Learn how to create a Kusudama Flower Bouquet. This is the third version of the Kusudama Flower. Before this, we had tutorials for a single Kusudama Flower and a Kusudama Flower Ball, all of them are beautiful.
This Kusudama Flower Bouquet looks complicated, but is just as easy to make as the previous two as long as you are patient enough, making it the perfect starter project for beginners. The only difference is that you need to prepare more paper.
It makes a great gift. You can give them to your friends or loved ones on birthdays or Valentine’s Day. It’s a great activity for children, makes a lovely Mother’s Day gift, and no one can resist a beautiful handmade bouquet made of paper. Of course, putting the flowers in a vase is also a great idea.
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.
Meet our Kusudama flower series: Origami Kusudama Flower and Origami Kusudama Flower Ball.
Origami Kusudama Flower
Origami Kusudama Flower Ball
Other Origami Flowers
If you are interested in all kinds of flowers, then we recommend our origami sunflowers and five-petal origami flowers. These two are also very popular and lovely.
Origami Sunflower
5 Petal Origami Flowers
- Folding time: 50 minutes
- Paper: 15×15 cm / 15, 7.5cm*7.5cm / 20
- Difficulty: Middle
Material
20 sheets of pink, lavender, and purple 7.5cm*7.5cm square paper each, 60 sheets in total, for making flowers.
12 sheets of 15*15cm square paper for 12 thick flower stems.
One sheet of 15*15cm square paper and cut into 12 small squares to make 12 small flower stems.
One sheet of 15*15cm paper for making the circle for the bouquet.
One sheet of 15*15 white paper for wrapping the stem of the bouquet.
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
Take out one of the pink papers and fold it in half horizontally from bottom to top.
Step 2
Fold the bottom left and right points to meet the top point.
Step 3
Fold the right edge of the left layer to align with the bottom left edge, fold the left edge of the right layer to align with the bottom right edge, leaving two creases, and unfold them.
Step 4
Bring up the two layers to make them stand upright, then squash them along the creases you made in the previous step.
Step 5
Fold the two points along the black dotted lines.
Step 6
Fold up the bottom left and right edges along the creases indicated by the black dotted lines.
Step 7
Apply glue on these two sides, then glue them together. This is one of the units of the flower.
Step 8
Make another four units in the same manner.
Step 9
Assemble three of the petals first.
Step 10
Then, assemble the remaining two to get a single kusudama flower.
Step 11
Make the other eleven kusudama flowers as described above.
Step 12
Take out a piece of 15×15 cm square paper, and roll it from the top point. Apply glue on the bottom point and glue it well to form a thick flower stem.
Step 13
Make a total of 12 thick flower poles in this manner.
Step 14
Take out another piece of 15×15 cm square paper, fold it in half horizontally and vertically once, and unfold them to get two creases.
Step 15
Fold the top and bottom edges to align with the middle horizontally crease, and unfold them.
Step 16
Fold the left and right edges to align with the middle vertical crease, and unfold them.
Cut the paper along the creases you made to get 16 small squares.
Step 17
Roll one of the small squares down from the top point and apply glue to the bottom point, gluing it on to get a small flower stem.
Step 18
Roll the remaining small squares in this manner.
Step 19
Apply glue to one end of the small pole, then insert this end into the hole at the bottom of the flower.
Step 20
Apply glue to the small pole assembled with the flower, then insert this pole into the hole of the thick pole.
Step 21
Assemble the remaining flowers and thick and small poles in this way to get 12 flowers.
Step 22
You can put these flowers into a lovely glass bottle.
Step 23
Here is another way to display your flowers.
Slightly bend the stem.
Step 24
Bend the stems of all the flowers.
Step 25
Take another piece of 15×15 cm origami square white paper, fold it in half horizontally, and unfold it. Then, fold the top and bottom edges to align with the horizontal crease, and repeat for one time. Finally, fold this paper in half horizontally from top to bottom.
Step 26
Apply glue to one end of the paper strip. Then, bring the other end around to form a circle. Cut off the excess, and press gently at the seam to ensure the ends are securely adhered together.
Step 27
Put the stem of one flower in the circle.
Step 28
Put the remaining flowers in the circle.
Step 29
Wrap the stem of the bouquet with tape and cut off a portion to make the proportions of the bouquet look more coordinated.
Step 30
Place another piece of 15×15 cm origami square white paper, then apply glue on the left edge of the paper, and finally, wrap the stem of the bouquet and glue them well.
Step 31
What’s Next
Now you have completed making this lovely Origami Kusudama Flower Bouquet. Next, check out our other origami for beginners and kids. Happy folding!
