Selecting Paper For an Origami Orchid

Series Summary

Origami, a form of visual art defined by the folding of paper, originated in Japan in the 1600s. Since then, this ancient art has become a popular hobby for many around the globe. Origami has been popular in the United States and England since the early 1900s. It has always been regarded as a complicated and delicate art form, but our expert will teach you step-by-step how to fold origami in such a way that it is easily accessible to beginners.

Looking for a fun art project to do alone or with your kids but don't want to spend a lot of money on expensive art supplies or make a mess with markers and paints? Why not try origami? This fun and easy Japanese art is perfect for children because it teaches them to use their fine motor skills and produces something they can be proud of. In this free video series, our expert will show you how to make an origami orchid. You will get step by step instructions for folding your origami flower with tips and advice for beginners to origami.

Video Transcript

"I'm going to show you how to fold and origami golden slipper orchid. This is a very beautiful flower. It's a very beautiful origami piece when you get it done. What we're going to do here is we're going to start with our square piece of paper. Of course, this isn't really origami stock. This is really thick stuff, but it's really big so I can show you what to do here. We're going to go ahead and make a flower base. Pull this down this way here. Pull those points together. What I'll usually do is rub my finger from the point all the way to the back and get this started here. Come over here to this corner. Work our corners in. You've got to get this right. You don't want to have it everywhere. Score it with my fingernails like so. There we go. There's our triangle. Before we can get to the flower base, we've got to go to the very preliminary base, which is going to be our flower base. Go ahead and fold that triangle like that. We'll finish up our flower base in the next piece. "