With Christmas right around the corner you may be looking for some new decorations for you home or office. Or some crepe paper flower decorations you can make with the kids this holiday season.

Paper flowers can be a wonderful way to decorate your home, inside and out. You may be wondering how a paper flower is going to be a great decoration. The answer is simple - have you ever seen a Christmas tree made from a crepe paper flower? They are so easy to make you will want to make them for all your family members and friends.

How about a crepe paper snowflake? It is probably easier to imagine what one of these flowers looks like.

Aside from a little imagination you will need a few supplies, a book on how to make paper flowers, one that includes step-by-step instructions and a picture of the finished flower is the best kind of book to have. You will also need an assortment of crepe paper of course you will want red and green and what ever other colors you like. For the snowflake flower you might want white crepe paper or a light pastel color. You will also need a pair of scissors, a ruler, and some clear drying glue to get you started. Any additional items you will need will be listed in the book.

Christmas Tree Flower - Technically this is a flower but we will refer to it as a Christmas tree. The first thing you will want to do is choose a flower the flower will be the top of the tree (just like an angel or a colored wreath you would set on top of your real tree.) You will need floral wire and tape for this project a heavy gauge wire. Decide what flower you want let's say for example a rose. A rosebud is a good choice because the flowers are medium size and the actual rosebud will not be so large that it tips the tree over.

Decide how tall you want your tree to be then cut your wire according adding a few extra inches. You will need to make enough of the leaves to fill in the tree section say 24 leaves for a 12inch tree. Attach the leaves to the stem and see how "full" it is, if you want it fuller then simply make more leaves and fill in any gaps. Your rosebud will be the treetop. You may want to pick up a small piece of green Styrofoam to insert the bottom of the stem in first; this will keep the tree flower steady as you attach the leaves and eventually the rosebud. You can dress your tree crepe paper flower up with a few tiny plastic Christmas ornaments from a craft store or a thin piece of Christmas garland.

Snowflake Flower - For this project you will of course need a book for instructions, crepe paper and floral wire and tape. As well as the other household tools mentioned for the Christmas tree flower.

The snowflake flower is very easy to make. Choose some leaves that you like and make them. Then using a piece of crepe paper make a snowflake and attach it to the top/front of the stem. You can also use a green piece of Styrofoam to insert the stem into. The snowflake can be any size, shape or color you like. These snowflake crepe paper flowers also make a great garland for doorways, fireplaces, and to hang on the Christmas tree!

You can turn almost any Christmas decoration into a crepe paper flower Christmas decoration!