Pomegranate Wishes

From one A4 sheet to your paper cut

Fold, cut & unfold

Both halves of this finished design match. Use one center fold for the printable version, then open it for delicate finishing.

Start with a complete, uncut sheet. Each picture shows the paper before that step; red dashes mark only the next cuts. Keep the surrounding paper until the outside-cutting step.

1. Start with a full A4 sheet

Take one blank A4 sheet (210 x 297 mm), preferably thin colored paper. Print PDF page 1 separately at 100% and check its 50 mm line. Center the pattern on your blank sheet; do not cut off the surrounding paper yet.

2. Fold and transfer half

Align the center of the fruit and its crown with one fold. Trace the right half and the seed-shaped openings. Keep space between seeds; do not add extra holes or shrink the printed pattern.

3. Cut the inside first

Cut the seed openings one by one while the outside sheet supports the fruit. An adult starts closed holes on a mat. Use short cuts around each pointed seed end and keep the red paper between neighboring seeds intact.

4. Cut the outside contour

Cut the round fruit edge, then the three crown points with a separate turn at each corner. Keep the crown attached across its base. Open slowly and lift by the broad fruit border rather than the pointed crown.

5. Unfold and refine

Open the folded paper slowly. Matching openings now appear on both sides. Lay it flat and trim only attached scraps or uneven edges. Preserve the skin around the seeds and the narrow joins below the crown. A finished opening does not need to be cut again.

Use thin paper: two layers should remain easy to control.

PDF page 1 is the clean full-size pattern; pages 2–3 show this complete sequence. A4 is the default; the Letter download uses a Letter sheet. Try a scrap first to check fragile bridges.