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[Graduation Ceremony] A Collection of Ideas for Handmade Bouquets and Floral Decorations to Brighten the Walls

Here are bouquet ideas to brighten the wall décor for your preschool graduation ceremony.

Using familiar materials like tissue paper, origami paper, and yarn, handmade bouquets can make the venue feel festive while conveying warm wishes to the graduating children.

When you carefully craft flowers one by one and tie them together, you’ll create a one-of-a-kind, special wall decoration.

We’ve gathered a variety of ideas—from projects that current students can work on together, to more dimensional decorations crafted by teachers.

Please use these as inspiration to create a memorable graduation ceremony!

[Graduation Ceremony] A Collection of Handmade Bouquet & Flower Decoration Ideas to Brighten the Walls (1–10)

Fluffy, cute cherry blossom wall decor made with tissue paper

Easy cherry blossom decoration made with tissue paper (with audio commentary)
Fluffy, cute cherry blossom wall decor made with tissue paper

Let’s hold our graduation ceremony under the watchful presence of a big cherry tree! Here’s how to make a softly cute cherry blossom wall decoration using tissue paper.

You’ll need light pink tissue paper, pink tissue paper, yellow plastic twine, scissors, tape, and brown construction paper.

First, stack and fold the tissue paper, then tie the center with the yellow plastic twine.

Next, trim both ends decoratively and gently fluff out the petals.

Be careful to open them softly so they don’t tear.

Finally, create cherry branches with the brown construction paper and attach the tissue paper blossoms—done!

Three-dimensional bouquet made with yarn

No knitting!! A bouquet made with yarn 💐 yarn bouquet
Three-dimensional bouquet made with yarn

A warm craft you can make without knitting! Here are ideas for creating a three-dimensional bouquet out of yarn.

What you’ll need: pink yarn, green yarn, purple yarn, yellow yarn, a fork, craft glue, bamboo skewers, cotton swabs, a needle, felt, and decorative pom-poms.

First, wrap the purple yarn around a fork to make five yarn puffs.

Next, connect the yarn puffs like a flower and attach a decorative pom-pom in the center.

Finally, glue a bamboo skewer wrapped with green yarn and a piece of felt to the back of the flower, and you’re done!

A bouquet made by crumpling tissue paper into flowers

Let’s decorate the venue with colorful bouquets! Here’s an idea for making bouquets by crumpling tissue paper flowers.

You’ll need doilies, tissue paper in various colors, glue, double-sided tape, and ribbon.

When you think of making bouquets, you might imagine ones made from origami or projects with complicated steps.

This idea uses soft, lightweight tissue paper that you simply crumple into shape, so it’s perfect for infant classes! How about sending a gorgeous bouquet while expressing your gratitude to the older children?

[Graduation Ceremony] A Collection of Handmade Bouquet and Flower Decoration Ideas to Brighten the Walls (11–20)

Fluffy Bouquet Made with Tissues

Soothe yourself with gentle paint colors! Here’s a soft, tissue-made bouquet idea.

You’ll need tissue paper, white drawing paper, crayons, paint, glue, and scissors.

The key tip when making it is to color the flowers using paints in similar tones.

Dilute the paint with plenty of water and layer the colors little by little while keeping the balance in mind.

You can send a one-of-a-kind bouquet of your own! Add a ribbon, and it will look just like a real bouquet—so lovely!

Bouquet made of washi (Japanese paper)

The vivid blending of paints is so captivating! Here’s an idea for making a bouquet with washi paper.

You’ll need construction paper, washi paper, paint, glue, scissors, and crayons.

First, cut the washi paper into flower shapes.

Next, brush water onto the washi paper and drip water-diluted paint over it.

Finally, glue the flowers so they look like they’re popping out from the wrapping paper attached to the construction paper—and you’re done! Writing a message or adding decorations with crayons on the construction paper will help convey your feelings nicely.

Bouquet made with paint stamps

Each child’s artwork becomes part of a big bouquet! Here are bouquet ideas made with paint stamping.

Graduation ceremonies are an event that even current students look up to.

Many children want to say thank you to the older boys and girls they love.

By adapting the stamping technique, even infant classes can enjoy this activity.

Graduates are sure to be delighted by a large bouquet decoration sent from the current students! How about sending off the graduates with a collaborative piece created by all the children at the school?

A bouquet of daffodils

Kimie Gangi’s spring wall display: Super easy “daffodil flowers made with two colors of tissue paper” — Daffodils wall decoration
A bouquet of daffodils

Let’s make beautiful daffodils with tissue paper! I’ll show you how to create a bouquet of daffodils.

You’ll need white tissue paper, yellow tissue paper, orange tissue paper, green construction paper, a pencil, a stapler, and scissors.

First, layer the orange tissue paper on top of the white tissue paper and fold them accordion-style.

Next, cut the folded stack in half and staple it.

Finally, fan out the tissue paper to form the flower, and you’re done.

For the stems, use green construction paper; wrap it around a pencil to add some curl and movement!