How to make an origami eight petal dish or 8 petal picture frame

How to make an origami eight petal dish or 8 petal picture frame

This is a pretty traditional model. It can be used as a dish, picture frame or decorative ornament.

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What You'll Need

  • origami frame
  • origami dish
  • origami decoration
  • paper folding
  • paper dish

Steps

  1. 1

    Step 1

    Step 1
    Materials: 1 square peice of paper 4 squares of paper ¼ of the size of first square
  2. 2

    Step 2

    Step 2
    Take the large square of paper and fold it in half vertically. Unfold
  3. 3

    Step 3

    Step 3
    Fold in half horizontally unfold
  4. 4

    Step 4

    Step 4
    Fold the top and bottom to the center crease you just made. unfold
  5. 5

    Step 5

    Step 5
    Bring the inner edge of one flap down at an angle so that it aligns with the center crease. Do the same to the other flap.
  6. 6

    Step 6

    Step 6
    Flatten both sides. It will cause the top edge to come down
  7. 7

    Step 7

    Step 7
    Result Repeat on the bottom
  8. 8

    Step 8

    Step 8
    Fold the top left side up at an angle to align its bottom with the center crease
  9. 9

    Step 9

    Step 9
    Result
  10. 10

    Step 10

    Step 10
    Fold the flaps, you just made, in half by matching the bottom point to the top unfold
  11. 11

    Step 11

    Step 11
    Bring the point of a flap up to the crease you just made
  12. 12

    Step 12

    Step 12
    Fold the flap up to the same crease again
  13. 13

    Step 13

    Step 13
    Fold it up and over the crease line Repeat steps 13 and 14 on the remaining 3 flaps
  14. 14

    Step 14

    Step 14
    Take the left flap and fold it over to the right as you would a page in a book
  15. 15

    Step 15

    Step 15
    Fold the right edge you just made to the center crease
  16. 16

    Step 16

    Step 16
    Result Fold the flap to the left as you would a page in a book
  17. 17

    Step 17

    Step 17
    Result Repeat steps 16 to 19 on the remaining 3 sides
  18. 18

    Step 18

    Step 18
    Open the flap you just folded, insert a finger and press down the top Repeat steps 9 to 11 on remaining 3 corners See the result in next picture
  19. 19

    Step 19

    Step 19
    Result Go to part 2 of this guide to continue
  20. 20

    Step 20

    Step 20
    Fold the 2 sides to the center crease you just made

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