Difference between revisions of "Fold Paper Flowers"

#Use a square piece of paper. Most origami designs require you to being with a square piece of paper of equal length on all sides.<ref name="rf1">http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-square-base.html</ref> You can buy specialty origami paper at most craft stores, or you could always [[Make Origami Paper|make your own origami paper]].

#Begin with the colored side of your paper facing up.<ref name="rf2">http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-waterbomb-base.html</ref> Traditional origami paper is colored on one side and white on the other. If you are using paper colored on both sides or white paper, it will not matter which side faces up.

#Fold your paper in half top to bottom and left to right.<ref name="rf3">http://www.origami-resource-center.com/waterbomb-base.html</ref> This should form the shape of a cross that passes through the middle of your paper. You will need to crease the paper along the seam of the fold well for best results. Specifically, you should:

#Fold an X on the back side of your paper.<ref name="rf2" /> Turn your paper so that the reverse side is facing up. The lines of the X you will fold will run through the middle of your paper, similar to your previously folded cross. To do this, you should:

#Collapse the sides to form a triangle and complete the base.<ref name="rf3" /> At this point you should have folds folds forming a cross and an X on your paper, with the reverse side should facing up. Collapse the base by:

#Fold the outside flaps to line up with the center crease.<ref name="rf4">http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-traditional-tulip.html</ref> There should be a fold that you can still see running down the center of your waterbomb base. Take the right corner and fold it until it lines up with the center crease. Repeat this fold with the left corner as well.

#Fold the outside corners of the outer flaps inward.<ref name="rf5">https://snapguide.com/guides/make-an-origami-tulip/</ref> You can do this by taking the left flap and pulling it over to the right side. Now take the leftward facing point and fold it straight inward until it reaches the crease at the middle. Then fold the rightward facing flap, so that both flaps meet evenly at the middle crease.

#Join opposite side flaps together.<ref name="rf4" /> The flaps that you've just folded on both sides to meet in the middle should have slightly different edges. One side should have a fold of the paper, creating a kind of pocket, while the other should have the open sided tips of your paper. Join the paper by:

#Blow up your tulip bulb.<ref name="rf5" /> Next you'll need to inflate your tulip bulb by blowing air into it, but you'll have to use your forefinger and thumb to hold the overlapping seam where you tucked your flaps together. Air can escape easily from this seam, so hold it firmly. Then:

#Peel the petals of your tulip back for a realistic effect.<ref name="rf4" /> The top of your now-inflated tulip bulb should have "petals," or extra layers of paper, on each of the four sides of your bulb. Peel these petals back about ¼ of the way down from top where each petal comes to a point.

 

 

*You may want to use a bone folder, which is a blunt tool used in paper folding, to help make your creases.<ref name="rf6">http://kk.org/cooltools/bone-folder/</ref> Some makeshift bone folders include:plastic caps, paperweights, or you can purchase this tool at your local craft store.