Origami Poppy Flower

How to Make an Origami Poppy Flower

In this tutorial, you will learn to make a cute and beautiful origami poppy flower. It is also an easy origami project that kids would love to make because the process of making this flower is very easy to follow, you just need two pieces of paper. So let’s start the tutorial.

Supplies Needed

  • Paper ( Red and Black)

Directions

Step One

You will need one square sheet of red paper of 4.5 inches and one black sheet of paper of 3 inches.

Origami poppy supplies: one red sheet and one black sheet of paper

Step Two

Fold the red paper in half, then open it and fold in half again from the other side.

Origami poppy step 2

Step Three

Open, then fold your paper diagonally to form a triangle.

Origami poppy step 3

Step Four

Open the paper then flip it. After that fold it diagonally from the other side.

Origami poppy step 4

Step Five

Take the paper, hold the two corners (facing each other) and push them towards each other as showing below.

Origami poppy flower step 5a
Origami poppy flower step 5b: right and left edges of diamond meet in middle to form two cones

Now fold everything up as demonstrated below.

Origami poppy flower step 5c: flatten
Origami poppy flower step 5d: flatten

Step Six

Repeat exact same process with the black paper.

Origami poppy flower step 6

Step Seven

Now take the black paper and tuck it in the center of the red one as showing below. Make sure all slots are together.

Origami poppy flower step 7a: folded black sheet rests inside the red sheet, forming a figure 8 shape from above

Then fold it back.

Origami poppy flower step 7b: flattened view shows just a red square

Step Eight

Place the paper with the close end facing down, and open end facing up.

Origami poppy flower step 8: red diamond with open folds pointing upward

Step Nine

Take each of the bottom sides and fold them up towards the middle.

Origami poppy flower step 9a: top layer of right half is folded inward so the tip touches the center line

Flip and repeat on the other side as well.

Origami poppy flower step 9a: the top layer of left half is folded inward so the tip touches the centerline

Step Ten

Now fold it in a way that the top point meets the bottom point. Then open it up.

Origami poppy flower step 10

Step Eleven

Open the center and flatten out the sides.

Origami poppy flower step 11

Step Twelve 

Now slightly fold the red points towards the back so the flower does not look like a square. 

Origami poppy flower step 12
Poppy origami flower with squared petals

Step Thirteen

Then fold the tiny points of black paper backwards as well.

Poppy origami flower with squared pistil
Two finished origami flowers with red petals and black centers

And you are done!

Want to make other origami flowers? Check out our collection of origami flower tutorials!

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