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.
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Flower craft ideas that are easy to make with a single sheet of origami (21–30)
five-petaled flower
Five-petaled flowers are so cute! Here’s a spring-like flower idea.
First, cut your origami paper into a pentagon.
Use the folding method shown in the video to make the pentagon.
Once you have a pentagon, accordion-fold along the creases—mountain fold, valley fold—then collapse it into a bud shape.
Fold up the bottom corner of the bud, then open the paper.
You should now see pentagonal crease lines inside.
Mountain-fold the five edges, and on the inner creases alternate mountain and valley folds to make an inside reverse fold.
Place the paper with the inside-reversed section facing down, then fold the left and right edges inward about 5 mm.
Open the top section to form the petals—and you’re done! Be careful and gentle when opening the petals.
Camellia
Camellias are known as flowers that bloom during very cold seasons.
They’re characterized by their tubular petals and stamens that look like a tea whisk.
Here’s an idea for making a camellia using a single sheet of origami paper.
First, fold the paper into a triangle, then open it and fold the bottom edge up to meet the crease you just made.
Next, fold the right corner to align with that new crease.
Rotate the paper and fold the remaining two corners in the same way so that the four edges form a spiral and the origami becomes a square.
Open the paper back to the state where only the first edge folds were made, then mountain-fold the four triangular sections at the corners and fold them down, continuing to shape it into a spiral.
Finally, fold the corners gathered in the center back outward, and you’re done!
Clematis
Here’s an idea for making a clematis flower with origami.
Fold the paper into a triangle twice and into a square twice.
Using those creases, collapse the paper into a square base.
With the connected edges of the double-sided paper facing you, fold the two edges on one side in toward the center line.
Unfold those flaps, then open and squash the four pocketed areas.
Fold down all four of the small triangular sections at the top.
Fold the model in half along the vertical center line.
Fold the bottom corner diagonally and perform an inside reverse fold.
The open side on the opposite edge will become the petals, so change the outside of each mountain fold into a valley fold from the center outward, shaping them into petals as you go.
hydrangea
Let’s make a hydrangea out of origami—a flower known for blooming during the rainy season around June.
It’s a great idea for classroom wall displays, too.
This version uses smaller origami paper.
First, fold the paper in half into a triangle twice, and into a square twice to make crease lines, then unfold.
Using those creases, collapse the paper so that two squares overlap.
Fold up the corner that will be the center of the origami, then open it again.
Now, make all the creases you just created into mountain folds and perform a sink fold so that the corner goes inside.
Slightly fold the left and right edges inward on both the front and back, then round the edges with scissors.
Gently open the origami into the shape of a hydrangea.
The key is to open it so that the parts you folded inward overlap!
Iris
Irises that bloom with petals drooping are known as flowers you can enjoy during the rainy season.
Let’s make such an iris with origami.
First, fold the origami paper into a triangle.
Fold the left and right corners up to meet the top corner, then fold the central edges to align with the outer edges.
Open up the left and right triangular sections and squash them flat.
Turn the paper over and fold one layer of the top corner down as far as it will go.
Fold the top corner up to about the center of the paper, then unfold, and cut off the tip with scissors.
Fold down the cut section outward to open it up, and you’re done! If you flip it upside down, you’ll have a lovely iris.
sunflower
When you think of summer flowers, sunflowers come to mind! Here’s a recommended way to fold a sunflower for summer decorations.
First, crease once into a square and once into a triangle, then fold using the “zabuton” (cushion) base.
Open it up and fold each of the four corners up to the front crease twice.
Flip it over, fold the corners to the center, flip it back, and fold using the “boat” base.
Open the corners and squash-fold them.
Fold the four square sections using the crane-style folds.
Fold up the four corners in the center, then tuck the outer corners inward to finish! For paper, I recommend double-sided origami in yellow and brown, or use yellow origami and create a cute brown center with washi paper or other materials.
ground cherry (Japanese lantern plant)
You often see Chinese lantern plants displayed during Obon, don’t you? Here’s an idea for making incredibly realistic ones! It might seem difficult to recreate a Chinese lantern plant with origami, but the steps are almost the same as for the “balloon.” So first, make an origami balloon.
Once you’ve made the balloon, just fold the left and right edges on either the top or the bottom toward the center line, and you’re done! If you try to blow it up as is, it may not inflate all the way to the end.
Gently pull the paper outward to open it up a bit first, then blow air into it.
carnation
How about making carnation origami? You can easily make one with a single sheet of paper, so it’s perfect for beginners.
By carefully creasing from the edges of the paper toward the center, you’ll create soft, fluffy petals.
If you trim the edges of the petals to make them wavy, the result will look just like the real thing.
Using colorful origami paper lets you enjoy carnations with many different expressions.
Make them with care as a gift for someone special or as décor to brighten up your room.
Tulip
Let’s make a tulip—one of the quintessential spring flowers—out of origami.
There are kid-friendly versions that can be folded in three steps, but this one adds an extra touch of complexity.
First, fold the paper in half into a square and open it, then place the paper so the crease runs horizontally.
Fold the top and bottom edges in to meet the crease.
Next, fold the paper in half left to right to make a square, open it, and fold the right edge in to meet the crease.
Open that folded section and squash-fold it into a boat shape.
Fold the bottom of the boat up to align with the vertical center line, then fold up the two triangular sections.
Finally, fold up the bottom edge and tuck both bottom corners inward—and you’re done.
plum
Let’s make plum blossoms, a flower familiar to the Japanese, with origami! Using vibrant colors like red, white, and pink will surely brighten your mood.
Fold the origami as if layering it, sketch the shape of the petals, and cut it out with scissors.
Once you have the flower shape, crease it and then open it up—and you’re done! You can represent the center of the flower with a yellow round sticker, or fold many blossoms to create a plum tree.
Give folding plum blossoms a try and enjoy the feeling of the changing seasons.
