How to make an Origami Paper Rose

Step 1: Materials
- A square piece of paper, in any desired color. It might be helpful if the opposite side
of the paper is a different color. An ideal size is 20 cm x 20 cm. I will be using blue
for the right side and white for the wrong side

- Pair of tweezers

- Pen to mark reference lines (if desired)

- Pencil or pen to curl petals

- ***Time and lots of patience. IMPORTANT! If at any time you feel frustrated, take
a break and come back. This can get frustrating and if you get frustrated you can
easily mess up.****

Rose colors and meanings:

- Red: romance and love
- Deep Pink: "thank you"
- Regular Pink: happiness
- Light Pink: "sympathy" or condolences
- White: innocence and purity
- Yellow: friendship and caring
- Lavender: falling in love or enchantment
- Orange: desire
- Black (deep deep red): unfortunately has come to symbolize death. Not a good gift
idea
- Blue: mystery, rarity and attaining the impossible
- Mixture of white and red: unity

If you have questions about other meanings, I recommend

http://www.whatrosesmean.com/

Step 2: Prepare the Base

Take the paper, wrong side up, and fold in half.

Reopen the paper and fold each end to the crease made in the previous step. (pic 1)

Unfold. Turn the paper 90 degrees and repeat the process.

The creases on the paper should be like the ones in pic 2.

Step 3:
Now we are going to fold to the outermost creases shown in pic 1

Fold the paper, so that the edge meets this crease. Take the right corner and fold
diagonally, meeting with the creases on the paper (pic 2)

Repeat the process on all four sides. Unfold. The paper should have the creases shown
in pic 3.

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Now fold the paper in half along both of the diagonals. (pic 1)

Fold in the four corners to the outer creases formed in the first step (pic 2)

Make another fold diagonally to the crease made by folding down the four corners.
Repeat for each corner (pic 3)

Once unfolding, the paper should have the creases shown in pic 4.

Fold down the for corners once more and turn the paper over. (pic 5)

Step 5: Forming the Flower

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Step 6:
Now, focusing on one corner again, make a valley fold along the pink line shown in
pic 1.

We will now focus on the smaller pink line on the right in pic 2. Make a valley fold by
bringing the right corner to the left, resulting in pic 3

Now reverse the fold so that the top of the new triangle is underneath the fold behind
it as in pic 4

Step 7: Begin Work on the Petals

Make a valley fold on the line shown in pic 1 to make the paper look like pic 2.

Reverse the fold as in the previous step to reveal pic 3.

Step 8:
Referencing the pink line in pic 1, fold the edge of the paper up, forming the petal as
shown in pic 2.

Repeat steps 6-8 for the other three corners. The rose should now look like pic 3

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Step 10: Form the Inner Petals

Turn the flower over. Pic 1 is the top view.

I have drawn x's in pic 1 to help in this next step. Gently press in the four sides on the
x's as shown in pic 2

Place your fingers into the four holes you just made. Carefully press your fingers
together and twist clockwise resulting in pic 3.

If desired, use a pair of tweezers and twist the center further, also pressing down
towards the center of the flower as in pic 4

This step might take some practice. Be careful not to over tighten as you might start to
twist the rose back apart.

Step 11: Curling the Petals

Take a pencil a wrap the petals around the pencil, holding them there for about 30
seconds so that they will curl. (pic 1)

Do the same for the inner 4 petals as in pic 2

The final result should be similar to pic 3.

Ta da! You just made a origami rose!