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Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

Origami is a skill that often comes in handy when people want to express their feelings. With full emotions in their hearts, they can convey them by actually folding them into specific shapes. When you want to express your love, fold a heart, and when you want to pray for someone, fold a paper crane... The origami craft I will introduce today is to fold a warm sunflower!

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

Follow the steps below.

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

Items needed: Sunflower printing paper, scissors.

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

STEP1. Cut out the sunflower that looks like a suncake on the paper board and fold it in half. After opening it, fold the other side in half again.

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

STEP2. After the folding is completed, align the left and right sides with the center line, and fold each side inward twice to form a triangle.

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

STEP3. Fold in half along the area dividing lines of different colors above and below the triangle.

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

STEP4. Open the triangle and fold all the gray lines outwards (mountain lines) and the orange lines inwards (valley lines). When completed, it will look like an octagon.

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

STEP5. Flatten the octagon on the table, then fold the lower right corner of the trapezoid inward, and repeat folding the lower half of the trapezoid into an inverted triangle.

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

At this point a trapezoid is obtained.

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

Fold the trapezoid into an inverted triangle.

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

STEP6.OpenThe white area of ??the inverted triangle is turned outwards into an arc-shaped dotted line.

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

STEP7. Pinch all the petals and pull them out, and the paper sunflower is completed.

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

Illustration of how to fold a sunflower. The process of hand-folding a sunflower.

You should now have a unique sunflower in your hand. The weather is getting colder, pick a sunflower that is most suitable for sunshine, maybe use it to decorate your home, maybe give it to a friend, and give each other more warmth instead of words!