Tuesday Tutorial - Kusudama Flowers

Welcome to Tutorial Tuesday. This week we are making some more beautiful flowers but these are 3D ones compared to last weeks flat ones. You can make these in a whole range of sizes. The method remains the same for any size you just adjust the size of your original starting square. I'm not always best as explaining things in writing but hopefully the pictures will help clarify anything!

So lets get started!

You will need:
5 squares of paper/card per flower (mine measured 3"x3")
Wet glue (I used Glossy Accents but you can use any you prefer)
Bone folder (optional but helps with your creasing)

1. Cut your paper into squares. You will need 5 squares per flower.

2. Fold your squares in half to form a triangle.

3. Fold the left and right corners into the middle to form a square.

 

4. Fold the corners down so that the middle edges line up with the outside edges of the square.

5. Open up the 'flaps' and flatten them.

6. Fold the top triangles down so they are level with the edges of the paper.

7. Fold the triangles back in half along the crease you made earlier.

8. Glue the 2 outside triangles together to form your petal.

9. Repeat for all squares of paper.

10. Glue each petal to the next. Run a thin line of glue along the edge of each petal to stick together.

11. Your flower is finished!

12. If you want to make a Kusudama ball then you will need 12 flowers, you can then glue them together to make the ball.

In my example above I have put my flowers onto pipe cleaners which I find fit into the hole in the middle perfectly. I have then displayed them in a bottle/vase.

Hope you enjoyed this flower tutorial. If you make some flowers we would love to see. Feel free to share some pics as a link below or on our Facebook page.

Happy Crafting,
Maxine xx