Easy flower craft ideas you can make with a single sheet of origami paper
Origami flowers in vibrant colors are often made as interior decorations for a room or as gifts for someone special.
Some people may feel they’re difficult because you add fine creases to express the petals or cut with scissors.
So in this article, we’ve put together an easy-to-make collection of flowers and folding methods using a single sheet of origami paper.
We’ll focus on beautifully colored flowers, including ones that are well known in Japan.
We hope you’ll enjoy the seasonal feeling as you have fun with origami.
Easy flower craft ideas you can make with a single sheet of origami paper (1–10)
Easy and cute way to fold a paper flower
Not only can you finish by folding, but you can also have fun by drawing faces in the flowers! First, make diagonal creases in an X shape and open it up, then fold each of the four corners toward the center.
Next, again fold the four corners toward the center, and then fold each one back outward by about three-quarters.
If you also fold the inner parts outward, the flower shape is complete.
After that, feel free to draw a face in the white center area if you like.
Make lots in different colors and display them, and you’ll create a scene that looks like the flowers are having a conversation!
How to Fold a Flower with a Single Sheet
A flower you can make with a single sheet of origami paper is a perfect idea for birthday decorations.
First, fold the paper toward the center to create creases all over.
Next, open the inside as you fold to shape it, and carefully fold to form triangles on the outside.
Then, fold while opening the inside further so the petals spread out softly.
Finally, lightly fold the edges of the paper and place a round sticker in the center to finish.
Pressing the creases firmly with your fingers helps the shape stay in place.
It also looks beautiful lined up in different colors, so it’s highly recommended.
Great for practicing with scissors too! Sakura paper cutouts
As you make cherry blossoms—symbols of spring—out of origami, let’s also get used to using scissors! First, take pink origami paper, fold it into a square twice, then open it once, and create an X-shaped crease on one half.
Along that crease, start folding from the side without the crease to form a shape like a crêpe.
Next, mark a guide for the cherry blossom petals, cut along the marks with scissors, and open it up—the cherry blossom is complete! Do the same folding, cutting, and opening with a quarter-size sheet of yellow origami paper, then stick it in the center of the pink origami to make the cherry blossom’s stamens.
Gentian
This is an origami gentian with beautiful bluish-purple flowers.
The flower meanings of gentian—“victory” and “sense of justice”—are said to come from the idea of overcoming illness, as the plant has been valued for its medicinal properties in traditional Chinese medicine.
It makes a great gift for someone wishing for success or as a flower to accompany a get-well message, so why not give it a try? Start folding from a pentagon made by creasing a square of origami paper, cutting it with scissors, and shaping it into five sides.
The folding is a bit intricate, so beginners may find it somewhat challenging.
For the finishing touch, curl the petals outward to give it a three-dimensional look!
Also for walls! Cute origami flowers
How about making small origami flowers to decorate your walls in April? If you use lots of colors to create a colorful flower field, it’ll make you feel happy every time you look at it.
Prepare origami paper cut in half vertically, and also paper cut into quarter-size pieces.
Fold the larger piece in half horizontally, rotate it, and fold it in half again.
Fold both sides: align the bottom to the center line, and fold the top slightly offset.
Fold back the four pointed tips at the top into small flaps, and the petal piece is complete.
Make three petal pieces and a center piece, then assemble them to finish.
This method is very simple, making it a perfect idea for origami projects with younger children.
Very easy! Flat sunflower
This is a sunflower you can fold from a single sheet of origami paper, easy enough for children to make.
It’s flat rather than three-dimensional, so it’s perfect for wall decorations.
Prepare a sheet of yellow origami paper, fold it twice to make a small square, then unfold.
Fold all four corners toward the point where the center creases intersect, and make step folds.
This part will become the sunflower’s petals.
Draw a pattern in the center on the front using a pen and a ruler to finish.
Coloring the patterned area brown will make it look even nicer.
How to fold a cute flower-shaped little box
Here’s a cute idea for a box that blossoms open in a flash.
First, fold an origami paper into a triangle twice, open up the pocketed part and squash it to make a square.
Place it with the corner that will be the center of the piece pointing down, then fold both bottom edges in to meet the center line.
Do the same on both sides.
Using these creases, open the pocketed sections again and squash them, then fold both side corners of every face in to meet the center line.
Fold the top corner down at the color boundary, then gently open it up to form a box.
Make two of these boxes and stack them to complete the flower box.
