I Couldn’t Grow Real Plants So I Made These Paper Ones

It all started because I wanted a fiddle leaf fig tree in our very dark living room. I knew a live one would never survive so I made one using paper, paper mache, wood dowels, and paint. It was rewarding and fun to make!

It has been a challenge and a treat to discover what other plants I can craft out of paper. I am a lifelong “tree hugger” and crafter. I’ve always enjoyed being in nature and by making plants, I am combining two of my big loves. Because I live in NYC, I spend a lot of time at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden searching for inspiration and admiring all the plants – plants that would never survive in my apartment. So, if I see something I like, I make it with paper.

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Paper Pilea Peperomioides

I Couldn’t Grow Real Plants So I Made These Paper Ones

Paper Watermelon Peperomia Plant

I Couldn’t Grow Real Plants So I Made These Paper Ones

Paper Begonia Leaves In Process

I Couldn’t Grow Real Plants So I Made These Paper Ones

Paper African Mask Plant

I Couldn’t Grow Real Plants So I Made These Paper Ones

Paper Heart Leaf Philodenron

I Couldn’t Grow Real Plants So I Made These Paper Ones
I Couldn’t Grow Real Plants So I Made These Paper Ones

Paper Polka Dot Plant

I Couldn’t Grow Real Plants So I Made These Paper Ones

Paper Angel Wing Begonia

I Couldn’t Grow Real Plants So I Made These Paper Ones

Paper Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree

I Couldn’t Grow Real Plants So I Made These Paper Ones

Golddust Dracaena

I Couldn’t Grow Real Plants So I Made These Paper Ones

Oxalis Triangularis

I Couldn’t Grow Real Plants So I Made These Paper Ones

Ruellia Makoyana

I Couldn’t Grow Real Plants So I Made These Paper Ones

Paper Plant Friends

I Couldn’t Grow Real Plants So I Made These Paper Ones