Easy Origami Kusudama Flower

You can watch our Easy Origami Kusudama Flower video, or check out the step-by-step folding instructions below.

Easy Origami Kusudama Flower Step 1: Start with a 6 inch x 6 inch (15cm x 15cm) square origami paper, color side down.

Fold paper in half on the horizontal diagonal axis. Crease well.

 

 

Easy Origami Kusudama Flower Step 2: Fold both the right and left corners to the top. Crease well and unfold.

 

 

 

 

Easy Origami Kusudama Flower Step 3: Make 2 diagonal folds as shown, folding the left and right corners to meet the diagonal creases you made in Step 2.

 

 

 

 

 

Easy Origami Kusudama Flower Step 4: Flip paper over.

Make the 2 small folds as shown. Crease well and unfold.

 

 

Easy Origami Kusudama Flower Step 5: Flip paper over again. Glue the 2 areas shown.

 

And this completes one unit.

 

 

 

 

Easy Origami Kusudama Flower Step 6: Repeat Steps 1 to 5 and make a total of 4 or 5 units.

 

 

 

Easy Origami Kusudama Flower Step 7: Then join one unit to another by gluing them in the areas shown below.

 

 

 

Easy Origami Kusudama Flower Step 8: Continue to glue the units together by repeating Step 7.

Here's the completed easy origami kusudama flower with 4 units....

 

 

 

And here's the completed easy origami kusudama flower with 5 units. You can form a kusudama ball if you make 6 of these flowers and glue them together.