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ORIGAMI BULB FLOWER
This is an explanation for making a complete
arrangement of a pink bulb flower.
Step 1:
This paper is for the flowers. The
backside is completely white.
The size is 3x3 inch or 8x8 centimeters.
Turn the paper.
Step 2:
Make mountain- and valley-folds over
these 4 lines.
Unfold each fold after you've made one.
Step 3:
Make these folds from the edge of the
paper to the center,
not any further. First, make a
valley-fold over the 2 lines below,
on the right. Then, make a mountain-fold
over the 2 lines in
the middle. And make a valley-fold over
the 2 lines on top,
on the left.
Step 4:
Push or pull the piece indicated by the
yellow arrow upwards
by making a valley-fold over the green
line.
Step 5:
Hold the piece between 2 fingers, see
the smaller arrows and
press it flat from above with your other
hand.
Remove your 2 fingers to press it
completely flat.
Step 6:
Repeat step 5 on the other 3 pieces, see
yellow arrows.
Step 7:
Make a valley-fold over these 2 lines.
Step 8:
Unfold the folds you've made in step 7.
Step 9:
Pull the edge indicated by the yellow
arrow downwards by making
a valley-fold over the green line.
Step 10:
Press the edges that stand upwards flat,
see yellow arrows.
Step 11:
Fold the triangular piece below the
green line up by making
a valley-fold over this green line.
Step 12:
Repeat step 7 to 11 on the other same 3
places of the model.
One of the triangular pieces of step 11
doesn't need to be
folded upwards.
Step 13:
Now the model looks like this.
This triangular piece isn't folded
upwards. Fold the piece on the right of
the green line to the left
(=bookfold) by making a valley-fold over
this green line.
Step 14:
Fold the petal above the green
line downwards by making
a valley-fold over this green line.
Step 15:
Fold the
piece on the left of the green line to the right (=bookfold)
by making a valley-fold over this green
line.
Step 16:
Make a valley-fold over these
2 lines.
Step 17:
Repeat step 16 on the other 2 same
places of the model.
Step 18:
Make a mountain-fold on the piece that
is still sticking out of
the model, see the green line.
Step 19:
Open the model by pulling on the 3
petals, see the yellow arrows.
Then curl them with your hand or around
a pencil.
Step 20:
The flower is ready...
About 8 of these little flowers are
glued to the end of a stem.
Step 21:
Make about 12 to 15 of these leaves for
one arrangement.
The papers for these leaves are 6x6 inch
or 15,5x15,5 centimeters.
Click
here if you want to see diagrams for folding this leaf
Step 22:
Stems of different lenght are used for
this arrangement.
Click
here if you want to see diagrams for making this stem
If your paper is to short for making a
long stem, you can just
glue 2 papers together to make a longer
stem.
Step 23:
Add glue to the side at the bottom of
the flower (see arrow
on the right) and glue it to the stem
(see arrow on the left)
Step 24:
Glue about 8 flowers as explained above
to the top of the stem.
Step 25:
Let the flowers on top stand a little
bit upwards and the
flowers below a little bit downwards.
If you do this the flowering top gets a
round shape
Step 26:
Here 8 little flowers are glued
to the top of the stem.
Make about 6 of these stems with a
flowering top for one
complete arrangement.
Step 27:
The stems and leaves are inserted in a
vase filled with foam.
If you find it difficult to insert the
leaves in the foam you can
make a small hole in the foam with a
pencil first and then
insert the leaf in this hole.
Another way is to fold the bottom of a
leaf a few times in half
over the length and then insert this
stronger bottom in the foam.
Step 28:
This picture shows how the leaves are
arranged in the vase.
The origami bulb flower arrangement is
ready!