Spring is here, and with it unfurls new life. Young leaves wave in the cool breeze and flowers bloom in colorful profusion. You can bring the essence of spring into your home, or give it to a loved one, by creating lovely origami flowers that will never wither.
Like most origami designs, the difficulty of making origami flowers depends on your paper folding skills and patience. Here are three how-to videos on making origami flowers. Some may be more difficult than others, but all are equally gorgeous.
Origami roses | fdave
Origami Rose
A classic favorite. You can use regular red paper for your origami rose, or combine different hues and shades to create a colorful bouquet.
click image or: http://youtu.be/NjEVM0UNrdw
Origami Lotus Flower
In Buddhism, the lotus flower symbolizes purity of mind, body, and speech. In Asian culture, it represents perfection and grace. Lotus flowers are also just plain beautiful, even as origami.
click image or: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfMGjjW4avc&feature=fvst
Origami Tulip
Tulips are elegant and immediately bring cheer to any home. This video shows you how to make origami tulips, easily.
click image or: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3564V8laRzo&feature=relmfu
See KCP’s other origami posts here, here, and here.
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Origami designs are in the thousands (probably even millions) and the level of difficulty varies from “piece of cake” to “this is making me go crazy!” The results, however, are always rewarding, especially after diligently folding a flat sheet of paper in different ways and turning it into beautiful artwork that catches everyone’s eye.
Last week, we talked about how to create Christmas origami decorations, which were fairly easy. If you are up to the challenge for more advanced techniques, take a look at these videos on how to make a Christmas tree fairy and two styles of snowflake origami.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m72m8L0xuA
Snowflake origami designed by Dennis Walker | AdamsSara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWdOpiNI-vM
Christmas tree fairy origami created by David Brill | jonakashima
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd24LcZ0iAs&feature=youtu.be
Giant snowflake origami| kongo204
If you have created any holiday origami decor, let us know. We would love to see them!
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