Origami: How to fold some Flowers (Evening Primrose, Cactus, Flower Pot)

My grandmother loves flowers

and she grows various flowers.★

I remember asking her,

“What is this flower called?”,

when I was little.♥

You can make various kinds of flowers or flower pots

with origami paper too.

Today, I will show you how to make some flowers

that are not very familiar to you.

How to fold some flowers 1   Evening Primrose

１．Fold it in half.

２．Fold it in half again.

３．Open the bag part and fold it to make square.

Do the same thing for the other side too.

４．Change the direction to up-side-down (the one with layers up),

and fold both corners to the middle.

Fold it the same way for the other side too.

５．Fold it in half.

６．Cut the tip round with scissors.

７．Open two layers and go back to the shape of No.5.

８．Fold it down along the dotted line.

９．Holding the bottom layer, pull the top layer up and open.

１０．Smash it slightly from the top, adjust petals, and it’s done!

How to fold some flowers 2   Cactus

１．Fold it in half along the red line.

Fold both sides to the crease, along the dotted lines.

２．Fold both sides to the middle, along the dotted lines.

３．Open the bag part and fold it as picture No.4 shows.

４．Fold it in half along the dotted lines.

５．Fold it along the dotted line.

６．Turn it over and fold them along the dotted lines.

７．Fold it along the dotted line and make a crease.

Fold it toward the arrow and smash the bag part, as picture No.8 shows.

８．Fold four parts along the dotted lines.

９．Flip it over, and it’s done!

How to fold some flowers 2   Flower Pot

１．Fold four times and make four creases along the dotted lines.

２．Fold the top part down, along the dotted lines.

３．Fold it back along the dotted line.

４．Turn it over and fold the bottom part up, along the dotted line.

５．Fold both sides along the dotted lines.

６．Fold them along the dotted lines and make creases.

Fold them inside, like picture No.7 shows.

７．And it’s done!

This is the cactus with the flower together.

Even though I made the evening primrose with the flower part white,

we can make the flower part colorful too

by using the origami paper inside-out. ★

It’s pretty too!

If you want to fold it that way,

please face the colored-side up and start folding it.

You can also use the flower pot with other flowers,

so maybe you should memorize how to fold it.

It’s so useful.♪

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】