Get folding with our collection of origami flowers
If you’ve fallen in love with the art of folding, then turn your paper into petals with fabulous origami flowers!
The symmetrical nature of origami flowers makes them a particularly satisfying project, plus they’re a simple but sweet gift that you can give to your friends or partner.
In this guide we’re rounding up our favourite origami flowers that you can make for free, plus some inspiring projects and reference books to turn you from an origami fan to a full on paper florist!
Free origami flowers to make today
Origami rose tutorial
When it comes to giving flowers, a rose is always a classic, and it’s also one of our favourite origami flowers too!
Our origami rose tutorial is a bit of an epic make, with some serious folding involved! But don’t worry if you’re still new to origami flowers, you’ll also find a beginner origami rose pattern to try too.
Origami lotus flower tutorial
If you’re looking for origami flowers that are a bit more unique, discover serenity with a sheet of paper by making our lovely lotus flower.
Often associated with spirituality, and the national flower of India and Vietnam, our free origami lotus flower tutorial is perfect for a bit of mindful making.
Origami lily flower tutorial
Many people love lilies, but they can be troublesome – their pollen seriously stains clothes, and people often don’t realise that they’re poisonous to cats!
But that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy their beautiful form, just try our free origami lily flower tutorial instead! It’s one of the easier origami flowers you can make, so it’s the perfect bloom for beginners.
Origami tulip tutorial
As one of the first flowers to bloom in springtime, tulips are often a much-needed burst of colour after a long dark winter.
Our beautiful free origami tulip tutorial includes instructions for adding a leaf and stalk, and looks fantastic in a range of colours.
Origami cherry blossom flowers
Another flower that is synonymous with springtime (especially in Japan), is the beautiful cherry blossom flower.
Known as Sakura in Japan, people flock from far and wide to see these magical blooms each year. But you don’t have to travel that far when you can enjoy the origami cherry blossoms at home with our free origami flower fairy lights tutorial.
Make an origami bouquet
Whether you display them in a vase or give them as a gift, one way to make the most of your origami flowers is to turn them into a beautiful bouquet.
Our origami flower bouquet tutorial combines tulips, hyacinths and budding flowers with lovely leaves and a paper wrap to create the prettiest of posies.
Make an origami wreath
Here’s another pretty six-petal flower, which you can make with a range of patterned papers and even decorate with beautiful beads.
Our origami flower wreath tutorial is a wonderful piece of door decor that looks fabulous for every season.
Brilliant books for origami flowers
Easy Origami Flowers by Gaël le Neillon
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Our first book is a fabulous choice for complete beginners, as it not only includes 10 step-by-step tutorials for paper flowers, but also comes with 400 perforated paper sheets in a range of colours and patterns for you to tear out and use.
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National Trust: Blossom Origami by Clover Robin
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This fabulous book from the National Trust would make a brilliant gift for anyone who’s interested in origami paper flowers.
Beautifully illustrated and with pretty poems, this fabulous book features 13 step-by-step tutorials (with QR codes linking to videos if you get stuck), plus 50 sheets of patterned origami paper to practice with!
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Naomiki Sato's Origami Roses
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Perfect your origami flowers by practicing with a specific bloom, in this case origami roses. This awesome book by Naomiki Sato will take your folded flowers to the next level, helping you develop your origami skills with a range of folding and decorative techniques.
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Floral Origami by Ekaterina Lukasheva
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This final book is a must if you’re wanting to take your journey all the way from beginner to advanced! With 30 designs to make, you’ll learn everything from beautiful origami flowers and leaves all the way to making complex floral balls (also called kusudamas).
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Discover more origami inspiration in our roundup of the best origami books.
Paper packs for origami flowers
An easy way to make origami flowers look even more impressive is to use patterned origami paper.
The additional detail can add that extra bit of visual interest to your blooms, as well as helping to disguise any not-so-perfect creases. Here’s three pretty paper packs for you to try!
Cherry blossom origami paper pack
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This lovely origami paper pack includes 256 double-sided sheets featuring a selection of 16 fabulous floral patterns with a corresponding complementary solid shade on the reverse.
As well as the 6in square sheets, it also comes with 13 pages of origami tips and tricks as well as instructions for 8 origami models to make.
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Tuttle origami paper pack of 500 sheets
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If you just can’t get enough of making origami flowers, then this pack of 500 sheets from Tuttle will keep you in stock for all of your future folding projects.
There’s 12 different designs in the pack ranging from pretty pastels to tropical tones, plus solid colors on the reverse.
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Claire Fontaine origami paper pack
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This fabulous origami paper pack from Claire Fontaine is a must for adding some illustrative style to your origami makes. This pack of 60 papers features 30 fabulous designs (2 sheets of each design), ranging from repeating leaf illustrations to fab flower collages.
We love the floral Kiribati collection, but you can always mix things up with some of the other fabulous collections from Claire Fontaine too!
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Find even more must-buy materials in our roundup of the best origami paper.
Fall in love with origami flowers
Learning how to make origami flowers is not only a fulfilling craft, but they also make a sweet little gift too! Keep practicing and eventually you’ll be able to make them from memory – now that will really impress your friends (and maybe even your crush or sweetheart).
Go beyond the fold
Discover even more ways to make flowers that will last forever by checking out our complete guide to paper flowers on Gathered.
