Doily Flower Backdrop for Valentine’s Day

Hello, creative friends! Valentine’s day is right around the corner, and whether you plan to celebrate with a special someone or your best girlfriends, I have a super fun party backdrop idea for you! Paper doilies are really inexpensive, and can easily be layered to create a dimensional display with some serious wow factor. These doily flowers take just a few minutes to make, and can be left plain white, or dyed with just a little ink or watered down craft paint! Ready to get started??

Doily Flowers Backdrop Supplies:

• Darice Paper Doilies 10.5″, 8.5″, 5.5″, 4.5″
• Darice Scissors
• Adhesive Dots
• Darice Hot Glue Gun
• Darice Spray Mist Bottle*

*Tip: Order multiple spray mister bottles depending on how many colors you want to use. You can use watered down acrylic paint, ink pad refill ink, or shimmer spray in your bottle.

You will need six doilies of the same size for each of your doily flowers.

First, take a doily and crease the bottom 1/3 by gently creating a fold. Use your glue gun to adhere the folded area together. Repeat with two more doilies, and adhere them together on the sides.

Using your scissors, trim about 1.5″ inches of the bottom where the doilies are glued together.

Repeat the process, then adhere the two sets of three together in the center, overlapping them about 1/4″. Spread out the “petals” and glue them together gently on the sides.

Use your spray bottle to add color. The doily flowers will be delicate, so spray a thin coat of color. You can always repeat if needed once it is dry. Be careful not to over-spray and add too much moisture.

Allow your doily flowers to completely dry. Place an adhesive dot on the back of each doily making it easy to temporarily adhere it to your wall.

Arrange your doilies on your wall. I placed an adhesive pop dot on the top and bottom of each flower to help it lay flat.

I chose three different color combinations for my wall, but you can choose as many as you like! This idea would be easy to replicate for any holiday depending on the colors you decide to use.

If you are serving cake or cupcakes, you can easily use the smallest 4.5″ doily to make a matching cake topper!

Voila! That’s it! I was able to make the entire project in just a few hours. If you are in a rush, you can even use a hairdryer to help speed up the ink drying time.

I hope your Valentine’s day is spent with the ones you love, and lots of happy crafting! Check out these other backdrop ideas for Valentine’s Day using crepe paper sheets.

XOXOXO

Natalie W

Natalie is a wife and mom to four fabulous children. Well, except the last one. She’s a bit of a stinker. Natalie is a full time crafter, thrifter, blogger, photographer and creator of Natalme.com. She has a studio in her home where she likes to hide from her children and watch Netflix on her iPad. I have done everything from being a power seller on eBay, to selling handmade goods and upcycled furniture at local boutiques and art fairs. In her free time, she volunteers for the Circle of Love Foundation and the Special Needs Youth Athletic Foundation, all in hopes of one day being forgiven for her constant use of profanity.

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