How to make an origami daisy
Origami Daisy: try all 60 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
An Origami Tutor daisy of eight long, thin white petals round a yellow middle. Each petal is a narrow kite with a blunt tip, five easy folds. The small yellow centre overlaps every petal point, and eight glue patches join the flower.
- You need
- Eight 3 × 3 in squares of white paper and a yellow square about 1.5 in across. A little glue.
- Start
- Use eight small white squares, all the same size, and a yellow square about half as wide for the middle. Start each white square with a corner pointing up.
- Tips
- Fold every petal the same way so they are all the same length.
- Glue each petal's point under the yellow middle as you place it.
Your model is ready
The daisy is joined and ready. Let the eight glued overlaps dry before lifting it by a petal. The finished daisy, with its eight petals round the middle.
Step-by-step diagrams
Steps 1–7
- 1
Fold the left edge in
On the first square, fold the lower left edge to the middle line, so the bottom corner gets long and sharp.
- 2
Fold the right edge in
Fold the lower right edge to the middle line too. You have a kite.
- 3
Narrow the left side
Fold the new lower left edge to the middle line, so the kite gets thin.
- 4
Narrow the right side
Fold the new lower right edge to the middle line too. The petal is long and thin.
- 5
Blunt the tip
Fold the top corner of the kite behind a little way, so the petal ends square.
- 6
Fold the second petal's left edge in
Fold the second square the same way: lower left edge to the middle line.
- 7
Fold the second petal's right edge in
Fold the lower right edge to the middle line too.
Steps 8–14
- 8
Narrow the second petal's left side
Fold the new lower left edge to the middle line.
- 9
Narrow the second petal's right side
Fold the new lower right edge to the middle line.
- 10
Blunt the second petal's tip
Fold the top corner behind.
- 11
Fold the third petal's left edge in
Fold the third square the same way: lower left edge to the middle line.
- 12
Fold the third petal's right edge in
Fold the lower right edge to the middle line too.
- 13
Narrow the third petal's left side
Fold the new lower left edge to the middle line.
- 14
Narrow the third petal's right side
Fold the new lower right edge to the middle line.
Steps 15–21
- 15
Blunt the third petal's tip
Fold the top corner behind.
- 16
Fold the fourth petal's left edge in
Fold the fourth square the same way: lower left edge to the middle line.
- 17
Fold the fourth petal's right edge in
Fold the lower right edge to the middle line too.
- 18
Narrow the fourth petal's left side
Fold the new lower left edge to the middle line.
- 19
Narrow the fourth petal's right side
Fold the new lower right edge to the middle line.
- 20
Blunt the fourth petal's tip
Fold the top corner behind.
- 21
Fold the fifth petal's left edge in
Fold the fifth square the same way: lower left edge to the middle line.
Steps 22–28
- 22
Fold the fifth petal's right edge in
Fold the lower right edge to the middle line too.
- 23
Narrow the fifth petal's left side
Fold the new lower left edge to the middle line.
- 24
Narrow the fifth petal's right side
Fold the new lower right edge to the middle line.
- 25
Blunt the fifth petal's tip
Fold the top corner behind.
- 26
Fold the sixth petal's left edge in
Fold the sixth square the same way: lower left edge to the middle line.
- 27
Fold the sixth petal's right edge in
Fold the lower right edge to the middle line too.
- 28
Narrow the sixth petal's left side
Fold the new lower left edge to the middle line.
Steps 29–35
- 29
Narrow the sixth petal's right side
Fold the new lower right edge to the middle line.
- 30
Blunt the sixth petal's tip
Fold the top corner behind.
- 31
Fold the seventh petal's left edge in
Fold the seventh square the same way: lower left edge to the middle line.
- 32
Fold the seventh petal's right edge in
Fold the lower right edge to the middle line too.
- 33
Narrow the seventh petal's left side
Fold the new lower left edge to the middle line.
- 34
Narrow the seventh petal's right side
Fold the new lower right edge to the middle line.
- 35
Blunt the seventh petal's tip
Fold the top corner behind.
Steps 36–42
- 36
Fold the eighth petal's left edge in
Fold the eighth square the same way: lower left edge to the middle line.
- 37
Fold the eighth petal's right edge in
Fold the lower right edge to the middle line too.
- 38
Narrow the eighth petal's left side
Fold the new lower left edge to the middle line.
- 39
Narrow the eighth petal's right side
Fold the new lower right edge to the middle line.
- 40
Blunt the eighth petal's tip
Fold the top corner behind.
- 41
Add the second petal
Set the second petal with its point beside the first one's, turned an eighth of the way round.
- 42
Add the third petal
Set the next petal round the middle, turned an eighth of the way round from the last one.
Steps 43–49
- 43
Add the fourth petal
Set the next petal round the middle, turned an eighth of the way round from the last one.
- 44
Add the fifth petal
Set the next petal round the middle, turned an eighth of the way round from the last one.
- 45
Add the sixth petal
Set the next petal round the middle, turned an eighth of the way round from the last one.
- 46
Add the seventh petal
Set the next petal round the middle, turned an eighth of the way round from the last one.
- 47
Add the eighth petal
Set the next petal round the middle, turned an eighth of the way round from the last one.
- 48
Fold the middle's top left corner behind
Fold one corner of the small yellow square behind, a little way in.
- 49
Fold the middle's top right corner behind
Fold the next corner of the yellow square behind the same way.
Steps 50–56
- 50
Fold the middle's bottom right corner behind
Fold the next corner of the yellow square behind the same way.
- 51
Fold the middle's bottom left corner behind
Fold the next corner of the yellow square behind the same way.
- 52
Add the yellow middle
Set the yellow middle over the petal points so every point overlaps its underside.
- 53
Glue the first petal to the centre
Put a small dab of glue between the petal point and the yellow centre, then press the overlap together.
- 54
Glue the second petal to the centre
Put a small dab of glue between the petal point and the yellow centre, then press the overlap together.
- 55
Glue the third petal to the centre
Put a small dab of glue between the petal point and the yellow centre, then press the overlap together.
- 56
Glue the fourth petal to the centre
Put a small dab of glue between the petal point and the yellow centre, then press the overlap together.
Steps 57–60
- 57
Glue the fifth petal to the centre
Put a small dab of glue between the petal point and the yellow centre, then press the overlap together.
- 58
Glue the sixth petal to the centre
Put a small dab of glue between the petal point and the yellow centre, then press the overlap together.
- 59
Glue the seventh petal to the centre
Put a small dab of glue between the petal point and the yellow centre, then press the overlap together.
- 60
Glue the eighth petal to the centre
Put a small dab of glue between the petal point and the yellow centre, then press the overlap together.
- ✓
Finish
The daisy is joined and ready. Let the eight glued overlaps dry before lifting it by a petal. The finished daisy, with its eight petals round the middle.
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