Starting an Origami Water Lily

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 water lily. You will get step by step instructions for folding your origami flower with tips and advice for beginners to origami.

Video Transcript

"Now we are going to do a water lily. This is going to be a nice easy one to get done and I think you are really going to enjoy this. What we are going to do is start with this regular piece of paper here. Here let's do it with the front side. What I'm going to do is go ahead and fold, just kind of over like so. We want to crease it here. I'm going to go ahead and fold it down as well. There we go. Oops I have a little bend there. That is alright. I'm going to open it up now we have this nice cross section right here so what we are going to do is we are going to go ahead and fold our points into it like so. On all pages. Like this we want to make sure we get all of points nice and together like so. We would do our last one here. We are finish with this part."