Easy Origami Kusudama Flower
Here is another variation of the kusudama flower. This is an easy origami kusudama flower and it can either be a 4-petal or 5-petal flower.
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You can watch our Easy Origami Kusudama Flower video, or check out the step-by-step folding instructions below.
Easy Origami Kusudama Flower Step 1: Start with a 6 inch x 6 inch (15cm x 15cm) square origami paper, color side down.
Fold paper in half on the horizontal diagonal axis. Crease well.
Easy Origami Kusudama Flower Step 2: Fold both the right and left corners to the top. Crease well and unfold.
Easy Origami Kusudama Flower Step 3: Make 2 diagonal folds as shown, folding the left and right corners to meet the diagonal creases you made in Step 2.
Easy Origami Kusudama Flower Step 4: Flip paper over.
Make the 2 small folds as shown. Crease well and unfold.
Easy Origami Kusudama Flower Step 5: Flip paper over again. Glue the 2 areas shown.
And this completes one unit.
Easy Origami Kusudama Flower Step 6: Repeat Steps 1 to 5 and make a total of 4 or 5 units.
Easy Origami Kusudama Flower Step 7: Then join one unit to another by gluing them in the areas shown below.
Easy Origami Kusudama Flower Step 8: Continue to glue the units together by repeating Step 7.
Here's the completed easy origami kusudama flower with 4 units....
And here's the completed easy origami kusudama flower with 5 units. You can form a kusudama ball if you make 6 of these flowers and glue them together.