How to make a paper poinsettia cutout
Paper Poinsettia Cutout: try all 5 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
An Origami Tutor poinsettia: fold a square twice, cut one pointed outline through four layers, then open eight bracts around a small centre.
- You need
- Thin paper, a pencil and scissors.
- Start
- Begin with a 12 × 12 cm square of red paper, colored side up.
Your model is ready
Ease the creases flat. Lift the fully opened paper by an uncut edge to see the complete pattern. Hold up the complete opened sheet, flat so all four reflected parts can be seen.
Step-by-step diagrams
- 1
Fold the square in half
Bring the bottom edge up to the top edge. Match the corners and press the crease.
- 2
Fold into four layers
Bring the right edge to the left edge. The bottom-right corner of this packet is the folded centre.
- 3
Cut the pointed bracts
Start at the folded edge on the left, close to the centre, and cut out along the side of a wide pointed leaf, round its tip, and back in to the middle. Repeat for a second leaf, ending on the other folded edge. Cut through all four layers and keep the folded centre.
- 4
Open the quarter fold
Open the last fold first. The cut paper spreads into two matching halves.
- 5
Open the half fold
Open the first crease and spread the entire cut sheet flat.
- ✓
Finish
Ease the creases flat. Lift the fully opened paper by an uncut edge to see the complete pattern. Hold up the complete opened sheet, flat so all four reflected parts can be seen.
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