Spring is just around the corner – even if it doesn’t feel like it. Storm Doris may have blown over but it’s still quite chilly out there, so stay in, get cosy, grab some paper and get folding!
These origami tulip flowers are simple and fun. Make them out of bright colourful paper to distract from the gloom outside. They’re great for putting on the front of handmade cards.
You’ll need:
- 2 squares of coloured paper (1 for the flower, 1 for the stem)
- Scissors
- A flat surface to fold on
- Something to crease your folds (the handle of your scissors or a thumb nail will do!)
1. Start with the sheet you want to use for the flower, colour-side down:
2. The first fold is across the middle (along the dotted black line). Take the bottom corner up to meet the top corner and crease well along the fold.
3. You should have a triangle – make a crease down the middle by bringing one of the bottom corners over to meet the other, then unfold.
4. Fold the bottom corners up to make the petals – roughly along the line shown, making sure not to fold it right up to the central line – then repeat on the other side.
5. Almost finished the flower! You just need to fold the outside corners behind, as shown here:
6. Ok, on to the leaf/stem. You’ll just need a triangular half of your square for this, so crease down the middle corner to corner and chop.
7. Start with the triangle colour side down, as below. Fold the top short edge over to meet the long edge.
8. Next, fold the bottom short edge to meet the long edge.
9. Crease both these folds well. It should end up look like the picture below.
10. Finally, fold across the middle, taking the bottom point upwards, so you end up with two points and a flat bottom, like this:
11. Now all you need to do is add the flower!
TA-DA! I hope you enjoyed this origami tulip tutorial.
