How to make a paper vase (cut-and-fold)
Paper Vase (Cut-and-Fold): try all 6 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
An original Origami Tutor cut-and-fold vase with four tapered walls, a 2 cm square base and a 5 cm square opening. Cut the connected blank from one square, crease its four roots and raise the walls into an open vase for a light paper-flower display.
- You need
- One 9-inch square of stiff paper or light card, a ruler, a pencil and scissors. No glue.
- Start
- Begin with a 9-inch square of stiff paper colored on both sides. Mark a 2 cm square at its center. Each wall extends 8 cm out from one side of that square and widens from 2 cm to 5 cm.
- Tips
- Match the four trapezoids before cutting the outline.
- Press the wall roots firmly and raise the walls evenly until their edges meet.
Your model is ready
Your vase has four tapered walls around its narrow base and a broad open rim. Use it for a small, light paper-flower display.
Step-by-step diagrams
- 1
Cut the four-wall blank
Draw four matching trapezoids around the middle square: each is 8 cm high on the flat paper, with its 5 cm outer edge centered over its 2 cm base. Cut in from the top edge and follow the whole outline. Keep all four walls joined to the square floor.
- 2
Crease the upper wall
Fold this wall inward along its 2 cm base edge, press firmly, then open it flat again. Leave the neighboring walls flat.
- 3
Crease the right wall
Fold this wall inward along its 2 cm base edge, press firmly, then open it flat again. Leave the neighboring walls flat.
- 4
Crease the lower wall
Fold this wall inward along its 2 cm base edge, press firmly, then open it flat again. Leave the neighboring walls flat.
- 5
Crease the left wall
Fold this wall inward along its 2 cm base edge, press firmly, then open it flat again. Leave the neighboring walls flat.
- 6
Raise the tapered vase
Hold the small square floor and lift all four walls together. Stop when their sloping side edges meet, leaving the broad square rim open.
- ✓
Finish
Your vase has four tapered walls around its narrow base and a broad open rim. Use it for a small, light paper-flower display.
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