Origami Flower Ornament

Isn't it pretty????

I had such a great time making this ornament. 

There is something very soothing about folding paper this way,

I don't know why, but it really was nice and calming. 

I had originally found my inspiration picture on Pinterest months ago
and knew I wanted to try this out.  

As I was doing more research on the picture, I found out this ornament is
kusudama origami.   I found lots of how-to videos on You Tube, and wanted to put together a
tutorial on how I made my

 Kusudama Origami Flower Ornament.

Here are the cast of characters:

Paper - I used my $.50 Goodwill Book (this makes crafts number 4 & 5 from this baby)

Hot Glue and Gun or Regular Glue

Scissors

Fishing Line or Ribbon

You will one piece of paper per flower petal.

And now for the math...

1 Flower = 5 petals

12 Flowers = 1 ornament

So you will need 60 pieces of paper.

The size of the paper depends on how big you want your ornament.

My book page is normal book size and the ornament is 9 inches in diameter

I was able to make a smaller version

of the ornament

from the leftover paper sliver,, each about the size of a Post It.
Very Tree Friendly.

So, in my case, pull the paper out of the book.

Next make each piece of paper square by folding the paper over in a triangle

and cut off the excess.

     

     

Move the folded paper so that the fold is down. 

Bring up and fold both side up to the middle point of the triangle.

This will make a diamond shape and will be the main shape of the petal.

Bring one side back up and wiggle your finger

inside of the it to open it up

     

     

Push the crease of that side down flat. The middle crease should be level to the paper edge underneath.

Take the tip of that same fold and bring it down and level to the paper edge underneath.

    

    

Take that same side and bring the folded edge up onto itself.

You will have your diamond shape again on that side.

Repeat the fold on the other side of the paper.

    

     

    

Now use a bit of glue on the folded edge,

bending the paper to meet the other folded edge (do not crease).

And there you have one petal.

    

    

Take five petals and glue them together to form a flower.

You will need 12 flowers to complete the ornament.

I only have 10 shown in the picture below, I miscounted...

    

    

To creat the ornament you need to line up the flowers

so that the tips touch.

Work your way around the ornament and all 12 will fall into place.

Remember to glue your fishing line or ribbon before

you place your last flower.

    

    

Add some embellishment if you want and you are done!

I added some red beads.

Jaime really liked this one, he kept saying what a great job I did.

Thanks, honey.

Some tips:

Do all your folding first, then fire up your glue gun and glue away.

Set aside some time, this project will take at least 1 hour.

If you get frustrated, watch a You Tube Tutorial like this one.

Try it, it is so worth it!

Merry Christmas!

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