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How to make a paper sunflower

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EasyAn Origami Tutor design4 steps15 cm yellow square and a 38 mm brown circle · 2 paper pieces

Cut twenty short pointed petals round a wide disc in one piece, then lift the petals and arch them back to make a sunflower. Glue a brown circle on the disc for the seed head.

You need: Yellow light card or thick paper, a pencil, scissors, a round pencil for curling and a brown paper circle with a little glue for the seed head.
Start: Begin with a 15 × 15 cm square of yellow card or thick paper, colored on both sides, and a brown paper circle 38 mm across.

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Hold the sunflower by its disc and ease the twenty petals so they arch back evenly all the way round. Look at the sunflower face on, then turn it to see the petals leaning up and arching back around the disc.

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1
Cut out the sunflower
Draw a wide twenty-sided disc in the middle of the square and a short pointed petal on each of its sides. Cut in from the top edge to the tip of the top petal, then all the way round the outline. Cut right down to the disc between the petals, but never into it.
2
Lift and arch the petals
Hold the disc still. Lift every petal a little at its base. Then draw each petal over a round pencil from its middle to its point, so it arches back more and more toward the tip.
3
Add the brown seed head
Centre the 38 mm brown circle on the flat yellow disc. Its edge should leave a slim yellow border inside the petals.
4
Glue the seed head
Spread a little glue under the brown circle and press it onto the yellow disc.
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Finish
Hold the sunflower by its disc and ease the twenty petals so they arch back evenly all the way round. Look at the sunflower face on, then turn it to see the petals leaning up and arching back around the disc.