How to Make Easy DIY Twine Flowers

Twine flowers are a simple and pretty addition to many different DIY Farmhouse decor projects. Learn how to make easy DIY twine flowers with this tutorial!

Earlier this week, I’m brainstorming all the different ways I can finish off the ends of my doormat project when I have a great idea: Twine Flowers!

Being a Pinterest junkie, I immediately searched to see what other people have done. There are some really nice tutorials out there involving making a cardboard loom.

So, I went about making a nice little cardboard loom, and then attempting to make a flower. About halfway through wrapping the twine around my loom, I got a little concerned. But I know that sometimes things look bad in the middle of a project, so I kept going.

And completely and utterly failed.

It looked like a picture straight out of a #nailedit pinterest-fail post.

I had some hypotheses about why it didn’t work (like my lines weren’t all going through the center of the circle, and my cheapo sisal twine was a little to wild for this project, and I wasn’t really sure I was weaving the twine correctly at the end) but I didn’t really have a lot of confidence that trying again would produce a better result.

So I came up with my own method. In my opinion, it’s a lot simpler, as evidenced by the fact I needed a lot of flowers, so I outsourced a bunch of the grunt work to my 16 year old TA (thanks, Carmen!) and she did all right. And I think they turned out pretty nice!

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Materials

• Twine
• Hot Glue Gun + Sticks
• Wood Glue
• Scissors
• Parchment Paper

DIY Twine Flowers

Step 1: Prepare Your Materials

Plug in your hot glue gun to start heating it up (mine takes forever!) and lay out a piece of parchment paper on your work space.

Hot glue and wood glue do not stick to parchment paper, so you can glue your flowers together on the paper without worrying about a) making a mess, or b) getting parchment paper stuck to your flowers.

Step 2: Make Your Petals

Each flower consists of 5-7 petals (most of mine had 6). So, for each flower, you will need 6-ish pieces of twine that are about 3.5″ long.

3.5 inches is the length of twine I cut for my petals, but feel free to make your petals bigger or smaller depending on the size petal you want.

To make the petal, shape the pieces of twine into a petal shape, and glue the ends together with hot glue. I chose hot glue for this project despite its lack of longevity due to the speed it sets.

The hot glue will be dry enough to let go of in about 30 seconds (faster if you’re impatient like me, and start shaping it with your fingers) and be fully cured by the time you’re done with the next petal. 

As you see in the picture, I only put a little hot glue on the ends. This is enough to keep the twine together without being bulky, which both makes the glue dry faster, and makes it easier to assemble your flower in the last step.

Step 3: Make the Center

This is, by far, the trickiest part of process. Your goal is to make something that looks like this:

However, if you’re using Sisal Twine, like I was, it’s pretty firm, and not inclined to go into a swirly shape. Additionally, the ends have a tendency to unravel as soon as you start swirling. So I started by putting a bit of hot glue on the end of the twine to keep it together.

Then I started swirling the twine, hot gluing the back side as I went along. I stopped and added glue ever rotation to keep the twine in place. At the end I cut the twine, and glued the last bit of twine to the circle.

Step 4: Assemble the Flower

Lay out your petals in a flower shape. We’re about to glue the petals together, so if you’re picky about which petals go where, now is the time to arrange them to your liking.

All the gluing we’re about to do will be with wood glue now, not hot glue. Wood glue on wood-like surfaces is a lot stronger than hot glue. By using wood glue now, we reinforce the petals, center, and structure of the flower.

I love Gorilla Wood Glue. It’s inexpensive for a large amount, the nozzle is easy to open and clean, and it’s super strong.

I put all of my glue on the back of the center of the circle (where I put the hot glue when making the center), like this:

Then flip your center over, placing the glue side right in the middle of your six petals. It should look like this:

Give the petal a few hours to dry, and you’re all done! 

FAQs

What can I do with twine flowers?

I used these to make a doormat for my entryway, but you could use them for any sort of home/wedding decor item. I think they’d look great on some clay pots!

Do you have any other ways to make craft flowers?

Yes! I made a ton of clay flowers for this artwork in my bedroom! They’re easy to make too, but do need to bake for 15-ish minutes.

Final Thoughts

These were so easy to make, and I think they look fantastic!

Did you make the twine flowers? What did you use them for? I’d love to hear some more ideas! 

And if you found these useful, or are considering a project with them later, go ahead and save this post to Pinterest so you can find it later!