Here’s a little step by step tutorial on how to make these super cool paper Monstera leaves.
EVERYONE’S obsessed with Monstera (or Cheeseplants as they’re more commonly known) at the moment! They’re the Giantly Humungous second cousins twice removed cousins of the succulent and are taking over interiors right now – Just check out the beauties (and some top tips on growing them) here.
I am not the most green fingered person – I leave that up to my mum but I do love their shape and size so me being me I thought I’d try my hand at making some.
They’re simple to make all you need are some coloured papers or thin card, scissors, craft knife and cutting mat, pencil, something to score the paper with and something round like the handle of a wooden spoon to curl the edges of your leaf. And then lets go! …
Download and print out template here. Place on paper and draw round.
Cutout
Use a craft knife and cutting mat to cutout the two inner circles
Leaf should like this …
Use a scorer or an empty biro or blunt side of scissors and score a wavy line down the middle of the leaf.
Take the leaf in two hands and carefully crease along the score line.
Use a round pencil or handle of a wooden spoon and curl the edges of the leaf around it. Curl both upwards and downwards.
Your leaf should now look like this …
For extra detail add gold stickers or coloured tapes.
What did I do with all these leaves when I made them? Well I used them to decorate the windows of my local gift shop. The lovely Honeybournes in Ladywell London
