Lotus flower

Flowers can be made from any material: thread, fabric, beads, wood, iron... But the simplest ones crafts will come out of paper. Sometimes you see a bouquet and don’t understand what it’s made of, but you come closer and look at the paper composition. Today I want to share with you a fairly simple tutorial on making a lotus flower from paper. To work, you will only need a few sheets of double-sided colored paper. The simplest option is two colors: always green and another bright one (purple, pink, blue). So, sheets of paper must be cut into equal rectangles, each size should be 10 cm by 4 cm. For such one flower you need 4 green blanks and 8 colored ones.



Take one rectangle and fold it in half lengthwise.



We open and bend two corners inward from one edge.



The same must be done on the opposite side.



Now we bend one long side towards the center.



You also need to do the same with the second half. This is what each piece should look like.



This makes a total of 12 stripes: 4 green, 4 purple and 4 blue.



They need to be nested one inside the other.For example, green to purple, and then blue. Below (in the middle) there is always a green color.



You need to make 4 tabs of 3 blanks each. Place them with their wide sides facing each other. And in the middle you should connect them with a small rubber band.



We bend 8 rays (like a snowflake).



And we begin to gradually turn the edges of the papers outward. It turns out to be a beautiful lotus flower.