How to make a rose from paper with your own hands
A colorful bouquet of flowers in an elegant vase is not justenlivens the decor of the room, but also becomes the central interior accent - the first thing that attracts everyone's attention from a distance. Knowing how to make a rose out of paper, you can easily decorate your living room with an everlasting bouquet, without burdening yourself with an expensive trip to the flower shop, and you will also get answers to a lot of other questions: how to complement an evening dress or an original hairstyle, how to keep your children occupied, and what to give to your loved ones in the coming years. holidays.
Do you want to make a chic bouquet of paper roses?Today we will look at several ways to make a paper rose with your own hands. Most of the manufacturing options presented are quite simple at first glance (this is exactly the feeling you will get while watching the master classes), but we assure you that this is not so. Most likely, you won’t be able to make a paper rose the first time, so be patient and have supplies. Well, in a good mood, because doing origami while on edge is a bad idea.
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Of course, without a good mood and creativityIt’s better not to start work if you’re excited. You may also need: sheets of white paper and paint; transparent cellophane to wrap voluminous roses and “disguise” their artificial origin; various ribbons and other decorative elements for a “tasty” bouquet design; double-sided colored paper (close to the natural color of the rose from the greenhouse). Origami roses made from a simple paper napkin look realistic, take more of them. Foil and thread, a little glue and glitter will come in handy. When folding paper roses with your own hands, involve in the process everything that fits into the original creative idea. However, you can make a rose from a piece of school notebook and already surprise others with this. This simple craft doesn't require much. Lesson 1: how to fold a small rose out of paper
Picture 1.A simple rose made of paper with your own hands. It turns out to be a kind of “weaving” of a flower. To work you will need colored paper, wooden kebab skewers and scissors. You may also need PVA glue and a glue gun with quick-drying glue if you decide to make a stem with leaves. This is a simple scheme, thanks to which you can fold a voluminous rose in about five minutes, and it will only take you 15-30 minutes to create a whole bouquet of spectacular flowers using the origami technique, which you can even put in a vase. Proceed step by step:
- Cut out uniform long strips (about a sheet length) about 1 cm wide from the usual paper with your tool (scissors, scissors);
- Take one strip and make on it the initial folds inside, according to Fig. 1. Carefully observe the angles of bends is not necessary, you can fold by eye - each origami rosette will be unique;
- Carefully fold the workpiece along the axis,not running on the loose parts of the strip. Reaching the untouched section, bend the strip in the opposite direction from the previous bend and wrap the flower further;
- Continue the "movement" until the end of the strip. Final "tail" glue to the bottom of the resulting flower;
- Plant the "cap" of the rose on the pedicel. The latter can be made from green paper (folding a sheet into a thin tube) or use a wooden skewer (twig, wire - that is at hand).
Do you see how you can create beauty without specialtricks - easy and fast? It remains to repeat the steps with the remaining paper strips in order to quickly fold a whole bouquet of paper roses with your own hands. Similar flowers can be folded from corrugated paper. Watch the video carefully and several times in a row to understand exactly how this is all done. Lesson 2: folding a figured rose according to a template Surely you have never seen anywhere how to make a paper rose according to a figured graphic template. It’s amazing how easy it is to create a beautiful garden queen. 2. It will work especially well from a double-sided piece of paper, but you can also use starched textiles, for example.
Figure 2. How to make a paper rose with your own hands
- In Fig. Figure 2 shows an example for a standard sheet of paper for preparing a graphic template. Draw yourself a similar figure figure, where the undulating petals go to the center with serpentine;
- Cut out the workpiece along the drawn contours and gently prune the line-serpentine with scissors to the very center point;
- Make such templates for the desired number of flowers in the future bouquet - 3-15 pcs. (can be of different sizes);
- Using the "pedicel" as an axial "spindle", gently wrap the edge of the curly strip on it, as shown in Fig. Wrap the whole flower like this, not hurrying and focusing on the origami base of the rose;
- Glue the “bundle” at the base, simultaneously fixing it on the peduncle, straighten the petals - you have made luxurious flowers with your own hands.
When folding such a rose from colored paper, takeits most realistic shades are purple, soft pink, natural beige or deep scarlet. And if this rose is made from a napkin, the result will be great - it will be almost impossible to distinguish it from a real one from afar. The video shows an example of making a flower using a similar technique, but it is glued together from individual petals. Lesson 3: roses from paper spirals Perhaps one of the most unusual ways to make a small rose from paper. No weaving or assembling flowers from blanks, everything is as simple, fast and cheap as possible. Using this method, you can produce up to 200-300 flowers in one day, which are perfect for decoration. The paper used is the most common one. You need PVA glue or a special one for needlework; quick-drying glue from a glue gun will not work. Lesson 4: a complex “living” rose using the origami technique We are improving our skills, and our new goal is a large rose using the origami technique, which is as similar as possible to the real queen of greenhouses. By mastering this pattern, you are not folding a simple flower from a piece of paper, but a true work of art. The final result will directly depend on patience and accuracy. So:
- Take a square sheet of paper and fold it along the diagonals, then in half from bottom to top and from right to left;
- Fold the corners of a diagonal "square" in front of you to the bottom corner, forming the hem of the planes inside the workpiece (exactly as in Figure 3);
- Next, fold the intricate "pocket", strictly adhering to the scheme, and then unfold the workpiece, focusing on the control points (see Figure 3 for details);
- The resulting "layered" workpiece is confidentgrab with one hand to securely lock the package and prevent it from falling apart when wrapping the petals. With the second hand, start turning the "petals" from the inside, just trying to design and using the technique of opening the corners;
- Align the edges of the corners, as shown in Fig. 3 and squeeze the fixing "ribs" of the flower, following the pattern. Using the rod of a ballpoint pen (pin or clip), "swirl" inward protruding petals. Similarly, twist the outer flower petals.
- Using glue, plant the rose on a pre-prepared pedicel, decorated with stem petals made of green colored paper.
This is not the easiest origami rose, but to make itvery interesting. Especially for inquisitive natures, focused on results. The elegance of the finished flower will definitely reward you with a sense of pride in your skills in the origami technique and contemplation of the almost real splendor of the owner of the rose garden. Lesson 5: creating masterpieces. Kawasaki Rose If you understand how to fold the unique giant Kawasaki rose, you will be able to do the most masterly crafts. The hardest thing to learn here is how to make a rosebud from a simple square piece of paper. Therefore, it will not be superfluous to first watch a training video, which shows much more clearly how this is done.
- Make a multi-level folding of the future rose from the paper blank of a square shape, relying on the video and fig. 4;
- Bend back the small corners and, raising the sheet, form a dome with a "cut off" upper corner, bring the workpiece into the plane of the required shape (see Figure 4);
- Now form the core, gently bending to yourself the peculiar upper valves (opening) and bending the lower face of the workpiece backwards (lifting the bundle);
- Fix the core with adhesive tape or hold it tightly with your fingers so that the workpiece does not disintegrate, then turn the product face down;
- On the folds, rotate the corners (petals) inward along the axis, clasping the entire bowl of the flower. Then it will be necessary to open each corner fold by tucking it inward;
- The outer petals, inaccurately protruding in different directions, need to be bent to each other and filled into the housing pocket of the neighboring petal;
- Squeezing the bud in the hand, lightly compact it, and then straighten the flower from the inside, inserting a pencil into the cavity hole at the base - the origami of Kawasaki's rose is ready.
So that the origami Kawasaki rose opens up before youin absolute splendor, shape its petals based on the photo. Incredibly, an amazingly beautiful rose was made from paper with your own hands, although it is ready to compete in beauty with a living prototype from a flower shop. This craft made from a napkin is especially good, but it will be even more difficult to make - soft material holds the structure of the bends less well. The video will tell you how to make this beauty out of paper if the diagram in the photo is not enough for you. Did you manage to make a Kawasaki rose out of paper? You can be proud of your skills, but continue to make other varieties of origami flowers from paper. Tulips and lilies, for example. If you have other interesting options for creating paper roses, post links to photos or videos in the comments!
