Origami: How to fold a Morning Glory 2

I bet many kids bring some morning glories

which they are growing at school back home

and are taking care of them when the summer holiday starts?

Some people let their vine grow as a green curtain too.

Let’s make the morning glory with origami paper!

How to fold a Morning Glory   Ver1

【1】Fold it in half to make a triangle.

【2】Fold it in half to make another triangle.

【3】Open the bag part of the triangle and fold it to make a square.

Do the same thing for the other side too.

【4】　After 【3】,

change the direction so that the separated sheets part will face up.

【5】Fold both sides to the middle along the dotted lines.

【6】Cut the top part round with scissors.

【7】Fold the bottom part up along the dotted line and make a crease.

【8】Put your finger to the part cut round and push the petal and spread.

【9】This is the picture of the instruction No.【8】.

【10】And it’s done!

How to fold a Morning Glory   Ver2

【1】Fold it twice to make two creases along the dotted lines.

【2】Fold four corners to the middle along the dotted lines,

make creases and put them back.

【3】Fold four edge’s parts along the dotted lines.

【4】Fold four corners to the middle along the dotted lines.

【5】Change the direction.

【6】Fold it in half along the dotted line.

【7】Fold in half along the dotted line.

【8】Open the bag part of the triangle and fold it to make a square.

Do the same thing for the other side too.

【9】Fold both sides to the middle.

Fold the same way on the other side too. (Separated sheets face up)

【10】Fold the bottom part up along the dotted line,

make a crease and put it back.

【11】Put your finger into the top part and push and spread them.

【12】This is the picture of the instruction No.【11】.

【13】And it’s done!

How to fold a Morning Glory   Ver3

【1】Fold it in half.

【2】Fold it in half again to make another triangle.

【3】Open the bag part of the triangle and fold it to make a square.

Do the same thing for the other side too.

【4】This is the picture after the instruction No.【3】.

Change the direction so that separated sheets will face up.

【5】Fold the left side to the middle along the dotted line.

【6】Open the part that you folded in No. 【5】and fold it.

Do the same thing for the other three parts.

Put the parts that you opened inside.

【7】Fold the top part down along the dotted line,

make a crease and put it back.

【8】Open it up all the way and fold four corners along the dotted lines.

【9】Fold it all the way so that the colored-sides will face outside.

【10】It will be like the picture below, when they’re all folded.

【11】Fold the part which has only one sheet of paper

along the dotted line to make a triangle.

【12】Fold the bottom part up along the dotted line and make a crease.

【13】Put your finger into the top corner’s part, push and spread the petal parts.

【14】This is the picture for instruction No.【13】.

【15】And it’s done!

They will be pretty if you make many,

using moderate colors of origami paper.

 Also, they’ll be more like real ones

if you add their leaves made with origami paper too!

Let’s try that out!

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】