Origami: How to fold a Morning Glory 1

When I was organizing my old albums,

I found a picture of a morning glory which I grew for a summer assignment…

I remembered that I was having a hard time growing it.★

I hope the bud will come out soon…  I hope it will grow soon…

Thinking about that, I felt like folding it with origami paper.

(1) How to fold a Morning Glory (Petals)

１　Face origami’s front side up, make two creases with the valley fold.

２　Open it up and fold two sides diagonally with the mountain fold, this time.

３　Fold it along (using) the creases to make a square.

４　Fold both sides of the top layer along the middle crease.

Fold the same way for the other side too.  (The loop part at the bottom)

５　Fold it in half, make a crease and put it back.

６　Cut the petal parts round with scissors, like the picture below.

７　Open only the part between left and right sides and put the petal out nicely.

Fold the other petals toward you.

Adjust all the petals well, and it’s done!

The morning glory grows in a day if we use the origami paper.

Where did the hard day (growing during summer time) go… Lol

Why don’t you make your original cute morning glory with colorful

and patterned-origami paper?

（2） How to fold a Morning Glory (The one with leaves)

１　Get ready for two sheets of origami paper with different sizes.

２　Fold the bigger one half to make a triangle and fold it again

to make another triangle.

３　Open one triangle and fold it to make a square.

Do the same thing for the other side too.

４　Make a crease to make a triangle along the middle line.

Open the part you opened.  Do the same thing for the other side too.

５　Do the same things for the other squares.

You have to do it four times in total.

６　Fold the top triangle part down.

７　Open it all the way and fold it inside.

８　Fold it down to make a triangle.

９　Fold the bottom part up to the line which is a little lower than the middle.

１０　Open each petal nicely and slowly.

１１　Fold the other small origami paper in half to make a triangle,

and fold it in half again to make another triangle.

This is going to be the leaves’ part.

１２　Open the triangle and fold it along the middle line to make another triangle.

Do the same thing for the other side too.

１３　Fold a little fatty triangle at the bottom.

１５　Change the direction; fold the bottom parts to make triangles.

Flip it over, and the leaves’ part is done!

１６　Put the petals and leaves together, and it’s done!

Even though it’s a little difficult to fold, once you get used to it, you feel it’s easy.

 You can make a very pretty morning glory with your favorite color and size,

so let’s try it!

Little kids might need some help from adults,

but if you fold it together, they can make it.♪

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】