![]() Making origami flowers is a fun art activity for kids of all ages and adults too! Your finished origami flowers are a fun way to add some color and beauty to a room or make a homemade gift to give. Today we are making origami flowers, but the art technique can also be used to make animals, intricate designs and other objects. Origami involves taking a single piece of paper and transforming it into a three-dimensional object using folding and sculpting techniques. ![]() Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. The blossom can easily be removed from the stem, if you want a more permanent solution a dab of glue will do.Let’s make the cutest origami flower crafts! Flower Origami Basics WHAT IS ORIGAMI? All done! Your origami tulip is ready for display. Spread the flower apart a little (you can do it as simply as pushing your finger from the top – so that the hole widens a bit. Cut off a small amount of bottom of your origami tulip blossom. This part is not exactly origami as some minor cutting is involved but it is what is required to put these two parts together to make the most wonderful origami flower. Nice and easy.įold both of them and this is the shape that you should be seeing.Īlmost there! You have to fold your diamond shape in half not, bringing the top and bottom corners together.Ĭlose it up – fold the shape in half (the smaller part needs to be inside)Īll done! All that’s left to do, is to push the inner “spike” out a little bit and run your fingers over all the folds to make them super crisp. You see the two new corners? We have to fold these two to the middle again. This is how your shape should look by now. Next fold the two new corners you got in the previous step to the middle again.Īgain, make sure the folds are nice and crisp. ![]() We did this step to mark the diagonal center.įold the corners to the middle (middle is indicated by the diagonal fold you previously made).įold both corner to the middle. Start by folding a larger sheet of green origami paper diagonally to get a triangle shape, unfold. If you are making this origami flower with younger kids, this is where you stop as stem is a bit more advanced. Flip your blossom and fold the side corners in – this will make your blossom shape more defined. Your tulip blossom is almost done – just a bit of “pretty up” details. Grab one corner, we’ll start with the right one, and fold it upwards, not right to the center but at a slight angle. Fold the paper in half diagonally to form the triangle (colored side of paper on the outside).įold in half again, just to make the crease right down the middle of your triangle and unfold. How to Make an Easy Origami Tulip Blossom This too, can be fount at the end of this tutorial. We also prepared a printable diagram you can print and make your origami flower wherever you want to (also great if you’ll be making these in the classroom). We offer a template with the dimensions that we used in our tutorial (you can find it at the end of this tutorial). Prepare two origami papers – one small and one big. Or Follow These Step by Step Instructions
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