Kusu-what-now? Kusudama means ‘medicine-ball’ in Japanese – and they were originally made with real flowers. That would be super-pretty, but so is the origami version!
I found a few different versions of these, and I am very tempted to give these a go myself (I was a tad obsessed with origami as a youngster…).
The first one is from Folding Trees – and it’s made with old maps!
The second one is from Abigails Crafts How-To.
Feeling paper-crafty? Go to it!
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By Jess, on July 27th, 2010
Ohhh I love the one with the old maps! Such a fun idea, one day when I’m feeling crafty I’ll have to give this a go! Thanks so much for sharing.
xoxo,
Bonnie
Very cool- going to have to try this out
Thanks!
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These are really great, I’ll defo have a look at the tutorials! They might look nice made with music score sheets.. or japanese paper…
xxx