Flowers & nature · Step-by-step guide
Five-Petal Peach Blossom
Cut a pentagonal base and open its folded layers into five pointed flower petals.
What you’ll need
- One 7.6 × 7.6 cm square
- Scissors
Paper folding · Pentagon cutting & petal pockets
Make it, step by step.
11 steps · Original diagrams with English instructions
Fold the reference creases
Open image at full size ↗Fold the square in half with its open edge at the top. Make the diagonal reference folds shown.
Cut the pentagon
Open image at full size ↗Bring the corners across along the reference creases, fold the layers together and cut along the guide. Keep and open the lower piece.
Collapse into a triangle
Open image at full size ↗Bring the radial creases together into the layered triangular base.
Crease the first sides
Open image at full size ↗Fold both edges inward and sharpen the center crease formed by the fold.
Repeat the triangular creases
Open image at full size ↗Repeat on the opposite side, forming the triangular crease pattern shown.
Complete the five sectors
Open image at full size ↗Repeat around the model so all five sectors have matching folds.
Pull the folded corner down
Open image at full size ↗Hold three points together and pull the upper corner downward along the creases.
Check the collapse
Open image at full size ↗Flatten the layers into the narrow pointed arrangement shown.
Separate the points
Open image at full size ↗Spread the five points slightly apart.
Open one petal
Open image at full size ↗Insert a finger into the pocket, spread it and gently press the petal tip downward.
Open all five petals
Open image at full size ↗Repeat on the remaining points and arrange the blossom evenly.
Follow the diagrams alongside the step-by-step English instructions.
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