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Summary: Use tooth pick when inserting origami folds into cherry blossom shape. Learn how to fold an origami cherry blossom in this free paper crafts lesson from an origami expert.
Justina Danison has been doing origami since she was a child. She learned through demonstration from her mother. Her interest kept her flipping through origami books and learning new...read more
"Right in here. Crease. And finally, our fifth one, which is the most difficult one. Take the brown, insert it into the blue. Crease. Now, the trick is to insert this into this pocket, without loosening the rest of it. It helps if we have a little toothpick to help us open this little pocket in here. And taking this flap, insert it, into that little pocket. And crease, re-crease everything. And this helps to serve, to lock all the pieces in place. Now, take the rest of your units, and add them on, one by one. And as you go, it will form into a ball, like this. Once you have them a complete ball. Take each piece and re-crimp it, like so. Re-crimp that little triangle, and you get the shape of the Cherry Blossom, like this. This is your Cherry Blossom ball."
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