fold with us

• Red tissue paper

• Black tissue paper

• Green pipe cleaner stems

• Scissors

• A clean cardboard box

• Black marker

Optional: if folding outdoors, try clean smooth stones or paperweights to keep the tissue from flying away.

You might also want to bring offerings, libations, a soft blanket, beeswax candle, or other special items to add good energy to the ritual.

Please do not write anything on the poppies. Just listen to them and allow them to speak for themselves.

Thank you!

See below for 2 instructional videos, totaling ~30 minutes, on folding and storing the poppies, along with some of the symbolism behind this practice.

A bit of context:

This version of tissue paper poppy folding has been adapted from Madison’s Library.

With gratitude to a friend for passing along this method, which she learned at an action for Gaza and Palestine on unceded Nisenan, Maidu and Valley Miwok lands (Sacramento, California), on 03 January 2024.

That action was jointly organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, IfNotNow, and the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network.

(We affectionately think of those paper poppy ancestors as the teosinte to our current corn! :)

If you wish to send poppies toward the 15,000 main collection, please mail to:

15000 Poppies, Attn: K. Loncke

6650 Fair Oaks Blvd. #110

Carmichael, CA 95608

 Please note: this is a post office box, not a residential address.

For a deep dive into prayers, intentions, background, and invocations around the poppies, see our

52-page full-color digital zine.