How To Make Origami Kusadama Flowers

Today’s feature is from The Peace of Paper with the instructions for Origami Kusadama Flowers:

The Japanese word kusudama comes from two Japanese words kusuri (Medicine) and tama (Ball) They were often used with incense of potpourri. These days they are used more as decorative gifts.

Kusudama origami flowers are generally assembled into a large spherical shape. In today’s lesson we will be making a single flower. If you make another 11 of these, you can assemble them into a traditional kusudama ball. The flowers that make up the kusudama are beautiful in their own right.

They are beautiful and surprisingly easy to make. I whipped up a flower with post-it notes and although I got a bit of glue all over myself (hehe), it turned out quite nice.

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