Children’s Origami: Easy Single-Sheet Flower Ideas
Origami creations are super handy for wall decorations and crafts!
In this article, we’ll introduce flower ideas you can make with just one sheet of origami paper.
There are many familiar flowers for kids, such as cherry blossoms, tulips, dandelions, and morning glories.
Since this is aimed at children, the folding methods are simple and the steps aren’t too many.
If you want to try making origami flowers, use this as a guide and give it a try.
You can add stems or stick them onto wrapping paper to make a bouquet.
Perfect for gifts!
[Kids' Origami] Make it with a single sheet! Easy flower ideas (1–10)
morning glory
Isn’t it lovely to make a morning glory out of a single sheet of origami paper? You can recreate this iconic summer flower with simple folds.
Using brightly colored paper, you’ll end up with morning glories that look almost real.
It’s easy and fun for kids, too, so give it a try.
Hang them on the wall or add them to a gift to create a special touch.
It’s also great fun for the whole family to enjoy together.
While nurturing creativity, you’ll make happy memories as well.
How about creating beautiful summer memories with origami morning glories?
cherry blossom
Why not try making cherry blossoms with origami? It’s so exciting to watch beautiful petals emerge from a single sheet of paper.
By simply repeating basic steps like aligning the corners and making creases, you can create the shape of a cherry blossom.
Seeing neatly rounded cut edges and symmetrically folded forms naturally nurtures children’s powers of observation and concentration.
Hands-on work is also perfect for developing coordination, and it can help refine artistic sensibilities and a sense of color.
This spring, how about making origami cherry blossoms with children and enjoying the arrival of the season together?
Rose
This rose is very easy, so please give it a try! If you can do the so-called “zabuton fold,” where you fold the corners of the paper toward the center, anyone can make it.
First, do the zabuton fold three times.
The last one is a bit thick and harder to fold, but be sure to align the center carefully.
Once that’s done, take the corners aligned to the center and, starting from the top, fold each one back slightly outward.
Since you’ve folded four corners three times, you should have a total of 12 corners—fold all of them back the same way.
Finally, fold the four outermost corners to the back to round the shape, and you’re done!
Small flower
Let’s make a cute, small-sized flower out of origami.
Up to a certain point, this uses the same folds as the Yakko-san model.
First, do the “zabuton fold,” bringing each corner to the center.
Then flip it over and do another zabuton fold; repeat this process twice in total.
After opening up the squares, including the Yakko-san’s head, turn it over and fold each of the eight corners slightly outward.
This should give you four petals, so tuck the paper slightly along the lines where the petals meet to overlap them a bit.
Your flower is complete! Using origami paper that’s one quarter the normal size works well.
dandelion
The dandelion origami is simple and cute! It looks like kids would have fun making it, too.
Use yellow origami paper and make the flower part with an accordion fold.
The folding isn’t difficult, and if you go slowly, you won’t make mistakes.
The key is to round the petal edges with scissors to give it a fluffy look.
Since you combine two flowers, it has nice volume.
Once you add the leaves and stem, you’ll have a spring-like dandelion! It would make a great wall decoration, and it also sounds fun to take along on a walk.
How about making them together and spreading a circle of dandelions?
Tulip (three-dimensional)
They look just like real tulips! A perfect idea for spring.
Once you learn the 3D tulip, you can also make lovely bouquets.
The folding isn’t very difficult.
After making crease lines for a cross and an X, fold into a cushion fold.
Then fold it twice to form a triangle, and squash each side so that half of the triangle becomes a square.
Next, fold the left and right corners toward the center line, and fold the lower edges slightly inward to bring it closer to a tulip shape.
Finally, insert a finger from the top and open the inside to finish.
If you curl the petals outward by wrapping them around a bamboo skewer or similar, it will look even more like a tulip!
plum blossoms
How lovely to make plum blossoms with origami! In fact, it’s very easy to do.
You can make them from a single sheet of origami paper, so it’s perfect to enjoy with your child.
As you fold the petals, it gradually starts to look like a plum blossom—so exciting to watch it take shape.
How about displaying your finished piece in your room? It will make you feel the arrival of spring and warm your heart.
It would make a delightful gift, too! Why not make plum blossoms with origami and feel the breath of spring?