Origami Rose
This origami rose is an easy flower to fold. It uses four pieces of origami paper: three for the rose petals and one for the leaves.
If the rose is to be red, use three pieces of square paper, of different sizes.
The second red piece is about 3/4 the length of the first, and the third is about 3/4 the length of the second. (We ran out of red so we used a pink piece).
The green piece for the leaves is the same size as the largest red piece.
Now that you have your paper all lined up, let's get to folding!
Origami Rose
Each of the red pieces will be folded the same way.
Start with an origami square base. Next fold the right corner of the base to the centerline, then unfold.
Now fold the edge onto the crease mark you just made, as shown below. Then fold that corner again.
Repeat on the left corner, then on the two corners on the back of the piece.
Then fold the right edge to the left as shown, and repeat on the back side.
Now open up the piece with your fingers.
It helps to push slightly on the bottom of the piece, collapsing and rounding it a bit.
Now take the other two red pieces and make the same shape.
Now with the green piece of paper, make an origami lily!
This may seem like a strange thing to do, but you'll see why in a second.
You now have three rose petal forms and a lily form:
Nest the rose petal forms inside each other.
Then place the lily form at the bottom, where it becomes the mini "leaves" (technically, the calyx) of the rose.
We find it helpful to use a few spots of glue to hold the parts together.
And there you have it, an origami rose!
