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Tulip

How to fold an origami tulip

Paper
One square sheet of paper.
Preparation
No cutting or gluing is included in these folding steps. Begin with “Fold the bottom corner up to the top”.
What you will make
A tulip flower only, without a stem or leaves.

This tulip tutorial makes the flower by folding the side corners of a triangle upward at an angle. Use the center mark to compare how the petals overlap. The steps cover the flower only, without a stem or leaves.

Follow the 4 steps above by scrolling. Drag the model to inspect a fold from another angle, and scroll back to review a previous step.

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Read all 4 folding steps
  1. Fold the bottom corner up to the top
  2. Crease the center and unfold
  3. Fold the right petal diagonally up
  4. Fold the left petal diagonally up

Tricky points and what to check

Where should the petals go?

Steps to review: 2・3・4

Use the center mark, folding the right and then left corner diagonally upward. Compare the illustrated overlap rather than bringing both corners exactly to the center.

The triangle stays small after marking the center

Steps to review: 1・2

The center-mark step folds and unfolds. Return to the first triangle before folding the petals.

Step 4：Fold the left petal diagonally up

Three views from the same 3D folding sequence. Read from top to bottom.

Tulip with the right petal folded and the left corner still extending sideways
Tulip with the right petal folded and the left corner still extending sideways

After step 3. Compare with the next image to identify the part that moves.

Before：After step 3. Compare with the next image to identify the part that moves.
Left tulip petal folding diagonally upward
Left tulip petal folding diagonally upward

Keep the right petal folded as you fold the left corner diagonally upward. Compare where the petals overlap.

During：Keep the right petal folded as you fold the left corner diagonally upward. Compare where the petals overlap.
Completed tulip with overlapping petals and three points at the top
Completed tulip with overlapping petals and three points at the top

After “Fold the left petal diagonally up”. Compare the corners and layers with the first image.

After：After “Fold the left petal diagonally up”. Compare the corners and layers with the first image.
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This tulip tutorial makes the flower by folding the side corners of a triangle upward at an angle.

Completed origami tulip

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