Known as “Kusudama”, these beautiful flowers are simple to make and can be adapted for lots of occations.

You will need:

• x5 sheets of origami paper per flower
• x1 pipe cleaner
• x1 lollipop stick
• Glue stick

How to make your flower:

1. Taking a 15x15cm or 10x10cm square of origami paper, with the wrong side up, fold it in half diagonally.
2. Fold the outer tips inwards and upwards to meat the point at the top.
3. Fold these flaps back down so that the long centre edge meets the outer shorter edge.
4. Open this flap out and fold down to create a kite shape.
5. Fold the top of the kite shape down and back up again as shown in the pictures.
6. Fold the kite shape inward in half like below.
7. Glue the left flap to the right flap to create your petal cone.
8. Repeat 4 more times.
9. Glue together with pipe cleaner twisted on itself to make a nodding head and glue this to the lollipop stick for its stalk.