY

Cherry blossoms are my favorite but hard to find in Southern California. So, today I  am sharing my cherry blossoms DIY!

This cherry blossom DIY is so easy to make! If you love blossoming branches as much as I do, you are going to want to keep reading!

DIY Cherry Blossoms

I love cherry blossoms. But in Southern California, I have had a hard time finding them. So I decided to make my own. I think my cherry blossoms DIY look quite real.

And the best part is that these cherry blossoms will last forever.

If you look closely you can see the cherry blossoms are made from tissue paper and are glued to real apple branches. (In fact, you can also see a few glue string threads, but you can ignore those.)

How to Make Cherry Blossom Branches DIY

The most important thing you need to know about making these cherry blossoms is that these are perhaps the easiest DIY I will post this entire year. There is no pattern and all you need is tissue paper and branches. There are two steps to this DIY. Cut the blossoms out of tissue paper and glue them to the branches.  That’s pretty much it.

What You Will Need

• Branches (We used apple branches cut from a tree but all tall branches with small buds work great.)
• Tissue paper – Below is a link to the paper I ordered from Amazon. I like this color as it is more blush pink. One package will make enough cherry blossoms to make about ten branches like this.
• Hot glue gun

On this blog, I may sometimes use affiliate links, which means a small commission is earned if you purchase via the link. The price will be the same whether you use the affiliate link or go directly to the vendor’s website using a non-affiliate link.

How to Make the Cherry Blossom Branches.

1. Lay six sheets on top of one another and cut them into two-inch strips.
2. Cut strips into roughly 2″ x 2.5″ pieces. You do not have to be exact. The more random the better.
3. Cut the tissue paper into “flowers” with five petals. The petals should not all match. Just cut them out very loosely.

4. You will make two different-sized blossoms. One blossom (the bud) will be made from one piece of the cut tissue. The other blossom will be made from two pieces. When you use two pieces, lay them on top of each other so that they are offset. (See photo below.)

5. Fold the petal in half. Fold in half again. Twist the folded corner as seen in the photo below.

6. Your flowers should look like this. Once again, they don’t need to look the same. They look more real if they are different.

7. With a hot glue gun, attach the bottom of each flower along the side of the branch. 

8. Scatter them along the outer ends of the branches as seen below.

Check out this video I made to better show how to make the cherry blossoms.

These cherry blossom branches look so great, I am going to make some for our Waco home too!

Pretty pinks in the table setting highlight the gorgeous cherry blossom branches. Below are links to some of my favorite pink items to set a table with!

If you are enjoying my blog, you can sign up to receive my blog updates here. .

Todays Amazing Finds

Pin the image below to your Craft or Valentine’s Day boards on Pinterest (just click the Pin button in the top left corner). You can also follow along with me on Pinterest!

For more real-time updates, follow me on Instagram @My100YearOldHome