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Paper Flower Folding Ideas
Origami is a popular Japanese art of paper folding, known for its elegant and amazing paper molds. This article provides a few easy instructions for making origami flowers.
- Take a square piece of paper, fold it in to half and again fold the half folded paper into half. Crease the paper well and then unfold it.
- Turn the colored side down and fold it diagonally in both directions; crease it well and unfold again.
- Now, hold the paper from the middle crease line, and take both the center points toward the bottom center line.
- Flatten the paper and you will have a triangular piece (known as water-bomb base).
- Fold and then unfold the top triangle of the water-bomb base up to the center. Now, open and flatten the triangle using the crease line.
- Repeat the above step on all four sides of the flaps of the base and you will be left with a diamond shape.
- Fold the entire diamond in half and then unfold. Following the creases made in the above two steps, raise the bottom pint of the paper on the uppermost layer.
- Now, repeat the above two steps on the remaining sides, and fold the triangles down on each side.
- Turn the entire structure upside down, in such a way that the open part is at the top.
- Now, fold the outer flaps of all four sides toward the center and flatten them.
- Finally, you will be able to see the flower petals, which can be folded using a pen to get a more natural look.
- If you want to make a red rose, cut three pieces of a red-colored square paper in different sizes.
- The second paper should be three-fourths of the length of the first one, and the third paper should be three-fourths of the length of the second.
- For leaves, pick a green paper (same as the size of the largest red piece).
- Fold the right corner of the base to the center-line and then unfold. Each of the red pieces have to be folded in the same way.
- Fold the edge up to the crease mark. Fold that corner again.
- Repeat the previous step on the left corner, as well as on the two corners on the back of the piece.
- Fold the right edge to the left and repeat the step on the other side as well.
- Carefully, open up the piece with your fingers. Repeat the entire procedure with the other two pieces.
- Now, take the green paper and make an origami lily (as explained above).
- Nest the rose petal formed inside each other and place the lily at the bottom, forming the mini leaves or the calyx of the rose.
- If required, you can use a few spots of glue to hold the parts together.
- Your origami rose is ready.
- Fold one edge of the paper back. Crease the other side of the paper with your fingers to form a square shape, and firmly press the edge of the paper.
- Slowly and carefully pull the two opposite diagonals from the center-line. You will get a small square shaped structure.
- Press the opposite sides again to form an arrow, pointing towards the open side of the paper. Repeat the step on both sides.
- Stretch the paper on one side, up and then back, and fold the open end of the paper to create a diamond shape.
- Repeat the step on both sides of the paper, and turn it 180 degrees.
- Fold the edges of the bottom to both the sides.
- Now, with the help of a pen, move the petals down to give a natural look to the tulip.