11 Ways to Make Paper Flowers Suitable for Beginners, Easy with Origami Folding Techniques

Kapanlagi.com - Making flowers from paper can be a fun hobby for those of you who want to fill your free time. Besides being easy to make, you can also use the results to decorate the corners of the room to make it more beautiful.

Not to mention if you have children or younger siblings, teaching them how to make flowers from paper can be an interesting activity. This is also useful for training their skills and creativity. One of the techniques you can teach is the paper folding technique or origami.

Making flowers from paper is easy with the origami technique which has become quite popular. Moreover, the materials don't have to be expensive. You can use unused paper to try various ways of making flowers from paper as reported from various sources below.

1. Easy Way to Make Paper Flowers

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There are easy techniques or ways to make paper flowers that are suitable for teaching children. If you want to try it, follow these steps.

1. Simple Paper Flower

-Prepare medium-sized origami paper in five colors.

-Because each petal will have two layers, namely a small front part and a large back part, try to make the colors of each fold different. The number of petals can be adjusted to your taste, such as four petals or five petals.

-Combine the small-sized flower and the large-sized flower with the small flower in front and the large flower in the back.

-Next, prepare a stem and insert it into the center of the flower. Don't forget to wrap the stem with colored tape or colored paper.

-To prevent the stem from easily detaching, you can make a cover at the end of the stem.

2. Wall Decoration Flower

-Fold the origami paper using a folding technique resembling making a paper fan. Then, lock the middle part of the origami paper using a paper clip.

-After it is locked, you can shape the origami paper to resemble flower petals using scissors. Don't forget to glue the end part.

-After shaping it like a flower petal, add a button in the middle as a decoration.

-The decoration can be directly mounted on the bedroom wall.

3.Sakura Flower

-Fold the origami paper in half. This is the first step in making a sakura flower from paper.

-Fold one of the bottom corners of the paper to make a triangle, this part will later become the sakura flower petal. Repeat this step for the back part of the folded origami paper.

-Cut a small triangle through all the layers or folds that have been made previously. Keep the small triangle piece as it will be needed for the next step in making this origami sakura flower.

-Next, apply glue on one side and then stick both sides together. Then it will take the shape of an ice cream cone. Usually, 5 flower cones are needed to make one flower. The cones are usually called 'petals'.

-Then take one petal and stick it with double-sided tape or glue. Then take another petal and stick it to the petal that was previously attached with double-sided tape.

-Next, stick double-sided tape to the petal that was attached earlier until a total of 5 petals stick together and become one unit.

-Cut the paper in a curved shape, on the paper that connects the 2 triangles. Separate all five origami sakura flower petals.

-Then, assemble and unite the sakura flower petals and press the petals together. Add the small triangle from step 4 to the sticky center. You will get a beautiful sakura flower.

4.Lavender Flower

-Prepare green paper measuring 9 x 30 cm and 7 x 8 cm, as well as pink or purple paper measuring 8 x 30 cm.

-Roll the green paper measuring 9 x 30 cm to form the stem, attach the remaining paper at the end of the roll using glue. Then tidy up the end of the stem by cutting a little bit of both ends using scissors.

-After that, fold the pink paper horizontally, then cut the folded part to form fringes. Open the paper fold, then fold it horizontally to the opposite side. Don't forget to glue the fold using glue.

-Roll the pink paper with the stem, glue it with glue. Then close the bottom of the roll with green paper measuring 7x8 cm that has been cut zigzag resembling grass.

2. How to Make Folded Paper Flowers

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It should be noted that the material for making paper flowers does not have to use special materials. You can replace origami paper with used paper at home. To produce beautiful crafts, please follow the steps to make folded paper flowers.

5. Lily Flower

- Take a 6-inch origami paper, then fold it into a triangle shape.

- Take one side of the four bottom corners, then fold symmetrically until it meets the intersecting corner.

- Repeat the folds for the other corners to form diamond-shaped angles.

- Fold the bottom edge of the diamond to the center, then unfold it. Fold the top corner to the bottom, then unfold the fold.

- Make sure the origami paper has fold marks, these fold marks will be used for the next step.

- Place your finger below the lower point of the diamond and fold the paper upwards to resemble a lily petal.

- Next, repeat this step to fold the other three petal parts on the small diamond.

- Fold one point of the diamond downwards, repeat it three times until it resembles a diamond.

- The next step is to fold the top edge of the diamond to the center, also repeat it three times for the other sides.

- Then, for the inverted part, start folding out the four lily petals.

- To make it look more lively, create a nice curved effect on the petal by holding the base of the petal with your left finger, then run your right thumb with a pen or pencil as a guide, move and repeat for the other three petal parts until it resembles a lily flower.

6. Tulip Flower

- Use a square sheet of paper measuring 9.5X9.5 (adjust the size according to the flower you want to make).

- Fold the paper with intersecting lines on each side.

- Then unfold the folds, make opposite folds.

- Fold again to form an isosceles triangle.

- Fold again to form a diamond.

- Make sure there is a hole at the top so that it can bulge like a tulip flower.

7. Sunflower

- Divide a sheet of origami paper into four. If you want the flower petals to have different colors, you can cut origami paper with different colors.

-Take a small piece of origami paper, divide it in half to form a triangle. Open the triangle and fold one side of the paper to the center. Flip it over and fold the other side to the center as well.

-Fold the pointed end upwards and fold the tip out. Make up to 8 pieces.

-Make a medium-sized circle on asturo paper, cut it.

-Glue the origami paper that has been formed around the circle.

-Don't forget to attach a straw to the back of the circle.

8.Rose Flower

-Prepare a 20 cm x 20 cm origami paper that has a different color on each side. Like blue on the front, white on the back.

-Divide the paper into 16 squares, mark four squares in the middle so that it is easier to fold.

-Fold the paper along the marked lines.

-Open the fold, take the right corner and fold diagonally, meeting the fold above.

-Repeat the process on all four sides,

-Make another fold on each diagonal, with the bottom fold on the other four corners.

-After all is done, small lines will appear to make it easier to make rose petals.

3. How to Make Origami Paper Flowers

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Origami is the art of folding paper that originated in Japan. This art can be used as a hobby to fill your free time. If you are interested in trying, follow the steps to make an origami paper flower suitable for beginners.

9. Dahlia Flower

- Create a circle on a used cardboard with a diameter of 20 cm, cut it using scissors.

- Prepare origami paper in black, yellow, and orange colors, each measuring 15 x 15 cm.

- Roll each color of paper into a cone shape, and glue the ends using a glue gun. Make a total of 45 cones.

- Next, glue the cones onto the cardboard circle, arrange them in a cross pattern to make it look full. The colors of the paper can be adjusted according to your preference. First, attach two rows of black cones, followed by three rows of orange cones, and in the middle, place seven yellow cones.

- Attach double-sided tape or mounting tape on the back to stick it to the wall or other media. Can be given a ribbon to make it look prettier.

10. Chrysanthemum Flower

- Prepare white, orange, and green origami paper (you can add other colors according to your preference), also prepare long skewers or satay sticks to be used as flower stems.

- Cut the origami paper to make flower crowns, flower circles or stamens, and also to make flower stems.

- Take the green origami paper that has been cut, apply glue to the paper and roll it on the skewer to form a stem-like shape.

- Fold the orange origami paper in half, then cut it in a row. To make a flower crown, fold the white origami paper into several folds, then cut it into a flower crown shape.

- Wrap the cut orange origami paper on the prepared stem. Apply hot glue to make it stronger.

- Next, attach the white crowns one by one in a circular manner to obtain the first set of 6 flower crowns.

- Then, make the flower petals as the flower base. Cut dark green origami paper, make a star shape, then punch a hole in the middle and insert the stem and apply hot glue to the bottom of the flower. Then attach it to the flower petals and fold each side of the petals to cover the bottom of the flower.

- Make the flower crowns bloom and make a series of flower buckets and place them in a flower vase.

11. Lotus Flower

First Step

- Prepare a sheet of origami paper measuring 16 cm x 8 cm enough.

- Take a green sheet of paper, fold it in half lengthwise.

- Wrap all the corners of the rectangle towards the middle line. Make sure all the folds are neat and symmetrical.

-Wrap towards the middle of the right side of the ship. Then also wrap the left side.

-Fold the craft in half with all the folds inside.

-One module of the leaf is ready, do the same with the remaining green leaves.

Step two

-To make a flower module, take a colored paper and fold it in half.

-Wrap all the corners of the rectangle towards the line in the middle.

-Then wrap each side that is parallel to the middle line.

-Fold the craft with all the folds.

-Do the same with the remaining colored papers.

Step three

-Take one green module and 2 pink, or any other color you like.

-Place another empty pink on the colored module, insert the green module in the middle.

-Do the same with the remaining green and empty colors.

-Insert all the prepared items in one even row. Press down.

-Attach the middle part of all the modules with wire.

Step four

-Spread all the elements in the form of 8-ray snowflakes.

-Take one layer of pink modules and pull towards you, slowly lock it in the middle of the plane.

-Then skip one layer and pull the next pink element. Lock it in the middle, thus forming a lotus petal consisting of four elements.

-Form the second, third, and fourth rows of petals in the same way until they resemble a lotus flower.

Well, those are some easy ways to make flowers from paper using folding or origami techniques. Enjoy your free time with this fun activity, KLovers!

(Source: Merdeka.com, Liputan6.com)

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