VIDEO: Fold invitations yourself

The so-called "petal fold" technique can be used to create elegant designs with little effort Invitations fold yourself.

Create the handicraft template

1. Take the sheet of white construction paper and use the set square and pencil to draw a square with a side length of 10 cm in the middle of the sheet of paper.
2. Now take the compass and set it to a radius of 5 cm. Place it in the middle of a line of the square and draw a semicircle outside the square. Repeat the process on the other three sides of the square.
3. Finally, cut out the resulting flower-like pattern on the outside.

Fold the invitations

1. Use the template to draw the outline of the card in the desired number of invitations on the dark red construction paper. Then cut out the outline.


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2. Fold the four semicircles of each card inward to make a square. To make the folds straight, you can place the set square on the imaginary line of the square and fold the semicircle over it.
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3. Then unfold the card again.
4. Now cut the white paper into 6 squares each with a side length of 10 cm.
5. To write Put your invitation text into these squares with the gold-colored pen and stick one in the middle of each invitation. The size of the squares of the invitation text and the card should match.
6. Then fold the 4 semicircles of each card in the middle of the card and fold under the last half of the last semicircle in the first semicircle.
7. Now cut an approx. 45 cm long piece from the gold-colored cord and tie it in a beautiful bow around the card.