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Waterlily Origami

Pop-Up Card
(art + geometry; art + social studies)
For greetings, gifts or just for fun, students will enjoy making a pop-up card
with a lovely folded water lily tucked
inside. Using the Japanese art of origami,
the flower is made with six petals cut
from one single template and folded to
unfurl as the card is opened. For an
interdisciplinary math lesson, have
students use geometry skills to measure angles
and create their own template (Step 1). For a
faster project, use the template already created
(B, below right) and simply cut out the petal
pieces.
Grade Levels 5-8
Process
1. Create a pattern to follow, or use the one provided. Follow the illustration below to make the
pattern: on a 4" x 4" piece of posterboard, find
the center with a ruler, and mark with a line (a).
Align the center and edge of the protractor on
the edge of the card (b), then mark the following angles: 30, 50, 70, 110, 130 and 150.
Connect with pencil, using a ruler (c). Create
scalloped edges between the angled lines by
freehanding or using a compass (d).

Materials
Strathmore Blank Greeting
Cards, size 5" x 7", box of 50
(12940-1430), one per student
Blick Student Watercolor
Paper, 90-lb (10028-2152),
sheet size 22" x 30". Students
will need six 4" x 4" pieces
6" Semicircular Protractor
(55646-0006), one per
student
Safe-T View Thru Rulers
(55496-1012), one per student
School Pencil Compass
(55491-1055), one per student

(c)

(b)

(a)

Blick Economy Graphite


Pencils (20302-2009) one per
student

(d)

Blick Art Gum Erasers


(21507-1024) one per student

For a math lesson, draw


the pattern using geometry
tools, see step 1

(B)

Snippy Scissors (57040-2009)


one pair per student

2.
Cut out the pattern
with scissors. It will
look like a sea-shell
(B). With pencil,
lightly number
each petal, starting
at the left, 1
through 8.

3
Forward

Back

Back

Blick Glue Sticks (23872-1020)

Forward

Back

Back

Back

This illustration may be used as a pattern to save


time. Shown at 50%, enlarge to 4" x 4" to use

3. Using watercolor pencils, apply color to each


4" x 4" piece of watercolor paper, front and
back. Use a combination of a light color with a
darker color for best results (see finished
example, above, using Yellow and Heliotrope).
Use a small amount of the Glitter Glaze on a
brush to moisten and blend the color. Allow
first side to dry, then apply glaze to the
second side. Use the same process to paint the
card on the inside and the outside. Allow to
dry.
4. Trace the pattern onto each of the six pieces of
watercolor paper and cut out with scissors.
HINT: the paper is lightweight enough to cut
two or three pieces at a time if you need to
save time.
5. Fold each petal, origami style. Begin with the
center fold, create a hard crease back. A bone
folder is helpful in creating a strong crease.
Fold the next angle forward, and the next two
back (see B, above). Use a small piece of tape
to secure petals 1 and 8 together (see C,
below), if desired.

Blick Economy Posterboard,


white one side (13109-1102),
one 4" x 4" square per student
Generals Kimberly
Watercolor pencils,
assorted color 144-piece
classpack (20502-9012)
Sargent Art Glitter Glaze
(00704-1006), place in small
cups to distribute to class
Blick Economy Camel Hair
brushes, size 6 (05153-1006),
one per student
Bone folder, optional
(12964-0001)

National Standards
Content Standard #1
Understanding and applying media,
techniques and processes
5-8
Students intentionally take
advantage of the qualities and
characteristics of art media,
techniques and processes to
enhance communication of their
experience and ideas.

(C)
4

3 4

5
6

Secure petals 1 and 8 together


with a small piece of tape

Content Standard #6 Making


connections between visual arts and
other disciplines

(D)

2 3 4

Glue petals 1 & 8 to card


Glue petals 7 & 2 together

6. On the Blank Greeting Card, measure and mark


the center on the fold. Position two of the folded pieces with points at the center, glue petals
1 & 8 to the card (see D, above). These will be
the center pieces of the flower.
7. The remaining folded pieces will be the sides of
the flower, and will need to be trimmed in
order for the card to close properly. On two of
the pieces, trim away petals 1 and 2. On the
other two pieces, trim away petals 7 and 8.
Attach the first flower side to the right of one
of the center pieces, gluing petal 1 to the card
and 2 to the side of the center (on it's petal 2).
Repeat to the right of the other center piece.
Repeat with remaining flower sides on the left
of the center pieces, this time gluing petal 8 to
the card and 7 to the center pieces. Do not
glue the sides of the flower together, they will
overlap as the card folds down.
8. Allow the glue to dry completely before
gently folding card. Use a brush or
calligraphy marker to write a message around
the flower and on the front of the card. Insert
into the included envelope, and it's ready to
send.
Easy Variation
1. For a faster project,
use Folia Origami
Sheets (12233-1033)
instead of watercolor
paper and eliminate
step 3. Glue 2 light
blue sheets to the
card first for water.
Cut oval-shaped
leaves from light or dark green sheets and glue
on top the blue. Use the remaining colors (reds,
yellows, pinks, purples) for petals. Follow steps
4-8 for the lily.

Copyright 2006 Dick Blick Art Materials. All rights reserved.

5-8
Students describe ways in which
the principles and subject matter
of other disciplines taught in the
school are interrelated with the
visual arts.

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