How big is the finished rose?

About a third of the circle. The default 150 mm circle with three turns makes a rose roughly 50 mm across and 19 mm tall, which is how wide the strip is: the circle’s radius less the base, shared over the turns.

Which paper works best?

Paper or thin card, 120 to 180 gsm. Printer paper rolls easily but the petals are floppy; card over 250 gsm cracks as it coils. Coloured card is easiest, as the back of the strip shows on the petals.

How deep can the scallops be?

Up to a third of the strip. Deeper, the strip is too narrow between two scallops and tears as you roll it, so the tool makes them shallower and says so. Shorter petals give a tighter, more rose-like flower; longer ones look more like a peony.

Spiral Paper Rose Template — Free Rolled Flower, Any Size

The spiral paper rose template, flat and folded

Spiral paper rose template — free printable dieline with cut and fold lines, any size — The printable dieline at its standard size. Type your own size above for yours.

Spiral paper rose folded up from the template — the finished piece — The finished spiral paper rose, made from it.

What this template is for

The rolled paper rose: a scalloped spiral cut from one circle that coils up into a flower and sits on its own round base. Wedding and party decor, bouquets, wreaths, cake toppers and gift toppers.

Also called rolled paper rose · rolled paper flower · spiral flower template · paper rose svg — all the same shape, and this is it.

Wedding, mehndi and party decor
Paper bouquets and flower walls
Gift toppers and card embellishments
Wreaths, cake toppers and centrepieces

How to use this template

All four downloads are the same spiral paper rose at the same size — only the format changes.

PDF printing at home: Print at 100 per cent, or hand it to a print shop as "actual size, no scaling".
PNG 300 dpi Canva, Photoshop, Procreate: Upload, lock it in place and design your spiral paper rose on top. Free plan and phone included. Full Canva walkthrough →
SVG Cricut, Illustrator, Inkscape, Affinity: Vector, with cuts, folds and labels on separate layers. Cricut and Silhouette walkthrough →
DXF Silhouette, laser and vinyl cutters: Two layers, CUT and FOLD — and the one free Silhouette Studio Basic will open.

Getting it printed properly →

Printing it

Type your size above, then download the PDF.
Print at 100% — never “fit to page”, or every measurement comes out wrong.
Too big for the paper? Pick your paper size and leave Fit the pieces to the page ticked: each piece gets its own place on a sheet and the PDF comes out with every page in it, nothing cut in half and nothing to tape.

How to put it together

These pictures are the spiral paper rose itself, not a generic diagram — change the measurements above and the template changes, but the three steps never do.

Cut the solid lines
Every solid line is a cut. Do the inside shapes first, while the sheet is still whole and easy to hold.
Try the first one
There is nothing to fold. Before you cut a stack, try the first one on what it is for and change the size above if it needs it.
Join and hold
Cut round the outline and along the spiral to the middle. Start at START and roll the strip tightly round itself, printed side in, keeping the bottom edge level. When you reach the middle, let the roll loosen to open the petals, then put hot glue or tacky glue on BASE and press the rose down on it until it holds.

Glue: a glue stick for paper, white PVA on card — hold each seam thirty seconds, and let it dry before you use it.

Questions about the spiral paper rose

How big is the finished rose?: About a third of the circle. The default 150 mm circle with three turns makes a rose roughly 50 mm across and 19 mm tall, which is how wide the strip is: the circle’s radius less the base, shared over the turns.
Which paper works best?: Paper or thin card, 120 to 180 gsm. Printer paper rolls easily but the petals are floppy; card over 250 gsm cracks as it coils. Coloured card is easiest, as the back of the strip shows on the petals.
How deep can the scallops be?: Up to a third of the strip. Deeper, the strip is too narrow between two scallops and tears as you roll it, so the tool makes them shallower and says so. Shorter petals give a tighter, more rose-like flower; longer ones look more like a peony.

Print your own design on it

Add a logo, photo or pattern in the panel on the left and drag it onto the spiral paper rose. It is trimmed to the cut outline, embedded properly in the PDF, and never leaves your computer — most free template sites hand you the outline and stop there. How printing your own design works.

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