Flowers & nature · Step-by-step guide
Pointed Six-Petal Flower
Cut a hexagon and shape its folded layers into six pointed petals.
What you’ll need
- One 15 × 15 cm square
- Scissors
Paper folding · Hexagon cutting & petal shaping
Make it, step by step.
14 steps · Original diagrams with English instructions
Prepare the square
Open image at full size ↗Start with a 15 cm paper square.
Fold the cutting guide
Open image at full size ↗Fold upward, mark four equal divisions across the rectangle and make the diagonal folds shown. Fold the layers backward together.
Cut and collapse
Open image at full size ↗Cut along the dashed line and keep the lower piece. Open the hexagon, then collapse along the indicated mountain and valley creases.
Fold one edge inward
Open image at full size ↗Bring the left edge of one face to the center line.
Open and squash
Open image at full size ↗Open that fold and flatten it along the new crease.
Fold both sides
Open image at full size ↗Bring the two lower edges toward the middle.
Tuck the upper flap
Open image at full size ↗Fold the upper triangular section inward.
Repeat and fold down
Open image at full size ↗Repeat on the remaining faces. Fold the gathered section downward along the dashed guide.
Flatten the spread layers
Open image at full size ↗Press the opened layers into the cross-like arrangement shown.
Fold the center section
Open image at full size ↗Fold the small central section along its existing crease.
Turn a flap left
Open image at full size ↗Fold the right-hand flap across to the left.
Repeat around the base
Open image at full size ↗Repeat the same flap arrangement on the other sides.
Open the first petal
Open image at full size ↗Open one long point and press down near its tip to spread the petal.
Open all six petals
Open image at full size ↗Repeat around the flower and adjust the petals evenly.
Follow the diagrams alongside the step-by-step English instructions.
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