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How to Make an Origami Flower

Steps

1. 1
   Start with a square piece of paper. Fold it in half both ways diagonally, then fold both ways like a greeting card. If you're using origami paper, start with the colored side facing up.
2. 2
   Collapse it together. (Preliminary base.)
3. 3
   Fold one side to the center. Then unfold it.
4. 4
   Hold the center down. Lift up the right pocket where you just folded it. Press it over to the middle.
5. 5
   Turn over and repeat on the left side.
6. 6
   Open the sides and repeat the same moves from the previous step. There's no need to pre-crease for the sides
7. 7
   Turn the folded paper so that the little pointy flaps face you. Fold them to the center, then fold the corner back. (Do this on both sides.) Unfold both of those. Fold the top of it down so that it touches the little flaps. Crease it well.
8. 8
   Unfold, then open up the top until it's stopped at that little crease you just made. Tuck the inside of the flaps up into the pocket until it makes a point at the top.
9. 9
   Turn it over and repeat.
10. 10
    The next set of folds is the last, but where they go is a little tricky. Look at the pieces with the little triangles on them, pointing up. Open the side and there won't be a triangle there. Fold the sides to the middle, and close it so you see the triangle again.
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    Repeat this on all the sides that do not have the little triangles.
12. When you finish, there will be four flaps at the top. The sides with the flaps folded to the middle should be on the outside. Using a pencil or your finger, curl these flaps down