Step 6: Fold
the spot on the right to the spot indicated by the arrow on the left.
Step 5: Valley-fold
in half.
Step 2: Valley-fold
in half
Step 4: Repeat
steps 1 to 3 starting with this line.
Step 3: Unfold
the model.
Step 10: Prefold
over this line, fold the edge below to the edge indicated by the upper
arrow.
Then, unfold the model.
Step 8: Valley-fold
the edge on the left to the edge indicated by the arrow on the right.
Step 9: Mountain-fold
over this line.
Step 7: Mountain-fold
over this line.
Step 1: This
flower-paper is 3x3inch.
Valley-fold over this line.
Step 16: Push
the model inwards again, see arrows.
Step 15: Fold
the center downwards over these lines.
Step 12: Start
with a
valley-fold over the two lines below, work clockwise from the line on
the left and counter-clockwise from the line on the right.
Step 11: Valley-fold
over these prefolded lines.
Step 14: Open
the model from below, see arrow.
Step 13: Prefold
over this line
Step 21: Valley-fold
the three edges to the right.
Step 19: Turn
the model.
Step 20: Push/press
these three edges against each other, see arrows.
Step 18: Repeat
step 17 on the other 4 same places, see arrows.
Step 17: Make
an inside reverse fold over these lines.
Step 22: Valley-fold
over this line.
Step 28: Fold
over these two lines.
Step 25: Make
enough flowers for one completed plant.
Step 26: The
paper for the leaves is 3x3inch too.
Prefold over this line, then turn the paper.
Step 24: Push
the petal open with your finger, see arrow on the left. Then push the
tip of the petal to the left, see arrow on the right.
Step 23: Turn
the model.
Step 29: Valley-fold
over these two lines.
Step 27: Valley-fold
over these two lines.
Step 32: Valley-fold
over these two lines.
Step 33: Turn
the model.
Step 31: Valley-fold
over these two lines.
Step 34: Press
the tip of the leaf flat between your fingers.
Step 30: Press
these two places flat.
Step 36: Make
enough leaves for one completed plant.
The flowers are glued to the stems of the leaves: Valley-fold the stem
upwards, see purple line.
Step 37: These
leaves are used for the flowers.
Step 38: Glue
the opening at the back of the flower around the tip of the stem, see
arrows.
Step 35: Keep
holding
the tip between your fingers and push the stem to the right with your
other hand, see arrow. Now the model gets a little crumpled.
Step 47: Bend/fold/curve
the stem, see arrows.
Step 46: Rotate
the brown paper around the main-stem, see arrows.
Step 44: You
can also use strong metal wire instead of this paper main-stem.
Step 42: Valley-fold
the top in half over the length.
Step 43: Wrap
extra tape around the top.
Step 45: Wrap
a crumpled brown a4-paper around the main-stem.
Step 41: Wrap
tape around the main-stem.
Step 40: The
main-stem is made of five a4-papers rolled up together.
Step 39: Make
enough of these flowers with leaf for one completed plant.
Step 49: The
two arrows
on the left show where I glued the branches to the main-stem. The arrow
on the right shows where I glued a leaf to a branch.
Step 48: The
bottom of the main-stem is placed in a pot filled with florist-foam or
large paper balls.
The branches are made the same way as the main-stem, but I used smaller
papers for them.
This is a video with me folding the Bonsai Gardenia Plant: