Origami flowers are not only pleasant leisure and relaxation. You can create an interesting decor from them, glue them into a spectacular panel or collect a whole bouquet as a gift. Today we will teach you how to make roses, irises and lotuses - and this is just the beginning! We have collected 8 step-by-step schemes that you can make with your own hands and from scrap materials!
1. Origami "Rose"
Not the simplest, but very effective scheme, for which you traditionally need a square sheet of paper. Fold it in half twice and unfold the top layer of the small square into an isosceles triangle. Then turn the pieces over and do the same on the back side.
Fold the lower corners at the base of the "book" up to the top and straighten each of them into a small square. Peel back the top of the small squares, as in the diagram, to make an impromptu seamless house. Turn the workpiece over and repeat all the manipulations on the other side.
Unfold the top of the part according to the drawing to reveal the petals, turn the square over and fold in its quarters. Take the future flower in the middle and gently scroll clockwise to form the shape. Use a toothpick to wrap the sharp corners to make the rose rounded.
2. Origami "Chamomile"
The secret of a beautiful origami paper chamomile is in a large number of petals that you need to fold separately. Then use the flower as an applique or stick it on a solid base to add volume and collect the bouquet. Fold the white rhombus into a triangle, base up, and fold up its sides from the top. Turn the protruding corners to the joint in the opposite direction and turn the part - this is one petal.
By the same principle, only from green paper, fold the sheets. Place the square with an angle up and bend its side back and forth so that the fold goes in the middle of the rhombus, and the edges coincide. Do the same on the other side - and the leaflet is ready!
3. Origami "Tulip"
Mark a square sheet of paper with folds along the diagonals and central axes and form a triangle out of it. Bend the corners at the base up separately on both sides, and then turn one segment from right to left. Tuck the sides of the new small diamond to the middle and tuck them into each other a little.
Expand the second layer of the small rhombus and do the same, and then inflate the bud and turn the petals to the sides. For a tulip stem with a leaf, fold the green rhombus with the sides to the center, first from above and then from below. Tuck the upper sides again and bend the part in half: the thin part is the stem, and the thicker part is unfold into a leaf.
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4. Origami "Iris"
Cut a hexagon out of colored thick paper and mark it along all diagonals, as in the diagram. Fold a quadrangular petal out of it and bend its corners inward. Form each petal separately by straightening the triangles and turning over the blank. Turn it 90 degrees down, place the bud upright, straighten it and turn the three remaining petals in the same way.
5. Origami "Violet"
Cut out a small pentagon from a sheet of paper and mark all its centers and diagonals, as in the diagram. Assemble a rhomboid layered petal so that there is one inner fold on the left and two on the right. On the right, bend the edge about a centimeter through all the layers at once, turn the details over and do the same on the left.
Squeeze the base of the origami flower tightly and unfold all the petals downward, and then gently scroll over the same base to shape. For greater expression, use a fine toothpick to gently fold in all the inner and outer corners of the petals. So the flower will become more elegant and textured at the same time!
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6. Origami "Lily"
Mark the diagonals of the paper square and form a multi-layered rhombus out of it with the "book" facing up.Unfold the side corner as shown in the diagram and do the same for each side. Flip the bud blank with the flat side up and fold the top corner downward in a triangle to form the base.
Bend thin long "legs" up - these will be the petals of a paper flower around the middle. Fold their sides at the bottom to make them thinner and sleeker, and then fold back the top. Gently flatten the bud by hand, or use something thin like a pencil or Japanese stick to help yourself.
7. Origami "Lotus"
Take a large square sheet of paper - the bigger the better, because there are so many folds in this origami. Mark its diagonals and bend all four corners to the center - you get a rhombus. Flip the rhombus into a square with a straight base downward, and fold all the corners again, and then again.
Fold the small corners around the edges and turn the workpiece over to the other side. Expand each section upward, a little short of the fold, and spread the petals out of it. To make your origami paper lotus volumetric, you can combine several such blanks and glue a water lily base to it.
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8. Origami "Poppy"
A simple origami poppy made of paper is suitable for panels, appliques or decor, or you can put it on the table like that. Although it is assembled from several parts, it is very easy and understandable even for children. You will need four red petal blanks and one green stem with a leaf.
For the flower stem, mark with folds the diagonals of the square and the places where the sides fold towards the center. Fold a thin, narrow rhombus along these lines, tucking the side corners up. Wrap the lower sides again and fold the piece in half, narrow side up. Pull the stem a little to the side, spread the leaves and give the details stability.
Mark the diagonals of the rhombus, fold the side corners towards the middle twice and immediately fold the top to form a petal. Turn the part over, mark a fold at the pointed end, bend the corner to it and fold it. Fold the lower right part inward, and you have a pocket, into which you then insert the next petal of the same kind.
