![Take a rectangle](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/9/94-berem-pryamougolnik.jpg)
Take one rectangle and fold it in half lengthwise.
![Opening and folding](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/9/95-raskryvaem-i-zagibaem.jpg)
We open and bend two corners inward from one edge.
![Opening and folding](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/9/96-raskryvaem-i-zagibaem.jpg)
The same must be done on the opposite side.
![bend towards the center](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/9/97-zagibaem-k-centru.jpg)
Now we bend one long side towards the center.
![bend towards the center](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/9/98-zagibaem-k-centru.jpg)
You also need to do the same with the second half. This is what each piece should look like.
![Paper lotus flower](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/9/99-cvetok-lotosa-iz-bumagi.jpg)
This makes a total of 12 stripes: 4 green, 4 purple and 4 blue.
![Paper lotus flower](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/9/100-cvetok-lotosa-iz-bumagi.jpg)
They need to be nested one inside the other.For example, green to purple, and then blue. Below (in the middle) there is always a green color.
![Paper lotus flower](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/9/101-cvetok-lotosa-iz-bumagi.jpg)
You need to make 4 tabs of 3 blanks each. Place them with their wide sides facing each other. And in the middle you should connect them with a small rubber band.
![Paper lotus flower](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/9/102-cvetok-lotosa-iz-bumagi.jpg)
We bend 8 rays (like a snowflake).
![Paper lotus flower](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/9/103-cvetok-lotosa-iz-bumagi.jpg)
And we begin to gradually turn the edges of the papers outward. It turns out to be a beautiful lotus flower.
![Lotus flower](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/9/104-cvetok-lotosa.jpg)