Sure, a single stem tucked in a bud vase looks pretty alongside breakfast in bed, but why not go big this Mother's Day, with long-lasting, giant paper blossoms that can brighten up an entire room?

As soon as the Chinese invented paper in 100 B.C., they began fashioning it into lanterns, fans, and, of course, flowers. The flowers would be placed in buoyant containers and then floated in water as ...