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So you want to make your own wedding confetti cones
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In this video, I'll show you three different ways to make them. The first one is absolutely dead simple
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You just want a paper doily like this, and it's going to give you a really nice lacy finish
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without having to use any cutting machines or anything complicated. All you need is your doily and some double-sided tape
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I'm putting one piece on here, but I do recommend putting another little bit on right up to
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that nice curved edge and then it'll just stick even better. So take your protective paper off and then roll it up
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I seem to have two here. Not to worry, let's put that to the side
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So just roll it up so you get that nice point at the bottom
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and just keep rolling it and make sure you don't get onto your tape until you're happy with your cone shape
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and then press it down gently. Put your fingers inside, and there you go
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You've got your first confetti cone. Drop your confetti in, and away you go
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If you prefer something with a little bit more substance, if you don't want it quite so dainty and lacy
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if that doesn't fit with your theme, how about taking a square of paper
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I'm using a book page, but you can use anything, and just make sure it's square
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and you're going to roll that into a cone. Now, as you can see, I've got a border there
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so I want that one hidden. So I'm going to roll it the other way. So just check which way you want to roll it before you put your tape on
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So then again, we're back to the good old double-sided tape. Just run it down one edge
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I don't recommend going right to the point, because sometimes it can be a little bit fiddly in the bottom
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So just leave a little gap at the bottom. And then once again
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you're going to take your protective cover off, and roll that cone
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And just take a few minutes to roll it so that you're happy with it
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and then press that tape down. And as you can see, another super easy cone
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It's just got a little bit more substance to it. And then you can just drop your confetti in
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and make as many as you want for your wedding. They're really good with book pages
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but you can use any paper that matches your theme. Here's a giant one I made using a star chart
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The third one is using this template. Now, there's a link in the description below
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and it should be on the screen now as well. And you can download it free and print it off from my website
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And then just cut the template out. And then whatever paper you're using
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I'm using this nice scrapbook paper with bees on, you're just going to put it on the back of your paper
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and draw around it. Now, you might want to use this if you want a more curved edge on the top of your cones
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If you've got quite a strong theme going on that's very curved, you might want this type
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Just make sure you cut inside your pencil line, and then there'll be no marks that you have to rub out
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Now, especially if you're using a thick paper or a thin card, just try rolling it first and making sure you're happy
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And then you'll not be surprised to learn we're going back to the double-sided tape right on the edge
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not quite down to the point, but not far away. And again, you're going to take your protective film off
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and roll into the cone. As with the others, just make sure you're completely happy
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with the shape of your cone before you let that tape touch the paper
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Because if it does, and you try and open it, it'll rip your paper
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So you can see I'm not quite happy. I'm just going to get that point right at the bottom
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And then once you're happy, stick it down. And you can see that's a really nice curved top
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just a little bit more sophisticated if that's what you're looking for
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And again, we're back to dropping the confetti in. Now, I did say earlier
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that we'd look at making your own confetti. So let's look at some of the bits of confetti
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that we've made. So first of all, I'll just show you the three cones we've made
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and you can see them side by side. So the confetti that I've been showing you
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some of it is nice shapes cut using either a cutting machine or a punch
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And you can do that, but obviously it's going to take you quite a long time. But another way of doing this just with the tissue paper
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is to just rip your tissue paper up into small pieces. Obviously it's nice and biodegradable
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but just check your venue allows it. Another popular way of using confetti now
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is to use dried flowers. These are rose petals from an old bunch of flowers that I dried myself
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You can use them whole or you can rip them up. And I just put them on some kitchen paper in the microwave
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and cook them until they were dry. That simple. And then whatever you've chosen to use
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pop them in your cones. So let's look at some embellishments. A lovely way of embellishing them
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is adding little tags, which of course you can add any message you like to
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Now, if you're using a thin paper, I suggest you do what I'm doing here, which is make it a few layers thick
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If you're using card, you'll not need to do this little step
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And you're just going to make cute little tags. Don't make them too big
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So if you're enjoying this video, please give me a thumbs up so it spreads to more brides to be
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And we can fill the whole world with confetti cones. And then once you've got the shape that you want
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you're just going to cut those top corners off to turn it into what we call a traditional tag shape
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Now, if you find at this point it's not quite the shape you wanted, you could always cut the sides down
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And that's what I'm doing here. But once you're making a production line
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you just want to make sure they're all made the same way. Then obviously we're going to need a hole
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So you're just going to have to get a hole punch. You can use a double hole punch, just the same
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just only using one hole of it and get that hole. And then if you're doing something like the book pages
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I really do recommend getting an ink pad that coordinates with your wedding theme
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and just rubbing the edges. It just really finishes them off and makes it look a lot nicer, I suppose
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And you could put stickers on these, perhaps with the date on or the names
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or whatever you wanted. And then you can simply glue it to your cone
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or you can put it on a ribbon or a twine like I'm doing here and tie it to your cone
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And to make sure it stays where you want it to, I recommend just gluing it in place
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You could use a dot of hot melt glue, but I literally just used the paper glue
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that I'd already used. And that'll hold it in place nicely. Lovely embellishment
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Another thing you can do, of course, is hot melt glue anything to them
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So a nice little bead can look good or you could use some lace
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that matches some parts of the bridal outfit. You could use ribbons from other decorations
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whatever you want to make them tie in to your theme. It'd be great if you'd leave me comments
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telling me what theme you're using and how you're using these and good luck with your wedding
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and enjoy your confetti cones
