Origami Paper Lilies

A few weeks ago, I made some paper tulips that I had seen on Pinterest.  The website that has the instructions for making them also has directions for making all kinds of things including these origami paper lilies.  Learning how to making these paper lilies took a few tries . . .

. . . but once I finally got the hang of it, I was was able to make them pretty quickly.  (For the complete step by step directions go here - origami lily folding instructions.)  After I learned how to make a basic paper lily, I made a few changes to the original design.

First, I stuck two flowers together to create a fuller flower.  

This gives the lily eight petals instead of four.

I also added a yellow stamen to the center of the flower.  Just cut a piece of yellow paper that's one inch wide and four inches long.  Cut slits in the paper but don't cut all the way to the end.  Then curl the cut ends with a pencil.

Roll the end that's not cut into a cylinder or tube shape.  It will look like this.

Stick it in the center of the flower.

Finally, I painted some wooden skewers green and poked them into the base of the flowers for the stems.

I love making paper flowers!
Take a look at some others paper flowers I've made: