Super Easy Tissue Paper Torch Decoration

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This is going to be a short post since these tissue paper torches are so easy to make. I used them for my son’s medieval knight and dragon themed first birthday party. They would also make fun Olympic torches, Keepers of the Kingdom VBS décor, or can add ambiance to other themed events. To place between each tissue paper torch, I also made cool cardboard stained glass windows.

How to Make a Tissue Paper Torch

Materials:

• Black poster paper 
• Red, orange, and yellow tissue paper

Creating:

To start, I cut out the bases to the torches. I used this torch base pattern to cut them out of black poster board. I could have made them full cones, but by cutting off the one side, I was able to make more out of one sheet of poster board. The cut out portion was not noticeable once they were rolled up.

Once I had all my bases cut out, I rolled them up and taped them into cones. As you can see the back has a gap from my pattern, but it doesn’t show at all from the front.

Then, I made the fire portion. I took a piece of red, orange, and yellow tissue paper and stacked them in a pile. Then, I folded them in half three times until they made a triangle. Next, I rounded the top of the triangle. This made all the pieces of tissue paper into a big circle. While they were still folded, I cut a bunch of wavy fire-like triangles out of the top.

Lastly, I unfolded the tissue paper and rotated the three circles slightly so they no longer lined up. Then I found the center and ran it through my hand. This made the tissue paper fire into a cone shape that I placed in the torch bases. I hung up each tissue paper torch using sticky tack.

Conclusion of Making a Tissue Paper Torch

Each tissue paper torch was so easy and quick to make. They made my son’s medieval theme more apparent in a cheap and simple way. I hope these help make your party even better too. Making these torches was so simple that I ended up using the same process to make jack in the box tissue paper fires for my kids to play firefighter with.