Origami Butterfly and Rose Garden in a Box

Learn how to make a origami "garden" in a box with butterflies and roses!

-One big paper or two pieces of paper taped together

-Post-its of any color

-Tape or glue (tape works better)

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First step to making the box is having a square piece of paper. If your piece of paper isn't already square, make it square by folding and cutting the paper. After the paper is square, fold it from up to down from both sides so you form what looks like a "+" in the middle of your paper. Then, fold the bottom to the middle line, as showed in image two. Now repeat that on the opposite side. After creasing the last to folds, unfold them. You will see two little flaps pointing away from the center. Pull those flaps so that you have a shape that looks like image three. Fold the bottom of the new shape to the middle to get a double-sided pencil shape. Then, take the triangle on the side (right or left, doesn't matter) and fold it up. Repeat the same on the other side that you didn't fold, and it should look like image four. Now unfold, flip the paper upside down, and repeat the "folding up" process. The rest of the steps for the box are in Step 2.

To finish the box, unfold the last two flaps you had just folded. Take both side corners and push towards the middle. Then crease. This part is tricky, and if my instructions aren't clear enough, watch the video. Your box should look like the one in the picture.

Now we are going to make the roses for the "garden." Take a post-it and follow these instructions. First, make diagonal folds both ways. Make sure to crease very well. Unfold and place upside-down so that the creases are popping up. Take the two creases that are closest to you (make sure they are next to each other) and take the back ones and push the two back creases towards the ones you are holding. (This part is tricky. Look at the video and the first image for reference.) Take the top two corners and fold down so they align with the sides and middle corner. Look at image two to see your accuracy. Make sure you didn't take both flaps, just the top ones. Repeat on the opposite side. Now, put your finger in the pocket of a flap you just folded and push the top to get a square and so it to all the flaps, front and back. Look at image 3 to see what it should look like. It should look like a house. Now, fold the top corner of the "house" down. (doesn't matter which side you fold it toward.) Now, hold it upside down and put your fingers inside the two side flaps, as shown in image four. Push the flaps that your fingers were just in down, and make sure it looks like image five. Now take one flap on the big triangle in the middle and fold it down. Repeat that on the opposite flap. Now, twirl the triangle tip. Take the corners of the square and curl in downwards. Voila! Make as many roses as you want for your garden.

To make the butterflies, watch the video above. Just to give you a shortcut, folding sideways and up and down isn't needed, to make it shorter, skip that. You really can just ignore folding up and down and just fold diagonally.It is easier than the rose, and follows the same first few steps as the rose.

Now, you can assemble this any way you want. I put a image of my version of this craft. Use tape to make a circle and put it on the back of a rose or butterfly and stick to any part of the box, or use glue and stick a rose or butterfly on.