Easy flower craft ideas you can make with a single sheet of origami paper

ground cherry (Japanese lantern plant)

Origami [Hozuki] Easy – with voice commentary / ORIGAMI [ground cherry]

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.

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carnation

On Mother’s Day: “Carnation” origami

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.

Clematis

[Origami Flowers] How to Fold a Clematis [With Voice Commentary] A Cute Flower Easily Made from One Sheet

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.

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Tulip

[One sheet of origami] Easy! Cute flower: How to fold a tulip. How to fold a tulip with origami. Easy! [Flower]

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.

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poinsettia

[Origami] How to Fold a Beautiful Flower from One Sheet: Poinsettia – A Winter Flower

Recommended for Christmas decorations! This is a poinsettia made with origami.

Start with the colored side down.

Fold both edges in half twice, rotate 90 degrees, and repeat the same folds.

Fold into a triangle twice to make creases.

Fold along the central crease, open it, then fold the bottom edge up along the nearest crease.

Repeat the same steps for the other sides.

Fold the corners along the creases, swinging them left and right.

Next, fold along the diagonal crease, then take the left corner and fold it to the right along the second crease from the left.

Fold the slanted edge diagonally to align with the horizontal crease.

Repeat for the other sections.

Open the inside and collapse it into a square along the creases, then pull out the bottom while tucking it inside.

Repeat for the other sides.

Fold the top corner down along the crease to set a fold line.

Open it and square it up along the crease you just made.

Press in the center while flattening, then fold the lower left and right corners up to the center to form triangles.

Match the top corner to the bottom edge to set a crease.

Fold the middle of the left and right sides toward the center.

Fold the bottom edge up, then fold the right corner to meet the left corner and the left corner to meet the right corner.

Continue folding up along the crease and tuck the flaps inside to finish!

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Camellia

[One sheet of origami] Easy! Cute flower 'Camellia' folding method. How to fold a Camellia japonica with origami. Easy! [Flower]

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!

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lily

[Origami] Lily Flower

Here’s how to fold a simple lily flower using a single sheet of origami paper.

First, place the paper with the back side up and fold it into a square base.

With the open end at the top, fold the left and right edges toward the center to make crease lines.

Open along the creases, squash-fold, and flip the layers.

Next, again with the open end at the top, fold the left and right edges toward the center to make creases, then tuck the edges inward along the creases and fold the top corner down.

Turn one layer at a time and repeat the same steps.

Hold both corners on the open side, tuck the triangular sections inward, and fold the corner on the closed side toward the center line.

Once all sides are done, curl the tips on the open end with chopsticks or a pen to finish!

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