Origami lotus: simple and modular flower for beginners

The lotus is a beautiful flower, which, oddly enough, grows on dirty swamp water. It is sacred in the Indian religions - Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism, is a symbol of spiritual beauty and purity. He also personifies the world and its creation from the primordial chaos. In addition, flowers are always the best decoration for the interior, whether they are living or made of paper. Yes, and the arsenal of any master will diversify and decorate the origami lotus, the scheme of which is given in this lesson.

Lotus flower for beginners

If you like paper flowers and you have wondered how to make origami from paper, the lotus in this scheme is very simple even for a beginner. This is an ideal scheme for beginner origami.

For work you need a square sheet of paper.

1. The edges of the sheet are folded to the center so that the corners converge towards the center, and the lines touch.

2. Do not turn the sheet, just add the corners two more times.

3. Turn the workpiece, again bend the edges, but now in the opposite direction.

4. Without turning the sheet, the corners are folded to the center so that they are bent to half the main square.

5. Take the paper by the tip and carefully, trying not to tear the edges, pull out the other tip.

6. So pull out the top layer, then - the middle one.

7. At the end, pull out the bottom layer and get a lovely origami lotus flower.

Lotus from

modules To make a lotus in origami technique it is possible and from modules. In this master class, however, they will not be traditional, triangular, but rectangular. We also need a thread to link them together.

1. Take colored paper of green and pink color. From the green leaves will be made, but you can replace the pink one with any other petals that match the color.

2. Cut the paper into rectangles measuring 13.5 cm * 7.5 cm. We need 4 green and 8 pink rectangles.

3. We proceed to the folding of the modules. Take a green rectangle and fold it in half along.

4. Straighten the rectangle, bend the corners on all sides to the remaining fold line.

5. Now bend both long sides to the middle.

6. Bend the workpiece inwards twice. So the first module is ready.

7. Under this scheme, add the modules from the remaining green rectangles.

8. Now add the pink paper.

9. Repeating steps 1-5, we make the workpiece.

10. We turn the pink module, fold it in half, only unlike the green ones, folded elements outwards.

11. We add all the pink modules. As a result, we get 4 green modules and 8 pink ones.

12. Let's start assembling the flower.

13. One on the other we collect 1 green module and two pink ones, at the same time the green one should be the lowest.

14. Carefully add the aligned modules together, firmly tie the thread exactly in the middle.

15. We distribute the petals so that they are more or less symmetrical to each other.

16. Upper modules one after one gently bend towards the center. Our lotus should have the first 4 petals.

17. Also through one, bend the next row of petals. This sequence is observed so that the flower is more lush.

18. Once all the petals are in place, straighten the bottom green leaves.

19. Modular origami is ready! His scheme, unlike many schemes of modular origami, is so simple that even a child can cope with it. So if you often have children in your house, take note of several such schemes. They will not only take children with fascinating creative work, but they are also good for the development of fine motor skills of the hands. You can even arrange a contest for the best lotus. Such crafts will be good for decorating a festive table. You can, for example, with his help unbanally arrange the seat of each guest of the holiday.

These and other variants of making such a figure look in the video master classes.