折り紙: 南国の花の作り方 -How to make tropical flower

22nd July – 文月

Now the temperature is finally getting summer hot in Japan, making me thinking of tropical resort. So, today’s blog will teach you how to make a tropical flower! Many might know how to make crane and iris flower (from my blog on 25th May), but how about Plumeria? If you would like to know, please get one square origami paper and scissors:)

1. Prepare a square origami paper.

2. Lift one corner up and match to a diagonal corner. Fold to make a triangle.

3. Unfold the triangle, then fold in half to make rectangle.

In this stage, only fold left side corner.

4. Then fold it back to the first triangle shape again.

5. Bring the right side corner to the edge of line you made on the step 3.

6. Bring the right side corner (red dot part on the picture) to the same spot as step 5.

(Now it should look like this.)

7. Flip over.

8. Bring the blue line to the red line and fold it.

9. Flip over. Then make a 90 degree line from the left corner of the top paper shown as the picture.

10. Cut along the 90 degree line. Now we only use the triangle shaped one.

11. When opening the triangle shaped paper, it should look like this.

12. Flip over and do a mountain fold for the green shaded part like following pictures.(Mountain fold: Folding along the line to make upside-down V, fold to the back)↓

13. Mountain fold again for the red shaded part, just like step 12.

14. Repeat the same mountain fold for the rest of the corners. It should look like a star shape.

(After finishing mountain fold on all the corners)

(each side should look like a triangle shape)

15. Do a valley fold for the black dot line, like following pictures.

(Valley fold: Folding along the line to make V, fold to the front)↓

(valley fold – Done!)

16. Open the valley folded surface again and then, fold along the black line like following pictures.↓

(Close the valley folded surface)

17. Open the next surface and fold a black line just like step 16.

(Now it should look like this)

18. Repeat the same folding steps for the rest of surfaces.

(This is the last surface – at the back. Repeat the same steps for this part as well)

(Now all surfaces are folded.)

19. Open the petal part like this. Warp the edge part to make it look like a real petal.

20. Do the same for the rest of petals.

21. 出来上がり (Dekiagari=Done)