Monday, March 15th, 2010
Kusudama Flowers
A quick google search will show you different variations of this beautiful folded flower. This craft happened to be one offered to members at our local museum this past week. Out of all the fun crafts we did, this was my favourite!
All you need is 5 post-it-notes or 5 squares of paper and white glue.
- Fold the bottom corner to the top. This will make a triangle.
- Fold the left and right corners up to the middle corner. This will make a square.
- Fold open and flatten the folded up sides. With post-it-notes there will be a sticky side. You may want to use a skewer to help unstick it as you open the folds.
- Fold the top of the triangles towards you so they are level with the edges of the paper.
- Fold the triangles on the sides in on themselves.
- Glue the two folded sides together. You will probably have to hold it until the glue dries a bit. Don’t worry if the petals look a bit “flat”. Once the seams are dry you can push them a bit more round and open.
- When the petals are dry you now glue them together to make a the flower. I like to glue three together and then two and once they are mostly dry, glue them all together.
- Repeat with the 4 other post-it-notes
Enjoy!
on Monday, March 15th, 2010 at 9:01 pm:
postit? wow
on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 at 5:46 am:
Awesome! Thank you Annie!
on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 at 12:08 pm:
Ok…those are so cute, but for some reason they totally challenged my ability for my brains and hands to follow step by step direction. I finally got it after several tries! I probably shouldn’t tell people this! LOL
What did you do with your completed flowers? They are so pretty!
on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 at 1:38 pm:
Wow Annie…these are beautiful. I can’t wait to try them.
on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 8:49 am:
Thanks!
These flowers are gracing our window sill and in a Lily made bouquet on the table. I think we’ll send a couple to my grandparents with a letter this week.
on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 1:40 pm:
Amber says: “It’s fun!”
(We’re making them right now…)
Thanks for a great craft idea!
on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 2:50 pm:
Those look great and so easy to make!!! Can’t wait to try to do some and bring a little spring into our home!!!
on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 6:08 pm:
thanks for this great idea!
on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at 6:55 am:
Very cute and just in time to decorate Easter baskets….Thanks!
on Saturday, March 20th, 2010 at 10:11 am:
These are so cute, my daughter will love them!
Now I have to go buy some different coloured post-it notes…
on Monday, March 22nd, 2010 at 5:01 pm:
ok I’m hopeless at origami
BUT
I absolutely want to try these !!!
on Friday, May 7th, 2010 at 4:42 pm:
Love these flowers. Thank you.
on Saturday, May 8th, 2010 at 4:58 pm:
Wow, these are gorgeous! I would love to link to this if you didn’t mind. I love paper flowers.
on Saturday, May 8th, 2010 at 10:29 pm:
These are wonderful, thanks for sharing.
on Sunday, May 9th, 2010 at 7:57 am:
Thanks everyone! I don’t mind if you want to link to this post. They were so fun to make and the result so pretty.
on Sunday, May 9th, 2010 at 12:48 pm:
Thanks for sharing this wonderful idea!
on Thursday, May 13th, 2010 at 11:20 am:
These flowers are so pretty. Thank you for sharing your tutorial!
on Friday, May 21st, 2010 at 4:21 am:
Oi! essa flor é realmente lindissima, vcs não tem algum modelo de flor de ” pano ” ou de ” fuxico ” quer possa emviar para mim. obrigado! jailma, Bahia- Brasil.
on Friday, May 21st, 2010 at 5:42 am:
Lindo demais. adorei.
on Friday, May 21st, 2010 at 6:32 am:
Que flores lindas!obrigada pelo passo a passo,tenha um bom dia.
on Friday, May 21st, 2010 at 8:54 am:
Muito criativas e lindas vou tentar fazer pois gostei muito..
on Friday, May 21st, 2010 at 10:28 am:
AMEIII FÁCIL E QUE LINDO COM POST-IT DEMAIS ,JÁ FIZ LOGO QUE VI TINHA AQUI UM BLOQUINHO FOI LOGO!