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Learn how to make beautiful paper flowers from just squares of paper —
no special tools, no glue, no fuss! In this tutorial I'll show you how
to fold easy origami flowers using coloured paper OR old book pages
for a gorgeous vintage look. Perfect for home decor, gifts, or just
a relaxing crafting afternoon!
What you'll need:
✂️ Squares of coloured paper (or pages from an old book)
✂️ Glue
✂️ That's it!
These easy paper flowers are perfect for beginners and make stunning
DIY home decor or handmade gifts on a budget.
More Origami ideas 👇
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What if I told you these beautiful
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flowers cost nothing to make? All you
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need is a square of paper, an old book
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if you want to cut one up, and make
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these stunning flowers. If you can fold
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a piece of paper, you can make these.
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And I'm going to show you step by step
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how to make your own. So, let's get
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started. So, you just need any old book
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pages or bright colored paper. It
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doesn't matter. Any paper you like, but
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you need to cut up some squares. So,
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you're going to need for each flower
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five squares. Any size you like. Mine
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are 4 in by 4 in. And it's just a really
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nice size to work with. So, once you've
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got your squares, the first thing you're
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going to do is fold them in half. So,
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we're going to run through what you do
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with one and then you repeat. So, just
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fold it in half along the diagonal.
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Make sure you've got a good crease. You
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can do that with your fingernail, the
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back of a ruler, or a little tool like
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I've got. And then fold each one of
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those bottom corners up to the top
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point. Again, getting a good crease.
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Take the other one up to that top point.
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So, you can see I'm just going to find
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it easier by turning it. And that's
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okay. You do it however it's easy for
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you.
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And give that a good press.
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Now, take one side and open that little
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flap. and then flatten it so that the
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crease you made is up the middle. And
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you'll end up with a kite shape.
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And then the little triangle over the
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top, fold it down in line with the
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square that you started with. Again,
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press it down nicely.
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Fold along the crease that you'd still
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got halfway across your kite.
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And you've made that little shape, that
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little flap. And then repeat for the
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other side. So you open it up, flatten
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it down so the creases up the middle,
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make your kite shape, turn the top over,
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and then fold it in half.
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And you've got those two little flaps
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now, one at either side.
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So now we're going to form one petal of
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our flower by gluing those together. Now
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I'm just using an ordinary paper glue
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stick. You can use any glue you like. My
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philosophy is use what you've got and
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see if it works. So just put it on one
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side on one of those flaps and then roll
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your shape round. We're not forming a
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crease this time. We're forming a nice
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curve and then squeeze those together.
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So you can see I've put my fingers
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inside to squeeze them together
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so that I don't put a crease on the
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other side. We're forming that nice cone
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shape
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which I'm sure you'll recognize from the
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flower we had at the beginning. So you
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can see we've got a lovely petal there.
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And now what you need to do is get four
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more squares
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and repeat that whole process. So as if
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by magic I will now appear with five.
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And there we go. So now we're going to
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glue those together.
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So, back to the same glue. Take one of
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your petals
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and just put some glue along one side
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against where they join together. The
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two sides join together. And then take
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another one. Doesn't matter which one.
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Just pick one up. And glue that onto it.
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Just so they line up. Just like that.
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And that in the center there where
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they're meeting,
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that's going to be the center of our
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flower. So, all we've done there is join
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two petals together. And you can see
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I've poked my fingers in again to
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squeeze them together, get a good seam.
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Now, if your glue takes a little while
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to dry, you may have to keep waiting
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between steps. That's a just trial and
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error with your glue. But you're just
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going to work your way around. So, we're
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now adding the third one in exactly the
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same way. Just take a moment to line up
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so those centers meet exactly and you
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get a nice point at the bottom of your
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flower.
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And then once you're happy those three
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are all glued together,
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it's time to take number four and glue
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that on in exactly the same way.
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Now, if you've been using book pages,
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you may have also noticed I try and make
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sure I've got plenty of writing on the
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outside. So, it's worth looking at your
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book pages before you start. It can also
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be worth looking at what's printed on
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the book pages. You can get caught out
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there as well. So, when it comes to the
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fifth petal,
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I tend to just put a bit of glue on
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either side of that petal and then feed
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it in. There's no hard and fast rule,
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but I've just found that's the easiest
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way of getting that final one in
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successfully.
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So, then place it in. And this time
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you're trying to line it up between that
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first petal and the fourth petal. You
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might just have to slide it a little bit
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just to get it in. So this time you can
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see I'm nipping both sides of the petal
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to make sure it glues in properly.
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And then that's it. We have a flower
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completed just how you want it. And now
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you can make as many as you like. How
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about a dozen for a loved one or six to
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go in a vase? It's entirely up to you.
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But at the moment you've just got the
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flower and you can use it like that. But
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I'm going to show you two different ways
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of turning them into flowers with stems.
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So the first way is to take barbecue
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skewers. So you just get a barbecue
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skewer and put some hot melt or cool
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metal glue on the end and poke it into
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your flower. You could stick this in as
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you're going, but I tend to put them in
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afterwards. It's just the way I choose.
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It's entirely up to you. And then you've
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got a flower. And you can do them all
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like that. But another way you can do
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them is if you've got straws hanging
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around, you could do them using a straw.
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And the way I do these is to put a bit
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of the glue onto the point of the
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flower. And this time you're going to
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need a little bit more glue. And I tend
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not to put enough and have to add some
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more. And then just place the straw onto
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the base of the flower.
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You'll have to wait for your glue to
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dry, but it doesn't take long. And then
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once it's secure, we can cover that
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straw up if we want to. Now, if you've
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used a green straw, you might be done.
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But I like to wrap my brightly colored
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straws. So, I've got some double-sided
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tape, just a really fine one, and I'm
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going to stick it from the top to the
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bottom of the straw and just firm it on.
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Now, remember, if you've got green
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straws or even if they're bright colors
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and you're happy with them, you're done.
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But if you would like to cover those
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straws so that no one can tell they are
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straws,
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then I do recommend just wrapping them
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in something. So if you put some
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double-sided tape on, you can wrap them
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with pretty much whatever you like. So
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you could use some twine or some ribbon
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or anything you like. Now I'm going to
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use florest tape and it's supposed to be
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really sticky. I've got a batch from a
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well-known online cheap shop that is not
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very sticky at all. So, I've put my
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double-sided tape, but if you're going
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to put ribbon on, you're going to want
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that double-sided tape anyway. And then
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once you've got it secure on the base of
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the flower, you're just going to keep
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wrapping it around the straw all the way
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till you get to the bottom.
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Keep going. And then no one will ever
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know there's a straw in there. It'll
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just look like a stem. I get to the
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bottom. I'm just going to cut it off
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apparently really badly and just wrap
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that end in.
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So then that's how I've done them with
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book pages, but also you can do them
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with any paper you like. So I'm going to
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show you some nice bright ones that I've
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made. Some beautiful pink ones.
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And you can see they look gorgeous in
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any color and then maybe even some
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lilacs and mix them together. They look
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great in a vase, great in a little
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bouquet to gift. So, I hope you'll enjoy
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making your little origami flowers from
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squares of paper.
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Please let me know in the comments below
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how you get on and what you're going to
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do with
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