These flowers from triangular modules will be an excellent replacement for artificial and natural plants. You practically don’t need to care for such a flower and it will bloom and delight you every day. Below are detailed instructions and descriptions.
Photo by Galina Tikhova
For assembly we need:
- 75 triangular modules (10 by 6 centimeters);
- 1 green A4 sheet for the stem;
- 3 hours of free time.
You can change the dimensions of the triangular modules at your discretion.
To begin, prepare and collect 75 elements. When assembling the flower, you can use glue (this way, the flower will last much longer and will require less care).
The design consists of 7 rows, which will be fixed in a checkerboard pattern:
If you get creative and alternate colors, you can get a great and stylish combination. This flower will be an excellent gift (like all modular origami), as well as an indispensable part of the interior, as an element that attracts attention.
Scheme for assembling flowers from triangular modules
In addition to this design, you can collect one in which you can place this charming flower. It is in this version that the composition will turn out to be as complete and complete as possible.
Some craftsmen make real masterpiece flowers from paper. Looking at them, it seems that we are unlikely to be able to do something similar. But in fact, there are options for making paper flowers that even children can master. And the option presented below is just that - simple, not requiring much effort, time and patience.
What you need to make a paper flower:
Colored paper (in this case, very convenient colored pieces of paper for notes);
glue stick.
Step 1. Making a petal
We will form a flower petal from a 9x9 square. In this case, blocks with sticky notes are indispensable!
Fold the square in half diagonally.
We combine the corners of the resulting triangle with its vertex.
We get a rhombus.
We wrap the edges of the rhombus towards the central axis.
We straighten the resulting workpiece.
We turn out the “tails” on both sides as shown in the photo.
We get this design.
We bend the “ears” extending beyond the edge of the diamond inward.
We wrap the edges inward along the existing line.
We wrap the petal, connecting the folded edges.
Apply glue to one of the sides to be glued.
Glue it together and get a petal.
Petals can be from 5 to 10-15.
Step 2. Glue the petals together.
Coat the end side of the petal with glue.
Glue the two petals together.
We glue all the petals one by one and get this paper flower.
The final look of the craft. Photo 1.
The final look of the craft. Photo 2.
This flower using the modular origami technique is very easy to make with your own hands. In this case, you can vary the number of petals, glue together the “stamens” inside the flower, and paint them in a contrasting color. If desired, you can add a bead to the center. Such a paper flower can become the basis for making topiary or an original element of gift wrapping. And if you like other flowers, then do not rush to leave our site, because we will show you how to make tulips from paper. In our opinion, the craft turns out very beautiful!
Children always demand attention. When choosing activities for children, many are interested in creativity and are looking for interesting ideas, including modular paper origami patterns for beginners. Finding a master class in origami techniques on social networks is not a problem. Experienced craftsmen explain in detail how to create a triangular module and design diagrams for various crafts.
Module assembly technique
Step-by-step instructions for modular origami for beginners contains a method for making a triangular-shaped module and diagrams of three-dimensional figures using the origami technique.
Folding three-dimensional figures from identical paper parts is called modular origami. This activity is very labor-intensive, but at the same time exciting. By practicing modular origami techniques, children develop not only fine motor skills, but also mental and creative abilities.
First they learn to fold the module. Take sheets of A4 paper and fold them in half until you get 16 rectangles. Cut the sheets along the resulting lines into 16 parts.
To make crafts, diagrams are used that contain information about how many modules need to be made and what color they should be.
Mounting methods
The module has 2 corners at the edges and 2 pockets on the fold line. These parts of the triangle are involved in attaching the modules to each other. Triangles are placed in two ways - on long or short sides . Bonding options:
- Take three elements. Two elements are placed next to each other with their long sides and 2 corners are inserted into the pockets of the third element standing on the short sides.
- Two elements stand on the long sides, insert 2 corners of one triangle into the pockets of the second.
- Two triangles stand on the short sides, one triangle is inserted with its corners into the pockets of the other triangle.
White paper fantasies
Modular origami for beginners made from white paper looks very impressive. It is used to make a bunny, a dog, an owl, a rose, a daisy, a dove, and a white swan.
White Rose
Take a sheet and fold it into 32 parts. Blanks are made from small rectangles, 110 white blanks in total.
The first 3 rows are made up of 18 blanks. In the 1st row and in the 3rd row, place the modules with the short sides up, 2nd row - with the long side up.
Take 8 modules, insert the short side down. The tops of the modules are pressed against each other, and the rosebud is ready. The cocktail tube is covered with green paper and glued to the rosebud.
The first crafts from modules
Small origami figures made from modules are not inferior to large structures; they are also beautiful and interesting. Beginners can easily collect a Christmas tree, lemon, strawberry, flower, watermelon rind, and small swans.
Step-by-step instructions for constructing a Christmas tree:
To make a small lemon, you need to make 96 dark yellow, 16 white, 16 yellow modules. Each row of modular lemon consists of 16 blanks, which are placed with the short side up. The bottom of the lemon consists of three rows of modules. Yellow blanks are placed in the first row, white in the second row and dark yellow in the third row. After this, make another 5 rows of dark yellow modules. The lemon is ready.
Flower for Beginners
Master class for beginners: simple daisy flower.
The masters offer beginners step-by-step instructions on how to make a modular origami swan out of paper. You can make a small white swan, a large swan and a “Swan Princess”.
Small figure diagram
To make a baby swan, requires 22 dark yellow triangles, 120 white and 1 red triangle. The first circle and all subsequent circles of the little swan figurine are made up of 15 blanks.
The swan's body is made up of 3 rows of elements, then the product is connected and raised with the corners of the triangles upward, the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th rows of blanks are inserted from top to bottom. Having completed the 7th row, they begin to fold the wings. The wing is assembled anywhere from a blank of 6 elements.
The wing begins to be made from 1 dark yellow element, 4 white elements, again 1 dark yellow color. Subsequently, each row of the wing is reduced by one white element, while the dark yellow modules remain at the end of each row. The work is completed when only 1 dark yellow module remains. The second wing is made in the same way. The neck is folded, putting 15 white pieces into a triangle and at the end 1 red one - a beak. The finished strip is inserted between the red modules. Usually a whole family of small swans is put together.
Great white swan
The big white swan is made up of 355 white modules and 1 red one. When working on a craft, make sure that the direction of the modules matches.
The swan's body begins to be built according to the scheme:
To make the “Swan Princess”, you must follow the step-by-step instructions and assembly diagram.
For constructing three-dimensional figures You must have hard work and perseverance. Handmade crafts are the most valuable and expensive! She is the best gift for family and friends!
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Folding modular origami flowers is the most interesting activity. Such activities are suitable for both the educational process and home creativity. Origami in the 21st century is becoming increasingly popular all over the world.
This type of creativity perfectly brings a team or family together, since it allows everyone to contribute to the creation of beauty.
Origami – Snowdrops in a vase
In early spring, its first messengers, snowdrops, bloom. It is suggested that you do not pick these wonderful flowers, but make them yourself.
Flowers and their assembly technique
The technique of assembling such flowers refers to modular origami. Each flower consists of three identical modules. They are made from white office paper or from square stickers. To make a flower you will also need thin flexible wire and green corrugated paper.
- Take three square pieces of paper with a side of 4 cm and fold them into Trefoil modules. If you are folding this module for the first time, it is better to practice on a larger sheet of paper first.
- Apply glue to the left small petal of one module.
- Insert it into the pocket under the right blade of the second module.
- Glue the third module in the same way.
- Close the modules into a ring by gluing the outer petal into the pocket on the other side. There should be a small hole left between the modules.
6. Take a wire 23 cm long and a strip of corrugated paper 1 cm wide. Stepping 1 cm from the edge of the wire, wind a small roller of paper.
7. Bend the free end of the wire as shown in the photo.
8. Rewind the paper over the folded end.
Continue winding the paper until all the wire is covered.
9. Insert the thin end of the wire into the flower and pass through it, securing the flower to the thickening. At the base of the flower, wrap another strip of green paper measuring 0.5 x 15 cm. It is better to cut the strip across the corrugation lines, so it will stretch better. Glue a small leaf cut from a strip measuring 1 x 6 cm and bend the stem.
10. Cut out the remaining leaves. So that they are more rigid and keep their shape. It is better to fold corrugated paper in half and glue it together.
11. Make a few more flowers and collect a bouquet. It is better to secure it with an elastic band, and then tie it with a ribbon or place it in a vase.
Vase and its assembly technique
For the vase you will need white, yellow and green triangular modules.
- Prepare 20 white modules for the first row and 20 yellow ones for the second. Connect them as shown in the photo.
- When there are 4 modules in the first and second row, start assembling the third row. Every 4 yellow modules, put on 1 white one with the short side facing out.
3. Having assembled the third row, close the chain of modules into a ring.
4. Turn the ring so that the yellow modules are facing with the short sides facing out. At first, the ring may not hold its shape. Hold it with your hands while assembling the fourth row. Start the fourth row by attaching 2 white ones to a white module with the long sides facing out (dsn). Then insert 3 yellow ones with the short sides facing out (xn). Then repeat the sequence.
5 Start the fifth row by attaching white, green and white modules (dsn) to 2 white modules. Next, insert 2 yellow ones (ksn). Repeat the sequence.
7. In the seventh row, repeat the sequence: white, green, yellow, green, white modules (dsn).
8. In the eighth row, repeat the sequence: 2 green, 3 white modules (dsn).
9. In the ninth row, repeat the sequence: 1 green, 4 white modules (dsn). The result is the lower part of the vase. Give it a round shape.
10. Connect 7 green modules by inserting two corners of one row into two pockets of the other. In total, make 4 green blanks and 4 white ones.
11. Place the resulting column blanks onto the bottom of the vase with the short sides of the modules facing out. Place the green columns on the green modules of the ninth row, and the white ones between the two middle white modules.
12. Make an arched connection between the posts. Put on 5 modules as shown in the photo. The arches can be assembled separately and then put on or built up gradually, starting from the green and white posts on both sides.
13. Make 8 arches in total. This will take 40 white modules.
14. Complete the vase with a row of 32 green pieces. Put them on either 2 corners or 1.
Origami flowers (Snowdrops in a vase) ready.
Origami – Vase with fuchsias
Such a modular bouquet in a vase will delight you with its beauty for a long time.
Flowers: instructions with step-by-step assembly
Fuchsia flowers are made according to the same principle as snowdrops.
- Complete 3 pink Trefoil modules. Connect them into a flower, as when making a snowdrop.
- A characteristic feature of fuchsia is its long pistil and stamens. Complete them. Take a thin flexible wire (11 - 13 cm). Wrap it with a strip of pink crepe paper and bend the tip. Approximately in the middle of the part, glue rolled strips of paper.
- Place a flower on the bottom. Wrap a strip of green paper around the base of the flower.
- Make 5 of these flowers on a thin wire. Cut out leaves with small stems from green paper. Make veins on them by folding.
5. Take a thicker wire and wrap flowers and leaves to it with a strip of paper. Fuchsia stems are pink, light brown, light green. They usually differ in color from the leaves.
6. Fuchsia can be two-color. To make such a flower, make not one, but two blanks from the Trefoil modules, different in color. When assembling the flower, put them on one by one.
7. You can make fuchsia with a “terry skirt”. Cut 2-3 circles from corrugated paper and make a hole in the center. Place the circles on the wire with the stamens glued, crimp it around it and glue it. Then put on the flower.
Vase: assembly instructions
For the vase, prepare blue, white and pink modules. The color of the vase depends on what flowers will be in it.
- Prepare 54 modules (18 x 3) for the first three rows. Assemble the first and second rows, placing the modules with the long sides facing up. In the third row, place the modules with the short sides facing up.
2. Close the chain of three rows into a ring.
3. Turn the ring over and continue putting the modules on, with the long sides facing out. Complete three rows of 18 modules.
4. In the seventh row, increase the number of modules by 6, putting not one, but two modules on a couple of corners.
5. In rows eight to fifteen, lay out 24 modules. Create a colored pattern on the vase from modules to suit your taste.
6. In the sixteenth row, fasten 24 modules with the short sides outward (xn). The result is the lower part of the vase. Give it a round shape.
7. Connect 6 modules by inserting two corners of one into two pockets of the other. Make 12 of these blanks in total.
8. Place the resulting column blanks onto the bottom of the vase with the short sides of the modules facing out. Leave a space of a couple of corners between the posts.
9. Place 2 modules (ksn) on each column.
10. Finally, complete three rows of 24 modules (xn), alternating colors.
Paper origami (Vase with fuchsias) is ready.
Video modular paper origami (Vase)
The video shows an example of assembly and a technique for assembling modules. If you understand the assembly in the video, you will be able to assemble the vases in this article.
Modular origami: How to make a flower for beginners (video)
The example of assembling a flower from modules in the video is clear and simple. You can do more and better because your knowledge grows. Good luck to you!
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