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Origami Tulip

The tulip is a flower with lots of character, and this origami tulip is no less so.  It uses one piece of paper for the petals, another for the leaf and stem. 

 

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Origami Tulip

Start with a square of colored origami paper, yellow works for us. 

Make the traditional origami square base

 

Origami Square Base Video

 

 

Position the square base so that the opening is at the top of the square. 

Now fold the right and left corners into the center, and unfold again to make crease lines. 

See photos below. 

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 1 

Origami Tulip Photo Flower Diagrams 2 

Origami Tulip Photo Flower Diagrams 3

 

 

 

Now fold the right and left corners to the crease lines that you made in the previous step. 

The fold again as shown below. 

Flip the piece over and repeat on the back side. 

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 4

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 5

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 6

 

 

 

Now fold the lower edges onto the centerline. 

Flip the piece over and repeat on the back side.

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 7 

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 8       

 

 

 

Now hold the bottom pointed corner in one hand, and use the fingers of the other hand to open the tulip bulb. 

When you're done expanding the bulb, it will look like the picture below:

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 9

 

 

 

Now we move on to the leaf and stem. 

Use a piece of green origami paper; place the green side face down. 

Make a valley fold along the diagonal as shown.

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 10

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 11       


 

Now fold the top and left edges onto the centerline, making a kite. 

Then the lower edges of the kite are folded to the centerline, creating a diamond.

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 12 

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 13      

 

 

Fold the diamond in half lengthwise. 

Then fold edge A-B back as shown, then flip the piece over and fold the edge C-D back as well. 

Now unfold C-D (just C-D, not A-B) to reveal the crease mark.

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 14        Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 15 

 

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 16        Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 17  

 

 

 

Fold C-E to the crease mark, then re-fold the crease created by the C-D fold. 

Then fold down the front flap along a line F-G. 

Make sure that this last fold does not overlap the pocket shown.   

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 18       Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 19        Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 20

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 21

 

 

 

Now take the top of the leaf and bend it backwards and down a bit. 

Insert the yellow bulb all the way into the pocket. 

You can use a little glue or double-sided tape to make it stick securely.

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 22       

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 23

 

 

 

And now your origami tulip is done!

Origami Tulip Flower Photo Diagrams 24

 

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