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How to make a paper daisy: fringed flower

Paper Daisy (Fringed Flower): try all 3 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.

Easy3 steps25 × 5 cm · One rectangle

Fringe a long strip, short at one end for the middle and pointed petals for the rest, roll it up tightly on its plain band, then open the petals out.

You need: A strip of paper, a pencil, a ruler, scissors and a little paper glue.
Start: Begin with a 25 × 5 cm strip of paper, colored on both sides, its long edges at the top and bottom.

Finish

Your model is ready

Hold the daisy by its band and ease the petals into an even ring around the middle. Look down into the daisy, then turn it to see the petals opening out turn by turn.

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Cut the fringe
Starting at the left end, cut along the top of the short tongues, snipping down to the ruled line and back between each two. Where the petals begin, cut up the side of the first petal, then round each pointed end and down between the petals to the line. Keep the bottom band whole.
2
Roll the strip up
Starting at the short-fringe end, roll the strip tightly on its plain band, keeping the bottom edge level. The short tongues make the middle and the petals wrap round them. Glue the end of the band so the roll stays closed.
3
Open the petals
Hold the roll by its band and bend the petals out, a turn at a time: the outside ones almost flat, the inner ones less. Curl each petal out a little along its length, and fluff up the short tongues in the middle.
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Finish
Hold the daisy by its band and ease the petals into an even ring around the middle. Look down into the daisy, then turn it to see the petals opening out turn by turn.