Making Paper Daisies

Craft: Paper Daisies

attosa
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May 11, 2018

Paper Daisies - 5 colorful paper flowers My friend's mother was gardening and got bitten by a hobo spider. Her arm puffed up and she was rushed to the hospital where she stayed for several days. When she got out, she was paranoid about anywhere a spider might be lurking about. I really wanted to get her some welcome home flowers, but what if she worried about critters being in there? I decided to make her these paper daisies instead. They are full of dimension and beautiful colours... and totally spider-free! All you need is some paper and a pair of scissors.

Total Time: 90 minutes

Yield: 5 large daisies

Supplies:

coloured paper or construction paper
scissors

Steps:

Fold one piece of paper in half.

Take the upper right corner and bring it to the left, making a triangle on top.

Paper Daisies - fold upper right corner down to the left creating a triangle

Fold the rectangle on the bottom upwards.

Paper Daisies - fold the rectangle at the bottom up

Unfold the paper so it's just the paper folded in half again, then cut the rectangle off. Save it for later.

Paper Daisies - unfold paper and cut the rectangle and set aside

Unfold and you will have two squares adjoined, side by side.

Paper Daisies - unfold the rest of the paper

Cut so you have two squares. Keep all the pieces you just cut, and start with one of the squares.

Fold square up to the right to make a triangle.

Paper Daisies - fold the square up to the right to make a triangle

Bring bottom corner to upper left to make another triangle.

Paper Daisies - fold bottom corner to upper left to make another triangle

Fold to the right to make an even smaller triangle.

Paper Daisies - fold to the right to make an even smaller triangle

Bring the left corner into the right side, folding it flush up to the line. View this as 2 triangles, one long main piece as the base, and a tiny one sitting on top.

Paper Daisies - bring left corner flush with the right side

Cut the long main base at the top end so it's like a raindrop or an ice cream. The small triangle on top will be completely cut off.

Paper Daisies - trim off the top of the long main triangle

Unfold once and you will have a long heart.

Paper Daisies - unfold to reveal a long heart shape

Cut a tiny piece of the tip off the heart.

Paper Daisies - cut a tiny piece off the tip of the heart

Unfold and cut little a bit around the sides of each heart, then cut super short notches inside the hole. This will be the trick to keeping the pistil in place without any glue.