Use eight one-dollar bills to make a romantic origami rose. Use six of the bills to form overlapping petals, creating a three-dimensional corolla with abundant petals. One bill will be used to make a leaf with distinct veins, and the final bill will twisted into a slender, upright stem. No glue is required, and the integrity of the bills will remain intact, so their usability won’t be affected. Additionally, you need to prepare a piece of iron wire to secure the corolla.
If you are new to origami, start here from our beginner guide to know the basics and how to read the step-by-step instructions.
- Folding time: 40 minutes
- Paper: Dollar Bill/8 Iron Wire/1
- Difficulty: Easy
Material
Prepare eight one-dollar bills and a piece of iron wire to fold a lovely origami rose flower. The slightly new bills would make the folding process smoother.
Step by Step Instructions
Dollar Bill Origami Rose
Step 1
Take out a piece of one-dollar bill, and place it with the portrait face up to begin folding, fold it in half vertically, leaving a crease, and unfold it.
Step 2
Fold the bill in half horizontally, leaving a crease, and unfold it.
Step 3
Fold the four corners diagonally to meet the horizontal crease, then fold the top and bottom edges to align with the horizontal crease.
Step 4
Flip the bill from left to right, then fold the bottom edge to align with the top edge.
Step 5
Fold the bill in half vertically, leaving a crease, and unfold it.
Step 6
Make another five units in the same manner above.
Step 7
Combine the six small units in pairs to form three groups.
Step 8
Rotate the units 90 degrees from left to right and bring them together, and finally, rotate the combined unit 90 degrees from left to right to lay it flat.
Step 9
Tie them up with iron wire.
Step 10
Rotate the bills 90 degrees from right to left and scatter the flaps.
Step 11
Fold the top layer of the top flap toward the center of the model. Then, fold the top layers of the remaining five flaps toward the center, getting the inner circle petals.
Step 12
Fold the remaining six layers in the same manner to get the outer circle petals.
Step 13
To shape this rose, gently roll the top corner of each petal downward.
Dollar Bill Origami Rose Leaf
Step 14
Take out another piece of a one-dollar bill, place it with the portrait face up, fold the top left and right corners along the blue dotted lines, making the left and right edges cross the bottom edge, and then flip the bill from left to right.
Step 15
Fold the bottom left and right corners diagonally a little, then fold up the two bottom edges, crease them well, and unfold them.
Step 16
Flip the paper from back to front.
Step 17
Fold the bottom edge to align with the top edge of the under layer, then repeat this another two times.
Step 18
Unfold the folds you made in the previous step, then mountain fold the creases indicated by the red dotted lines, and valley fold the creases indicated by the blue dotted lines. Pinch the center point.
Step 19
Bring up the left and right ends, then turn the leaf over from left to right. Open the opening of the left part, fold the right edge of this opening along the existing crease you made in step 15.
Step 20
Tuck the left edge of the right opening into the pocket of the left part along the crease you made in step 15, and expand the bottom to leave an opening. Finally, flip the leaf from left to right, and that’s your rose leaf.
Dollar Bill Origami Rose Stem
Step 21
Take out another piece of one-dollar bill, roll it from the bottom left corner to form a paper stick.
Assemble the Money Rose
Step 22
Pass one end of the paper stick through the hole at the bottom of the leaf and push the leaf through the edge of the paper stick to secure it and prevent it from unraveling. Rotate the stem 90 degrees counterclockwise.
Step 23
Assemble the rose flower.
What’s Next
To explore more papercraft romance, try our origami rose, which is similar to the classic origami Kawasaki rose, but simplified and not as complicated as the Kawasaki rose. Use red and green papers to make it look more vivid.
Or tear off the sticky note and challenge the minimalist Easy Sticky Note Origami Rose. You can get the heartbeat on your desk in five minutes. There is never only one way to bloom a rose.
Origami Rose
Easy Sticky Note Origami Rose
