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Origami Poinsettia

Print and fold an Origami Poinsettia for Christmas! Great for home-made crafts, cards, gift tags and Christmas tree decorations.

Directions:

1. Print and cut out Christmas Origami Poinsettia pattern.

2. With printed side facing down, fold diagonally as shown.

3. Repeat diagonal fold on opposite side, as shown.

4. Fold upper corner of Origami Poinsettia down, as shown.

5. Fold corner up, as shown, to create poinsettia petal.

6. Repeat on right corner...

7. And repeat on left corner...

8. Turn over...your Origami Poinsettia is finished! Merry Christmas!

MORE CHRISTMAS CRAFTS AND ORIGAMI

Valentine's Bouquet

Print and fold an origami flower bouquet for your Valentine:

Camelia Origami

Tiger Lily Origami

Iris Origami

Origami Flowers

Print and fold an Origami flowers:

Camellia Origami
The camellia is the official Alabama State Flower.

Tiger Lily Origami

Iris Origami
The iris is the official state flower for Tennessee, and the official state wildflower for Louisiana (Louisiana iris) and Michigan (dwarf lake iris). It is also celebrated in Japan it the Iris Festival (Shobu no Sekku), because its long leaves resemble the blade of a sword.

Poinsettia Origami

An Origami Flower Bouquet on Mother's Day

Print and fold an origami flower bouquet to show Mom how much she means to you on this Mother's Day:

Camelia Origami

Tiger Lily Origami

Iris Origami

Tiger Lily Origami

These brightly colored flowers can be found in open woods and forest openings throughout western North America, from British Columbia to California, and Idaho to Nevada. Tiger lilies are edible, and can be used as cake decorations. Native Americans boiled or steamed the bulbs, and Chinese planted lilies in rows for food. And who can forget the character Tiger Lily in Peter Pan, the Piccaninny princess of Neverland, who was kidnapped by Captain Hook?

Print and fold a Tiger Lily

Difficulty: Easy to Moderate

Directions: Follow the same instructions as the Camellia.

1. Print and cut out Tiger Lily origami along outer solid lines.

2a. With printed side facing down, fold half along horizontal line as shown. Unfold.
2b. Fold in half along vertical line as shown. Unfold.

3. With printed side facing up, fold in half along diagonal line as shown. Unfold.

4. Your Tiger Lily origami should be creased as shown:

5. Fold along blue lines, pulling in on red lines to create a "tent" fold as shown. Your Tiger Lily should now be shaped like a diamond.

6a. Fold back right white corner as shown.
6b. Repeat on other side, folding left white corner back as shown.

7. Turn your origami over.

8. Repeat process, folding back right and left white corners.

9."Open" your Tiger Lily by pulling out right petal, then pulling out left petal.

10. Complete your Tiger Lily by folding back down, as shown.

Camellia Origami

The Japanese Camellia (Camellia japonica), also known as the "Rose of Winter," is the most beautiful and prized of all the camellias. Originally from China, Japan and Korea, the Japanese Camellia is the official state flower of Alabama.

Difficulty: Easy to Moderate

Directions:

1. Print and cut out Camellia origami along outer solid lines.

2a. With printed side facing down, fold half along horizontal line as shown. Unfold.
2b. Fold in half along vertical line as shown. Unfold.

3. With printed side facing up, fold in half along diagonal line as shown. Unfold.

4. Your camellia origami should be creased as shown:

5. Fold along blue lines, pulling in on red lines to create a "tent" fold as shown. Your camellia should now be shaped like a diamond.

6a. Fold back right white corner as shown.
6b. Repeat on other side, folding left white corner back as shown.

7. Turn your origami over.

8. Repeat process, folding back right and left white corners.

9."Open" your camellia by pulling out right petal, then pulling out left petal.

10. Complete your camellia by folding back down, as shown.

Iris Origami

The iris is the official state flower for Tennessee, and the official state wildflower for Louisiana (Louisiana iris) and Michigan (dwarf lake iris).

In Japan, the Iris Festival (Shobu no Sekku) is held each May in honor of this symbolic flower, the long leaves of which resemble the sharp blades of a sword. For centuries it was customary to place iris leaves in a boy's bath to give him a martial spirit.

There more than 200 species of iris around the world, and although we often think of irises as brilliant purple flowers, they in fact come in a variety of colors. In fact, the name "iris" comes from the Greek word for rainbow.

Iris Origami

Difficulty: Easy to Moderate

Directions:

1a. Print and cut out iris origami along outer solid lines.
1b. Fold along diagonal line A as shown.
1c. Fold in half again, along vertical line marked in red.

2a. Note diagonal line, marked in red.
2b. Fold up along diagonal line.
2c. Unfold.

3a, b & c. Carefully open upper "flap" along creases to form a diamond, as shown.

4a. Repeat steps 2 and 3 on the reverse side, so that both sides resemble diamonds.
4b & c. Fold along the red lines so that the corners meet at the center, as shown.

5a. Fold along red lines,
5b. toward the center so that your origami appears as shown. Repeat on the reverse side.

6. Fold right side of origami over so that the picture of the large flower petals is showing. Repeat on reverse side.

7. Fold inner petals down as shown.

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