If you love to fold flowers, daffodil is the best optional for origami flower bouquets. The daffodil flower, symbolize hope, can be used as a focus flower of your bouquet. Let’s find how to fold daffodil from pieces of papers followed along with a stem tutorial.
This origami daffodil has a trumpet shaped corolla in the center, with six yellow petals on the out ring. It is a beginner friendly origami tutorial because even it requires a little bit longer time, most of those steps are repetitive.
It can be a table decorative if you using a vase to hold the stems. Check our Origami Geometric Flower Vase step by step tutorial to make a vase.
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: 30 minutes
- Paper: 20×20 cm
- Difficulty: Advanced
Material
Prepare four pieces of 15×15 cm origami square paper. Two for the flower part, and another two for the stem and leaf part. We recommend that you use soft, tough paper.
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
Take out one of the papers to create the petal part. Place it with the white side facing up and fold it in half horizontally from bottom to top.
Step 2
Fold the paper in half vertically, leaving a crease, and unfold it.
Step 3
Fold up the left and right points.
Step 4
Flip over the paper, fold down the top point along the dotted line, leaving a crease, and unfold it.
Step 5
Cut the paper along the crease you made.
Step 6
Expand the paper.
Step 7
Fold the bottom left and right points up to meet the top left and right points separately, creating two creases. Then, unfold the paper.
Step 8
Expand the paper completely and make the yellow side face up.
Step 9
Fold up the bottom edge to align with the middle horizontal crease, and unfold it.
Repeat this for the other five edges.
Step 10
Take out another piece of paper and place it with the yellow side face up. Fold the paper in half horizontally and then in half vertically. Unfold the paper to reveal two creases. Next, cut along the creases to obtain four small squares. Only one of the small squares is needed.
Step 11
Only one of the small squares is needed. Repeat steps 1 to 8 for this small square.
Step 12
Glue the two pieces of paper.
Step 13
Turn over the paper.
Step 14
Mountain fold the creases indicated by the red dotted lines, and valley fold the creases indicated by the black dotted lines [pictures 1 and 2].
Flip the paper over, and gather the points toward the center [pictures 3 and 4].
Turn back the paper [pictures 5 and 6].
Step 15
Mountain fold the creases indicated by the red dotted lines, and valley fold the creases indicated by the black dotted lines. Then, lift the midpoint of the six edges toward the center. Finally, flatten the paper, so that there are three flaps on each left and right side.
Step 16
Rotate the paper 90 degrees from front to back, then fold up the bottom right point of the top layer along the black dotted line that connects two red spots [pictures 1 and 2].
Then, fold the edge indicated by the red line to align with the edge indicated by the black line [picture 3].
Finally, repeat this for the other two layers below [pictures 4 and 6].
Step 17
Rotate the paper 180 degrees from right to left, then repeat the previous step for the three layers on this side.
Step 18
Rotate the model 90 degrees from front to back. Pinch the bottom of two flaps with both your hands, ensure there are two flaps between these two flaps, and pull them toward the sides separately.
In the same way, pull each of the six flaps to make the center propped up and bulged. You can adjust constantly to get an ideal state.
Step 19
Press down the center point and push the six sides toward the center.
Step 20
Expand the bottom layer, then flip the model over from left to right.
Step 21
Fold the crease indicated by the red line to align with the edge indicated by the black line, then fold the left point of the front layer to the right side along the dotted line [pictures 1 and 2].
Lift this small flap, open and squash it [pictures 3 to 5].
Step 22
Repeat the previous step for the other remaining five sides, then flip the flower over from left to right and fold the tip of each petal backward a little to give it a more rounded look.
Step 23
Place the green paper with the green side facing down, then roll it starting from the top point, and apply glue to the bottom point to secure the paper rod.
Step 24
Flatten the left end of the paper rod and bend it down slightly.
Step 25
Insert this end into the hole at the bottom of the flower and flip it over from front to back and the flower will face up.
Step 26
Take out the last piece of paper and place it with the green side facing up. Fold it in half horizontally, leaving a crease, and unfold it.
Step 27
Fold the top and bottom left edges to align with the middle horizontal crease.
Step 28
Fold the top and bottom right edges to align with the middle horizontal crease, and unfold them.
Step 29
Unfold the paper completely.
Step 30
Cut the paper along the crease indicated by the dotted line.
Step 31
Turn over the paper and fold both the top left and bottom left edges to align with the middle horizontal crease.
Step 32
Fold the top and bottom right edges to align with the middle horizontal crease. Next, fold the top and bottom right edges to align with the middle horizontal crease again.
Step 33
Fold the right point toward the left side along the black dotted line, then fold this paper in half horizontally from top to bottom. Finally, cut the top right corner a little.
Step 34
Unfold the paper from bottom to top, then fold the top and bottom edges to align with the horizontal crease.
Step 35
Rotate the paper 90 degrees clockwise, then another 90 degrees from left to right, and press the two leaves slightly to the sides.
Step 36
Assemble the leaf and flower as the first picture shows, then apply glue on the leaf to fix it well.
Step 37
That’s your beautiful origami daffodil, you can put it in a flower vase.
We used yellow paper for the flower part to better replicate the classic look of daffodils, but you can use any other color of paper to unleash your creative spirit.
It’s perfect for spring decoration, origami flower arrangements, or as a thoughtful gift. It will always bring a touch of nature to your house or any other room.
Once you’ve finished making this flower, then a flower vase or pot is indispensable, and we offer various options for you to choose from, including 3 Origami Flower Pots, and How to Fold an Origami Vase. These will be the best partners for your beautiful flower.
Origami Pot
Origami Vase
What’s Next
Now you have completed making this adorable origami daffodil. Next, check out our other origami flower tutorials. Happy folding!
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