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How to make a paper cherry blossom cutout

Paper Cherry Blossom Cutout: try all 9 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.

EasyAn Origami Tutor design9 steps12 × 12 cm · One square

An Origami Tutor blossom: fold the square into the five-point wedge, make one curved cut, and open five rounded, notched petals around a small centre.

You need: Thin paper, a pencil, a ruler, a protractor or the printed angle guide, and scissors.
Start: Begin with a 12 × 12 cm square of pale pink paper, a ruler and a protractor or the printed angle guide.

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Open the folds one at a time and smooth the paper flat. Add a pencil dot at the middle, or glue a small yellow centre. Join several blossoms on a branch of paper for a spring card. The finished cherry blossom, with five notched petals.

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1
Fold the square in half
Bring the bottom edge to the top edge. Mark the midpoint of the folded edge; every later crease starts there.
2
Fold a 72° sector across
From the midpoint, measure 72° upward from the left folded edge. Fold the left sector over this ray. It covers the next 72° sector, leaving a smaller 36° sector on the right.
3
Fold the remaining sector behind
Fold the small right sector underneath the packet along the ray 36° above the right folded edge. Match its edge to the middle ray of the larger packet.
4
Halve the packet behind
Fold the left half of the 72° packet underneath its right half. Line up the two long edges. The final wedge is 36° wide, with ten layers near the centre.
5
Cut one curved petal
Mark the cutting line on the folded wedge. Start on the left long edge close to the centre and cut a rounded petal outline outward, then back in to a small notch on the right long edge. Cut through every layer, and keep the small piece containing the folded centre.
6
Open wedge half
Open this crease gently, leaving the earlier folds closed. Keep the uncut joins together.
7
Open small sector
Open this crease gently, leaving the earlier folds closed. Keep the uncut joins together.
8
Open large sector
Open this crease gently, leaving the earlier folds closed. Keep the uncut joins together.
9
Open half
Open this crease gently, leaving the earlier folds closed. Keep the uncut joins together.
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Finish
Open the folds one at a time and smooth the paper flat. Add a pencil dot at the middle, or glue a small yellow centre. Join several blossoms on a branch of paper for a spring card. The finished cherry blossom, with five notched petals.