Origami Magic Rose Cube Instructions

Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 1: We'll start off by making the units for the "petals". We'll need 3 units of these. These will form the rose so you should use a color you want for your flower.

Start with a 6 inch x 6 inch (15cm x 15cm) square origami paper color side down.

Fold paper in half on the vertical axis. Crease well and unfold.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 2: Fold both sides to meet in the center. Crease well and unfold.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 3: Fold AB to meet AC. Crease well and unfold.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 4: Now fold DE to meet DF. Crease well.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 5: This is an interesting step that we'll repeat several times.

Make a horizontal fold on the top layer as shown.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 6: Now fold the left side back to the right.

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Then press paper flat so that the diagonal edges line up on the left.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 7: Rotate paper.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 8: Now we're going to repeat Steps 5 and 6.

First pry open the top layer on the right. Then make the diagonal fold as shown.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 9: Now make the horizontal fold as shown below, folding down the top layer only.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 10: Now bring the left side over to the right to close the paper.

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origami-magic-rose-cube-step-10

 

Press paper flat so the the diagonal edges line up on the left.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 11: Flip paper over. Make the 2 diagonal folds as shown. Crease well.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 12: Now make 2 more diagonal folds. Crease well.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 13: Unfold paper to Step 10.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 14: Flip paper over and your petals unit is complete. Repeat Steps 1 to 13 and make a total of 3 units.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 15: We'll now move on to the leaves. We'll be using green paper for these units.

Follow Steps 1 to 6 for the petals as shown above. You should have the following to start with.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 16: Make the small diagonal fold on the bottom right as shown.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 17: Fold up the bottom tip.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 18: Make the diagonal fold. Crease well and unfold.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 19: Rotate paper.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 20: You should be familiar with the next few steps as they're the same as Step 8 to 10 for the petals.

Pry open the top layer on the right side. Then make the diagonal fold as shown.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 21: Make the horizontal fold.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 22: Now we're going to bring the left side over to the right to close the paper.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 23: Flip paper over. Make the small diagonal fold on the bottom right.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 24: One more diagonal fold. Crease well and unfold.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 25: Unfold to Step 23.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 26: Flip paper over and your leaves unit is complete.

Repeat Steps 15 to 26 and make a total of 3 units.

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Origami Magic Rose Cube Step 27: Watch the video for the assembly process.

Origami Magic Rose Cube Assembly Video

 

 

 

 

Your origami cube will go from this....

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...to this like magic!!

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