How To Make An Origami Flower

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Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper to create things resembling those in reality like flowers and animals. This is done by folding and creasing paper without cutting or gluing the paper. It is also done by using only 1 piece of paper. The most common origami design is the Japanese paper crane. A specific paper, known as origami paper is specially used in this art but other kinds of paper can be used once it can hold crease well.

The origami paper is lighter than ordinary copy paper, often white on one sided and coloured on the next. With origami, the possibilities are numerous when it comes to what you can design. Once you master the skill of folding to make things, you can progress to more complicated creations. You can also add extras to your creations for instance, adding stems to your flowers. Here's how to make a simple lily.

All you need is a square sheet of origami paper.

Steps:

1. Lay the paper color side down.
2. Fold it in half to form a triangle.
3. Fold it in half again to form a smaller triangle.
4. Open the fold to reveal the bigger triangle with a ...
... crease down the centre.
5. Fold the right pointed edge over toward the middle. A piece should hang over the rest of the paper.
6. Do the exact thing with the left side. You should arrive at a triangle facing down with two pointed edges to the side and a tip on the top.
7. Fold the front piece of the tip down so that colour is revealed.
8. Crease the tip at the bottom up then reopen.
9. Slightly open the paper where the tip is and crease the tip by pushing it inward and press down.
Your simple tulip is now complete!

How to create a Paper Airplane

This time you will need a rectangular sheet of origami paper.

Steps:

1. Fold the paper down the middle in two equal parts the long way.
2. Take the right corner at the top and fold it over to meet the center line.
3. Do the same thing with the left corner. You should now have a triangular top.
4. Using the same edges that you folded in, fold in the right edge once more to make a long thin triangle.
5. Do the same thing with the left edge. You should now have a very pointed triangular top.
6. Fold the whole shape in the middle in two equal parts. This is now the body of the airplane.
7. Fold the right side outwards or downwards. This is the right wing.
8. Do the same thing with the left side which is also the left wing.
Your plane is now complete and ready to fly!

Tips:

Some airplanes fly best by adding a little extra weight to its body. You may do so by adding a paperclip to the airplane.
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