Things You'll Need:
- Chopstick
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Step 1
Fold the paper diagonally. If your paper has a pattern on one side, fold so that the pattern is hidden. Fold the paper again, making a smaller triangle.
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Step 2
Open one of the flaps that you've just created and fold it back over itself. Flip the paper over and do the same on the other side.
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Step 3
Shake out all of the folds so that you're back to the original square. You've divided the paper into eighths, as you can see by the folds.
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Step 4
Flip it colored-side up, fold the middle two triangles on one side together and push the two outer triangles down on each side, making the paper look like a rectangle. Do the same on the other side to make a square. You should see a diagonal crease on the front.
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Step 1
Lift up the top flap on your square (the bottom portion is visible when you do this) and squish it down flat (the top crease lines up with the diagonal crease on the square). The flap now resembles a kite with a square in the background. Do the same thing all the way around.
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Step 2
Take one flap on the smaller end and fold it in to the middle crease. Do the same on the opposite side, making two smaller triangles at the top of your kite.
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Step 3
Open it up again and refold the small triangles inside the flap. A small flap of paper then sticks up at the base of those triangles. Fold that flap down away from the small triangles toward the opposite point.
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Step 4
Pick that small flap back up and fold it down in the opposite direction, on top of the small triangles.
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Step 5
Go back to the small triangles and open up that section again. You're folding along the same creases, just putting the triangles inside the paper. Fold the long-legged triangles first, then fold the small flap inside the bottom pocket. A chopstick can help you to fold this in.
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Step 1
Make sure you have four flaps on each side for a total of eight.
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Step 2
Pick up the end that has not yet been folded and bend the point up to meet the line down the center of your top triangles. Crease it well.
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Step 3
Open up the whole page. Flatten out that central portion and fold the other parts of the paper down so it looks like a cloth draped over a table.
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Step 4
Push the central point of your paper down, using a chopstick if necessary, "sinking" your flat surface into an upside-down cone.
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Step 5
Bunch up the creases in the paper surrounding the top portion; once you're done, flatten the pattern so it looks like a kite with the top flattened off. Crease well.
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Step 6
Fold it so that the longer end shows two separated triangles; the shorter end is a single piece overlapping the longer end.
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Step 1
Turn the paper so the flat end is closest to you. Fold the point of the corner on your right halfway in to the center of the paper. Do the same with the left corner. Apply this fold to each face of the paper.
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Step 2
Undo all of the folds you just made; you only needed them for their creases.
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Step 3
Fold the construction so that the top sports the flap that is all one piece, no small triangles or open areas. Lift up the longer portion and fold it down over the smaller portion. Do this on the other side.
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Step 4
Lift the side corner and fold it to the center. Pick it back up and squish the piece down so that the crease that was closest to the center now becomes a straight line down the middle of your new miniature kite shape. Fold it backwards along that middle line so that half of the mini-kite is on each side of the large flap, back-to-back with itself.
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Step 5
Repeat on each corner. Some faces still need to have the longer portion folded down over the smaller portion, like in Step 3, before going into the smaller folds outlined in Step 4. Flatten the construction so it looks like a square attached to a triangle. Stand this on its flat end, triangle up in the air, to see the basic flower shape.
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Step 1
Fold the triangle portion down as far as it can go over the square portion. The side facing up should be the face with the double triangles at the end.
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Step 2
Do this all the way around.
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Step 3
Stand the construction on its base and make the leaves stick straight out. Your edelweiss has now bloomed.
