Flowers & nature · Step-by-step guide
Four-Heart Clover Medallion
Fold four small heart-shaped leaves and glue them into a flat clover medallion for cards and other paper decorations.
What you’ll need
- Four equal green paper squares
- Craft glue
Modular paper craft · Squash folds & gluing
Make it, step by step.
7 steps · Original diagrams with English instructions
Choose the paper
Open image at full size ↗Prepare four identical green squares so the leaves will be the same size.
Mark the center lines
Open image at full size ↗Fold one square in half horizontally and vertically, then open it.
Start the leaf
Open image at full size ↗Fold the lower edge toward the center. Turn over, then bring the lower side corners toward the center line.
Form the upper band
Open image at full size ↗Turn over again. Fold the pointed section upward as shown, turn the model back, and open the narrow pocket at the indicated edge.
Flatten the small pockets
Open image at full size ↗Squash each open pocket into a small triangle. Tuck the triangle inside, fold the narrow edge upward, and repeat on the other side.
Finish four leaves
Open image at full size ↗Fold the two outer sides inward to form one heart-shaped leaf. Turn to the front and make three more matching leaves.
Join the clover
Open image at full size ↗Apply glue to the overlapping side tabs. Join two leaves, then add the third and fourth so all their points meet at the center.
Follow the diagrams alongside the step-by-step English instructions.
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