Flowers & nature · Step-by-step guide

Four-Petal Spring Star Flower

Fold four broad pointed petals separated by slender folded rays.

What you’ll need

Origami · Folding and shaping

8 steps · Original diagrams with English instructions

Read each picture from left to right, then top to bottom. The starting square size is not specified.

Crease both diagonals and both midlines. Collapse the square inward along its creases. Fold the front side edges to the middle.

Unfold the side folds and lift the lower front point. Bring its sides inward and flatten. Repeat on the back.

Rotate the model end for end. Fold the indicated flap to the right and then to the left, opening each fold.
Open both sides along those creases.

Squash the open pocket to the right and repeat on the back. Lower the top flap, then turn the layers sideways.

Lower the corresponding flap on the new face. Fold it to the right and left to mark the next creases. Open both sides along those folds.

Flatten the pocket to the right and repeat on the opposite face.
Spread the model from the top and gently open the four broad petals, leaving the narrow rays between them.

Use this finished example to compare the shape and proportions of your model.

Use this finished example to compare the shape and proportions of your model.

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