Origami: How to fold a Camellia

You enjoy “Tsubaki” (camellia)

which blooms through winter and spring,don’t you?

I bet you often hear its oil is a great ingredient

in hair care products.？★

I bet you often hear its oil is a great ingredient

in hair care products.

Origami How to fold a camellia   ver1

１．First, we will fold the flower part.  Fold it in half.

２．Fold only the top sheet down to the middle crease

and make another crease.

３．Fold both corners down to the crease, like the picture below.

４．Fold it the same way for the other side too.

５．Fold the bottom part to the crease that you made in No.2,

like the picture below.

６．After you make a crease, put it back.

７．Fold only the top layer down, along the crease that you made in No.5,

like the picture below.

８．Next, we will fold the core part.

Get one-fourth-sized origami paper ready.  Fold it in half.

９．Fold it in half again.

10．Insert this into the flower that you made, like the picture below.

And the flower is done!

11．Next, we will fold the leaf part.

Get another origami paper ready.  Fold it in half.

12．Put it back and fold both sides to the middle crease.

13．Fold both sides to the middle crease for the other side too.

14．Fold both tips inside, like the picture below.

15．Flip it over, and the leaf is done!

16．Put the flower and the leaf together, and it’s done!

Origami How to fold a camellia   ver2

１．Fold it in half.

２．Fold it in half again.

３．Open it up and fold one part to the middle crease.

４．Fold the other part to the middle again.

５．Open the bag part and fold it along the dotted line.

６．It will be like the picture below.

７．Fold the other part along the middle crease, like the picture below.

８．Open the bag part and fold it along the dotted line.

９．It will be like the picture below.

10．Fold it along the dotted line.

11．Open the bag part and fold it along the dotted line.

12．It will be like the picture below.

13．Insert it into the slit, like the picture below.

14．It will be like the picture below.

15．Open the bag part and fold it.

16．It will be like the picture below.

17．Cut it along the red lines with scissors.

18．Open each corner, like the picture below, and it’s done!

When you fold Ver1 of camellia,

the side of the flower and the leaf is the same

but you need one-fourth-sized origami paper for the core.♪

It might be good to cut and use poster board for the core too.

When you fold both sides of the leaf,

the size of the leaf differs according to how big you fold.

Try various kinds of leaves.★

It might be difficult to fold the Ver2 of camellia,

since there are many procedures that you have to open and fold.

Just try to fold it slowly.

It will be more realistic if you fold it with the leaf like Ver1, right?♥

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】