Origami Bell Flower

The Bell Flower (or Bellflower) is the common name for a family of bell-shaped flowers name Campanula (which is Latin for "little bell").

The origami bell flower is fairly simple to make.

We also have video instructions for the origami bell flower:

Start with an origami frog base .

Fold point A downwards as shown. Repeat three (3) more times on the frog base.

Next, place a finger inside the piece, and partially unfold it as shown in the next four (4) photos:

Now there are four (4) long points to the piecel labelled 1 through 4. Bring the corners at the base of each long point together, then fold the point inside the flower. Study the next six (6) photos carefully:

Now repeat three (3) more times:

Curl the tip of each petal slightly over your thumb, as shown below:

Here is your completed origami bell flower!

From reader in Teaneck " my first (red) second (blue) and third (yellow) attempts at a bellflower. thanks for the great instructions :D "

And thank you for the nice bellflowers!

From Kennedy in Philadelphia " This was my first try ! Thank you. I look forward to making more. "

From reader in Springfield " This is my first attempt at the bell flower and i think it's pretty good!! "

From Ellie in Georgetown " My first origami bell flower. I used origami paper from Japan!!! "

From Kalyani in Coimbatore "origami bell flower. I glued two bell flowers. it became nice bell flower with more petals."

Good idea, Kalyani!

From Robin in Regina " I made a bunch of flowers for my mom for her birthday and she absolutely loved them."

From Fusaro in Brasilia: