Origami Newspaper Lotus Flower

flowers from newspaper

Posted by jorden b.

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Just a simple lotus flower made from newspaper. I used these in another project that I posted. They can be tricky to make but after making a few it gets SUPER easy. These are really fun because you can decorate almost anything with them.

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You Will Need (2 things)

  • Newspaper
  • Scissors , Blade, Or Any Other Various Cutting Utensil

Steps (11 steps, 2 minutes)

  1. 1

    find some newspaper

  2. 2

    Cut it into a square. It doesn't have to be super precise or anything, but it does help. If your just starting I would try this with a bigger square first.

  3. 3

    Fold your paper twice, both hamburger and hot dog style. (I colored the lines in with a green marker.)

  4. 4

    Basically, you just fold the corners into the middle. After you're done folding, just turn it over.

  5. 5

    Now you should be looking at the back......

  6. 6

    ....Now fold the back corners in.
    (you can do the flip over and fold thing as many times as you want to, it gives you more petals.)

  7. 7

    Now you're going to fold the corners again. But you only make a super tiny fold. Sorry you can't see it very well :/

  8. 8

    This is a picture of the back, your going to take these flaps and fold them up to the other side.

  9. 9

    When you fold the flaps over from the back it helps if you put a finger over the tiny fold you made earlier.

  10. 10

    It should hopefully come out looking like this, but it's a bit hard at first. Just do this with the rest of the flaps from the back.

  11. 11

    And there you have it folks!