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Curled Paper Spider Lily

Combine slender curled flowers and paper stamens into a spider lily cluster.

What you’ll need

  • Six 7.6 × 7.6 cm squares
  • Narrow paper strips for stamens
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • A slim curling tool
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Paper folding · Petal folds, curled strips & glued assembly

Finished Curled Paper Spider Lily

Make it, step by step.

4 steps · Original diagrams with English instructions

Make the folded base

Curled Paper Spider Lily: Make the folded baseOpen image at full size ↗
  1. Crease both diagonals and midlines, collapse into a square base with the opening down, fold the sides inward and open the triangular pocket.

Narrow the petals

Curled Paper Spider Lily: Narrow the petalsOpen image at full size ↗
  1. Repeat on the reverse. Fold the remaining half backward and narrow the exposed sides along the center.

Open and curl

Curled Paper Spider Lily: Open and curlOpen image at full size ↗
  1. Repeat on all faces. Fold the small upper triangles, then spread the four points and curl their tips.

Assemble the cluster

Curled Paper Spider Lily: Assemble the clusterOpen image at full size ↗
  1. Cut two thin strips, join their bases and curl the ends. Glue them into a flower. Make six flower units and glue them into a cluster with one in the center.

Follow the diagrams alongside the step-by-step English instructions.

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