Fold paper in half. Crease well.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 2: Make a valley fold about 1cm from the edge. Crease well and
unfold.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 3: Fold paper in half on the vertical axis.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 4: Fold the bottom right corner to the crease line. Crease well and
unfold.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 5: Flip paper over.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 6: Fold the left edge as shown below. Crease well and unfold.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 7: Unfold paper.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 8: Fold line A-B to A-C. Crease well and unfold.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 9: Rotate paper 90 degrees counter-clockwise.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 10: Repeat Steps 8 and 9 three more times for the other 3
quadrants of the paper.
Your paper should look like this when completed.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 11: Recrease the center lines into mountain folds as shown.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 12: Make the horizontal mountain fold as shown.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 13: See the diamond shape in the center? Recrease the edges into
mountain fold.
Then push down the center of the diamond.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 14: To flatten the paper, fold half the diamond to the left (Top of
paper) and fold half the diamond to the right (bottom of paper).
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 15: Make the valley fold on the top left as shown.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 16: Flip paper over.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 17: Fold the bottom half to the top, essentially opening the paper.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 18: OK, this is probably the most challenging part of this origami.
Right now, we've a flat piece of paper.
We're going to transform this flat piece of paper into a cylinder.
To do so, we're going to fold A-B to A-C to A-D to A-E.
Remember the creases you made in Steps 8 to 10? As you fold A-B to A-C to A-D to A-D, you'll be
re-creasing those folds again.
Initially, the paper is flat and stiff so you will have to coax the paper into it.
Start off by folding A-B to A-C and to A-D. If you find that the paper is difficult to handle, then
just fold A-B to A-C first.
And unfold.
Fold A-C to A-D to A-E. Then unfold. Each time you fold and unfold, the paper begin to resist less
and instead of flat, the paper should become more of a "dome" shape.
Keep on folding and unfolding. It may take a while when you're starting out. It took us a long time
initially but eventually, you'll get the paper to go all the way round and become like this!
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 19: Lay the paper on its side. Fold up the bottom part.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 20: Repeat for the layer to its right.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 21: Repeat the step 2 more times and tuck the tip of the fourth layer
into the pocket of the first layer.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 22: Your rose is almost complete now!
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 23: Fold down the side petals.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 24: Repeat Step 23 for the other 3 petals.
Curl all the petals. We used a bamboo skewer for this.
Origami Kawasaki Rose Step 25: And your origami kawasaki rose is complete!
Practice makes perfect!
