The folding paper rose can be regarded as the purest personal enjoyment as well as the symbolization of the deepest meaning of the art. You can give this paper rose to impress or win your beloveds heart as the paper rose signifies everlasting beauty and love. So, I'll give these paper roses to my sisters, Judy Sheldon and BC Doan, my family members and teachers, all the staffs at Triond, readers, patients, mother nature and fans. These roses will definitely express beyond the thousand words that I could ever speak in my lifetime!
Note: All photos were pictured by CHAN LEE PENG.
Directions
Below are step-by-step instructions and photos on how to make a paper rose. The illustrations will assist you to visualize each process of making paper roses. Don't be irritated or annoyed by its complex steps, as you'll come to see how the whole thing comes together in the end. You'll be creating many beautiful paper roses which worth your time and effort. So, be patient to follow each step carefully and patiently. Alright! I'm now going to teach you how to make the beautiful paper rose. It does matter if you get it done just right! Good luck!
Step 1
Prepare a piece of square paper. Place the paper on a flat surface.
Step 2
Fold the paper horizontally. Make sure that each part are of the same sizes. Open up the paper. You should have seven lines dividing the paper horizontally, giving you eight equal length horizontal bars.
Step 3
Repeat step 2 for this step. But, this time fold it vertically instead. Unfold the paper and you will have seven lines dividing the paper both vertically and horizontally each, giving you eight horizontal plus the previous eight vertical bars in their equal lengths.
Step 4
Fold the paper diagonally both ways.
Step 5
Open up the paper. Face the colored side of the paper up towards you. You should now have two lines dividing the paper diagonally, giving you four triangles.
Step 6
Rotate the paper and fold up its four corners.
Step 7
Fold the paper in half. Face the colored side of the paper up towards you.
Step 8
Fold the lower part marked by the red line upward.
Step 9
Open up the paper. Fold the four corners of the paper.
Step 10
Fold the paper diagonally both ways along its red cross lines.
Step 11
From step 10, when you fold the paper diagonally two times along the red lines, you'll make a diamond shape.
Step 12
Fold up the paper along its red line.
Step 13
Open up the paper. Your paper should appear in this manner.
Step 14
Now, you'll notice one small square box in its middle as marked by the red square.
Step 15
Face the colored side of the paper up towards you.
Step 16
Press down on its vertical and horizontal parts counter-clockwise gently, leaving its middle standing out.
Step 17
Pull two opposite sides gently and carefully in the opposite directions as shown by the red arrows.
Step 18
Carefully and slowly bring the edges down so that it starts to flatten down. The centre part of the paper should turn into a tiny flat square.
Step 19
Gently stretch the paper from step 18 outward.
Step 20
Fold the top left paper to the down left as shown by the red arrows. Next, bring the lower back paper to the top.
Step 21
Press the paper down while rotating the centre to 90 degrees counter-clockwise. Make sure its centre is popping out.
Step 22
Press the paper gently so that it is completely flat. Pull the paper gently as shown by its red arrows.
Step 23
This is the most difficult part to fold. Make sure you fold along the red lines carefully.
Step 24
Hold the paper gently with your hands, rotate it 90 degree, counterclockwise. Make sure it is folded to its alignment exactly.
Step 25
Turn the paper over by facing its back up.
Step 26
Fold the lower right corner which is marked by the red line backward.
Step 27
Fold its lower right corner accordingly.
Step 28
Flip over and pull the part shown by red arrows slightly to get a basic rose ball shape.
Step 29
Fold according to the pictures as shown above.
Step 30
Position the paper as shown in this picture, its side view should look like this.
Step 31
Face the paper up towards you. Now, you should have a basic shape of the rose.
Step 32
You're now looking into the inside of the rose. Lay the rose so that you can see its inner part clearly to start folding its bottom side to get its bottom closed. To do this, you fold each of its petal one by one.
Step 33
Fold its petals carefully and patiently. Make sure that you fold down the side next to the side you've just folded. Its subsequent folding should follow the clockwise direction.
Step 34
When you reach the last petal, make sure you tuck it under the gap beneath the previous petal. This step is important to ensure that its bottom is completely complete.
Step 35
From step 34, face the rose up towards you. Make sure that your folding is good and straight just as mine (shown in the picture) so that you'll get a nicely folded rose flower at the end.
Step 36
Pull the parts shown by red arrows outward gently in order to get a rose shape in step 37.
Step 37
Here is how the almost completely rose looks like.
Step 38
Fold the parts upward so that its shape looks like the one shown in step 39. You're almost there!
Step 39
Now you've a pretty rose!
Step 40
You can now add a stem for it, using wire (8 to 10 inches in length) and a few pieces of leaves (3 to 4 inches in length) with green colored paper. Congratulation! You're done!
