Wednesday, June 2, 2010

origami magic rose-cube

This cube is really neat, and once you unfold it, it is hard to put down. Here is the link to the pdf instructions:
http://www.mediafire.com/?3t0tnwzjytu
It was fairly simple, though a few steps took me awhile to understand. After a little work I got it to actually fold out into a rose! Here are some pictures:


The cube...

To unfold it into a rose you grab the opposite sides of one red square and gently squeeze it together. Repeat with the other red sides.


Then do the same thing with the green squares...


...and voila! A beautiful rose!
(The white in the petals is because I used two toned origami paper)

Opened rose

To close the rose, gently smooth all six squares back to their normal position.