See how to make a lotus from paper using origami, from plastic spoons, a needle bed. Indulge homemade cookies shaped like this flower. The lotus is the sacred flower of Buddhism. This is an amazing plant, because the petals and leaves are not contaminated, they always remain clean. But the plant appears from muddy muddy water, so the lotus symbolizes the strength of the spirit. If you look at its surface through a microscope, it is rough, dirt flows from it without lingering.
The flower of amazing charm blooms only for 3 days, on the fourth it withers. But you can make it from various materials to admire this beauty for a long time.
Modular origami lotus
Folding a paper flower is very interesting. You will be convinced of this right now. To make a lotus with origami, take:
- white and green paper;
- scissors;
- pencil;
- threads;
- ruler.
From double-sided colored paper, cut 12 rectangles measuring 13.5 by 7.5 cm, 8 of white and 4 of green. Each workpiece must be bent in half lengthwise, then unfold.
Now fold two corners on one side and two on the other.
Place the workpiece horizontally, bend the top side slightly down to pull its edge to the center fold. On the other hand, arrange the workpiece exactly like this.
Then pull the bend up, fix this part in this position, you get the so-called "boat".
You need to make 4 of these green and 8 of white paper.
You can make a lotus not only white, but also pink, red, lilac. In this case, take paper of these colors.
Compose three blanks, placing the green one down and 2 white ones on top of it.
You will have 4 parts, each of which consists of three "boats". Now put them side by side with each other, wrap with thread of the same color as the petals. In this case, it is white.
Now put the future flower on the green side, spread the petals symmetrically.
Then bend every second petal to the center, in total you will get 4 pieces designed in this way at this stage.
Here's how to make modular origami lotus next. Bend to the middle 4 the next petals that you missed before.
Let's deal with medium blanks. They also need to be folded to the middle through one, in the same sequence.
As a result, you will see 8 green petals. They need to be bent towards the center of the flower in any order.
So we got a lotus made with origami that will never wither. It can be placed in a vase to admire such splendor.
But other, edible lotuses are unlikely to be in front of your eyes for a long time. After all, baked goods made in the shape of a flower are so delicious. She will decorate the table, perfectly diversify it, and will allow you to treat friends and family with an unusual dish.
How to bake lotus shaped cookies?
It looks amazing and delicious. To prepare it, you will need:
- 450 g wheat flour;
- 140 g butter;
- 130 g cherry juice;
- one egg white;
- 4 tbsp. l brown sugar;
- 150 g walnuts;
- 5 g vanilla sugar.
This lotus cookie consists of white and pink dough, they are prepared separately. To make white, mix 100 g butter and 200 g sifted flour.
Squeeze the juice out of the cherries to make 130 g. If there is no fresh berry, use the frozen one, letting it settle. The juice needs to be poured into 250 g of sifted flour, send vanillin here, 1 tbsp. l. sugar, softened butter, knead the dough. Both pink and white need to be given a rest. To do this, they are covered with foil and left for 25 minutes.
Now you can roll each into a sausage, cut into identical pieces, from which balls are formed.
Here's how to make such biscuits flowers. Roll out the pink blank, use a rolling pin to flatten it into a circle, put a piece of white dough in the center.
To make the pastry look like puff, do the following manipulations with it. First pinch the edges of the pink dough cake, then roll into an oval, shape into a roll.
Each such workpiece must be covered with a film so that they do not dry out. Let the future cookies rest while you will make the filling.
Grind the nuts in a meat grinder or blender, pour three tablespoons of sugar into them, pour in one protein, mix the filling.
After the rolls have lain under the film for about 20 minutes, rested, roll them with a rolling pin in a circle, put the filling inside, connect the edges. Lay the blanks with the seam down, make three cross-shaped cuts on top with a sharp knife.
Cover a baking sheet with parchment, put cookies here, place for half an hour in the oven, which is heated to 170 degrees.
After this time, take out the pastries, it will decorate a holiday dedicated to this flower or become the main dish at a family tea party.
How to make a lotus needle cushion with your own hands?
Continuing the theme of the mysterious flower, you need to tell how to make a lotus-shaped needlework device.
This model is perfect for beginners, because you do not need a sewing machine and experience to create this needle bed. Here's what comes in handy:
- CD disk;
- white satin or silk fabric;
- green canvas of the same shiny texture;
- candle;
- scissors;
- threads;
- synthetic winterizer;
- a flap of white cloth;
- glue gun.
Cut 18 petals from white satin. They should be different, the size of large 4 by 6 cm, small 3 by 4 cm.
Now you need to singe the edges of the petals over the flame. To do this, you need to quickly move the workpiece over the burner, stretch the singed edges so that the part gets a smooth bend. Decorate 10 x 70 cm green lotus leaves in the same way.
Place the disc on a white sheet, cut it out with a 3 cm margin on all sides.
Sew along the edge with a basting stitch, pull the thread. Here's how to make the needle bar next.
Sew three green petals along the inner edge, connecting these elements. Use a glue gun to glue them to the base of the white fabric needle bar.
On each petal, you need to lay a fold to fix it. Move this area over the flame, press for a few seconds with your finger.
To avoid scalding yourself by forming petals over the flame, wear gloves while performing these steps.
Now glue the 5 largest white petals on the green leaves, on them in a checkerboard pattern using hot silicone attach 5 more, but smaller ones. The smallest ones go upstairs.
To make a needle bed of this type, it is necessary to make a center for a flower. In this case, it must be cut out in the form of a circle of yellow fabric with a diameter of 6 cm.
Gather the edges of this blank on a thread, put a piece of padding polyester in it, tie the threads on the back side.
Glue this yellow center in the center of the flower to stick in the needles and always have such a beautiful thing in front of your eyes when you do your needlework.
How to draw a lotus?
Let's look at some examples of the image of this flower.
This is how such a lotus pattern is created. In the master class, the newly created features are shown in red, and in blue, drawn before. Draw two sheets perpendicular to each other.
Now draw one bud on top, 2 more on the side of it, to the right or to the left.
Draw two horizontal petals below, and below them a large water lily leaf.
It remains to decorate your masterpiece, make the flower itself pink, and the leaf green.
Here's another example of how to draw a lotus.
Start by drawing a horizontal oval with a circle in the center.
Draw a small oval center on the bottom of the circle. In different directions from it there are six flower petals.
Next, draw many more petals, three of them are located below the ones just created, the rest on different tiers of the circle and oval.
Place many stamens on the core, give the stem a thickening.
After that, it remains to color the drawing in the usual way for you. If you want to learn how to draw a lotus in another way, then check out other master classes in this section.
First, on a piece of paper, depict a round petal and two oval ones with pointed tips going in different directions from it.
Draw a few more petals, depict a small stalk.
If you want to draw a flower with acrylic paints, then first create a sketch of the future masterpiece.
Now remove the extra lines with the eraser, sketch in the background. Paint the leaf with a light green color, use a darker paint inside it, as for the stem.
Then make the leaf darker, and shade the flower with pink paint. Draw green blades of grass sticking out of the water.
DIY lotus card
In answering this question, let's not forget about the water flower. If you make such a voluminous lotus, stick it on a sheet of paper, you will get an amazing DIY gift.
For such needlework you will need:
- green paper and double-sided pink;
- blue cardboard;
- glue;
- ruler;
- scissors;
- compass.
Cut 7 identical circles out of pink paper.
If you created them not according to a template, but with the help of a compass, then a point will already be put in the middle. If not, measure the two perpendicular diagonals, mark where they intersect.
In the center of the large circle, draw a small one. Using a ruler and pencil, divide the resulting ring into 12 sectors.
Along these strips, you need to cut the workpiece using scissors. Complete all other details in the same way.
Here's how to make a voluminous postcard next. The folded edges of the petals need to be glued together to fix them in this position.
Now you need to drop glue in the center of the first blank, put the second on it so that the petals are staggered. Glue other blanks here.
Attach a yellow round core in the center.
Glue a green leaf of a water lily on the blue cardboard, and a flower on top. Then you can give the card to the person for whom it was made.
Homemade water lilies made from spoons
If you want glowing flowers to decorate the summer cottage in the evenings, make them.
Take:
- sharp stationery knife;
- Styrofoam;
- solar-powered flashlight;
- scissors;
- acrylic paint;
- Super glue.
Using a knife, shape the foam blank as shown in the photo.
For disposable spoons, cut off the handles at an angle so that these blanks are conveniently sticking into the foam. In it, you will make a hole on top of the size of the flashlight, glue it here. Now stick the cut parts of the spoons in here to fix them better, drip a little glue.
Make several rows of spoons.
You can decorate a pond with a lily. If you want to make a lotus without a flashlight, then watch the next master class.
Take:
- green plastic bottle;
- disposable white spoons;
- thermal gun;
- acrylic art paint;
- a yellow or clear plastic bottle;
- scissors.
Cut off the handles of the plastic spoons. Glue two blanks with a heat gun, attach a third to them.
Then glue the rest of the blanks to this base.
To make a core for a lotus, cut a 2.5x12 cm strip from a yellow or transparent bottle. Without cutting to the end, chop the long edge into thin strips with scissors. Roll up the workpiece with a roll, gluing the turns with a heat gun.
If you are using a clear bottle, then cover it with yellow acrylic. Let the paint dry.
Glue the core into the center of the flower, after which you need to cut out the leaves from the green bottle. This is how you can make flowers from spoons.
Now you can make lotuses to decorate your summer cottage. If you want to see how others do it, then take a look at the process.
