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hi in this video i'm going to show you
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how to make an origami lotus flower just
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really easy you don't need anything
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special i've just used copier paper
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so i'm christine of christinescroft.com
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and this channel is dedicated to
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all you're going to need is a square of
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paper mine's six inches by six inches
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but you can make these any size you like
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first thing you're going to do is fold
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your paper in half one corner to the
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and get a nice crisp crease then you're
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and fold it the other way so now what
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is a cross that goes from each corner to
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and you'll have located the center of
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and now you're going to do the same
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thing to each corner in turn so take one
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fold it up to the center of the square
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which you can now clearly see
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repeat for the next one around and yes
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you guessed it keep working your way
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until all four corners are folded into
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the center of the square
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once you get to this point you've got
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all four of them folded in
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you're going to repeat the whole process
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so take one corner and fold it into the
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now obviously it'll be a little bit
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trickier because everything's a little
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so if you have a little trouble with
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your folds just take your time
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but you are going to do this with all
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if you're using copy of paper like me it
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firm sometimes in the corners
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but you can make it work if you have
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great to use that okay once all four are
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turn the whole thing over
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and you guessed it fold each corner into
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now it really will be tricky this time
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you've got a lot of layers there
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just make sure you've got a nice crisp
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edge on your fold and it'll make the
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whole process a lot easier in a moment
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when you're trying to
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form the actual flower
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making sure everything lines up properly
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and making sure you get a good fold
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so once you're all the way around
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you're going to take your piece of paper
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and then pull those triangles out that
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and you can see you've got that square
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there so now you've got a large triangle
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you're going to fold each one back but
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open it back all the way you're going to
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just fold it over like you can see in
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and you're going to do that for each one
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of them you're working your way around
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you really want those bits that you've
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left folded over to be about the same
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size but you don't need to measure them
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but approximately the same
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and you can see how it's starting to
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some nice crisp folds
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and get all four of them complete
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so once it looks like that turn it over
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and we're going to take the front
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and flatten them down and at the corner
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you will get the bit that sticks up
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so as you move to the second one you'll
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see in one corner you've got those
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nice petals so poke your finger in
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and round it to make a nice petal shape
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so you work your way around in turn
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turning each of those triangles in
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and making a nice curved petal in the
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and you'll be really starting to see
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your lotus flower appearing now
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getting those nice rounded petals
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so then there's only one last step to do
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you've got the triangles down there
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gently curl each one of them up
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now i say gently it's very easy to rip
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these as you're doing it
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if you do rip one don't worry it's not
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the whole thing ruined
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most people will never notice but just
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roll them round and roll them up and
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you'll see i poke my finger into the
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and that really helps get them round and
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so work your way around and get them all
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done and you can see you've really got a
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and the only thing left to do is to curl
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those outer petals out
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now it's worth trying it on a pencil or
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something similar to get a nice
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curl or you can simply just do it with
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it really doesn't matter but as you can
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see you've nearly completed your
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lotus flower so enjoy making yours
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and i hope you make loads of them and
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use them for favors or to decorate your
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table or whatever you've got in mind
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if you like origami you'll see on the
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screen shortly there's a screen coming
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up that's going to show you how to get
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to another of my tutorials which is for
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definitely worth having a look it's
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another super quick one
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thank you for watching bye
