The tutorial of making simple handmade paper flowers is as follows:

1. Fold the square paper in half at an oblique angle, fold it again according to the crease, fold the upper corner downwards, fold the crease, unfold the two triangles that have just been folded, and then fold them back. The reverse side is the same. Fold the bottom corner upward into the nest, and the other three corners are unfolded in the same step, then hold the flower center and rotate.

2. Fold square paper of other colors diagonally, knead it into a small square along the crease, turn around and fold it along both sides of the center line, fold the triangle up, open it to restore the square, and press it along the trace to fold it in half. Fold up in the middle, fold up along the center line, fold up along the trace, repeat the steps, turn the triangle over and fold inward.

3. Fold the square colored paper diagonally, knead it into a small square along the crease, then turn around and fold it along the middle line. Fold the lower triangle upwards, open and restore the square, press it into a diamond shape along the crease, and repeat the steps on the other side, open it from the middle, fold it up from the bottom, fold one corner downwards, and do the same for all four sides. Then the triangle will shrink back and expand.

Expansion:

Paper flowers are ancient traditional handicrafts in China. Paper flowers made of paper are also called "grass flowers", but in fact, the raw materials are not only paper and grass, but also velvet silk, which is just commonly called paper flowers.

Paper flowers are ornaments on women's hair bun. Before women had their hair cut, their business was very prosperous. After Guangxu was young, the satin fake heads of Manchu women in Beijing were popular, and their heads were tilted, and their production was exquisite. Compared with the paper flowers worn by Han people, the paper flower business was very developed for many years.