How to Make a "Bloomin' Box" for Spring

comments (10) April 12th, 2009

Jeffery Rudell, contributor

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This beautiful, petal-covered bauble is made from six sheets of paper and a few clever folds.

This unassuming origami model, when paired with five identical components, creates a charming, and useful, ornamental box.

A simple box becomes an extraordinary jewel with just a few quick pinches of the paper flaps on its six faces.

This beautiful, petal-covered bauble is made from six sheets of paper and a few clever folds.

Photo: Jeff Rudell

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(8) Fold the center flap to the right and the bottom flap toward the top as indicated in the before and after illustration (note: folding one flap will cause the other flap to fall into place).

Stop and take a breath. That wasn't so hard, right? (9) Now fold the top-left edge down to the bottom-center edge as indicated in the illustration.

(10) In a move that reflects the actions from step 8 above, fold the center flap to the left and the top flap downward.

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Comments (10)

NancyWard writes: Hi!

I recently posted an entry on my blog with a link to this tutorial.

I'd appreciate your letting me know if that's OK.

Thanks,

Nancy Ward
http://paperfriendly.blogspot.com
Posted: 8:01 pm on January 15th

DefyingDestinyy writes: Can someone please guide me through the second part of step 9. I don't understand where you're supposed to fold. Well, I don't understand where the folded part is supposed to go. When I try to do it, it doesn't look like the picture, and the paper doesn't want to bend. I really want to do this because the end result looks beautiful. Please help.
Posted: 8:50 pm on December 17th

LunarFaith writes: awesomely love this ~

i m keeping fingers X'ed to get this into my next sunday project (*-*)
Posted: 5:29 am on June 2nd

eveh writes: One of the things that makes this so beautiful is the color choice. I'll bet yours is prettier than the original. : )
Posted: 6:12 pm on April 30th

sandysue08 writes: I would love to try this with fabric...:>}
Posted: 9:39 am on April 25th

paperrain writes: wow.
I don't know how you can keep coming up with all these great ideas, but please DO.
Posted: 7:31 pm on April 22nd

angrylilasiangirl writes: i love it! and where can i get that paper?
Posted: 8:57 am on April 20th

ImaMes writes: Beautiful! I love it! It's even pretty before pinching all the flaps. Can't wait to make one!

BTW - Your choice of paper is very Spring-y. =) Nice.
Posted: 10:32 am on April 13th

AWilcox writes: This is simply beautiful, it definitely screams out SPRING, I love it.
Posted: 8:53 am on April 13th