Kusudama Flowers

Hello to everyone visiting for the first time. This is my step-by-step tutorial for

Corner Bookmark with Kusudama Flower Dangle

Grab a piece of paper and follow along for a little paper folding fun. If you like this, I have other tutorials here .

Inspiration :

The Booker Prize shortlist was annouced this week and I'm keen to start working my way through the list. So when my 9-year old niece came for a sleep-over, we made some bookmarks to complement my reading.

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Supplies :
Pattern Paper - Jenni Bowlin's Vintage Black Bookprint
Embellishments - Basic Grey's Max & Whiskers Ribbon Doily, button, ribbon

Effort :

Time - 1.5 hour
Cost - less than S$2

Instructions :

My niece is always asking for origami projects, so I showed her how to make Kusudama flowers using a modular technique. Traditionally 12 Kusudama flowers are used to make hanging balls.
Here's my little tutorial, if you need more detailed instructions try this.

Flower

I used a 2" square for each petal but you can vary the size between 1.5" to 2.5".
Make 5 petals and than glue together to form a flower.

Corner bookmark

Fold down the corners of a rectangle and glue a triangle piece over the folds on the back.



Assembly

I attached the flower to my corner bookmark and hid the ribbon end with a button.

Hope you had fun playing with paper. If you make a kusudama flower, leave me a comment as I'd love to come visit your blog and see your version.

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