Origami Instructions

Created by:

Caleb McCord

Tanner Tank

Mary Lou Archibald

Blake Smith

Alvaro Fuentes

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Table of Contents Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................... iii

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 5

Materials Needed ............................................................................................................................ 5

Chapter 1-Butterfly instruction ....................................................................................................... 7

Chapter 2-Frog Instruction ............................................................................................................ 11

Chapter 3-Balloon instruction ....................................................................................................... 15

Clean Up Page............................................................................................................................... 19

Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................ 19

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Introduction

Talk about experience levels time it takes age restraints materials needed hazards

These set of instructions help you create four origami figures which a butterfly, frog, dog, and a

balloon. You do not require prior experience with origami to create the four-origami figures. All

you need is to be able to read and follow the directions given to you. Each origami figure takes

approximately 15 minutes to make. Anyone from age 8 and up can create these origami figures.

You will need a square piece of paper for each origami figure.

Materials Needed Square paper

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Chapter 1-Butterfly instruction

1. Start with a single sheet of regular white printing

paper. The paper should be in portrait orientation.

2. Begin by folding the top right corner down until the

top edge is even with the left edge of the paper and

crease (See Figure 1).

3. Unfold the previous fold. You should see a 45-degree

angle crease beginning from the top left corner.

4. Take the top left corner and fold it down and to the

right. The top edge should be flush with the right edge

(See Figure 2).

5. Unfold the previous fold. You should be left with a

creased “X” on the paper.

6. Flip the paper over from left to right. Take the top

edge of the paper and fold it down. The top edge

should be even with the bottom of the “X”. Crease

(See Figure 3).

7. Without unfolding, use the top edge as a guide to cut

off the bottom rectangular portion. You unfold the

remaining piece and you should have a perfect square

and a strip of paper. Discard the strip (See Figure 4).

8. From the backside of the square paper, push the center

towards you until it becomes convex (See Figure 5).

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9. All at the same time, push the horizontal creases

together while you pull both right and both left corners

together. Crease (See Figure 6). You will have a

triangle. Orient this triangle pointing up (See Figure

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10. Fold the first left flap and first right flap of the triangle

upward so that their points align with the top point

(See Figure 8).

11. Flip the paper over from left to right. Fold the bottom

edge towards the top point, but leave a thumb’s width

of overhang and crease (See Figure 9).

12. Again, flip the paper over from left to right. Fold

down both center flaps. As you do this, crease the

outside edges of the flaps towards the center (See

Figure 10).

13. Flip back over and fold the top overhanging point

towards you along the wings edge and crease (See

Figure 11). Then fold the bottom half of the point

back up so that the point is slightly overhanging the

wings edge (See Figure 12).

14. Fold the paper away from you on the vertical

centerline and crease. Change to a right side

orientation.

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15. Imagine a red line beginning from where the

overhanging point you initially folded over and ending

where the bottom wings split (See Figure 13). Fold

the front pair of wings over along the imaginary line.

Flip and repeat for the back pair of wings (See Figure

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16. Fold the front pair of wings towards you along the

body’s edge. Fold the back pair of wings away from

you along the body’s edge (Se Figure 15).

17. Change to front orientation and pull the wings apart. It

is a butterfly (See Figure 16).

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Chapter 2-Frog Instruction

1. Start with a single square sheet of regular printing

paper.

(See Figure 1)

2. Fold paper in half creating a rectangle.

(See Figure 2)

3. Fold paper in half one more time. You should have a

square that is one quarter of the original size.

(See Figure 3)

4. Unfold once.

(See Figure 4)

5. Fold so top right edge is even with the center crease in

paper.

(See Figure 5)

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6. Repeat last step except on the left side, which will

result in an “X”, shaped crease on the top half of your

paper.

(See Figure 6)

7. Take upper left and right edges of the paper and pull

them together toward yourself.

(See Figure 7)

8. While using one hand to hold the right and left sides

together use the other hand to slowly press down on

the fold resulting in a triangle.

(See Figure 8)

9. Take the bottom left and right corners of the triangle

you just made and fold them to the top point of the

triangle.

(See Figure 9)

10. Use the same corners that you just folded to the top of

the triangle and fold them back the opposite directions

half way.

(See Figure 10)

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11. Fold the entire right side paper to the left so that the

left edge is now directly even with the center of the

paper.

(See Figure 11)

12. Repeat previous step except on the left side of the

paper while folding to the right.

(See Figure 12)

13. Now fold the bottom edge of the paper all the way to

the top point of the paper while keeping the fold as

horizontal as possible.

(See Figure 13)

14. Take the previous fold and fold it back half way to

what was originally the bottom. Flip over your

creation and you’re done.

(See Figure 14)

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Chapter 3-Balloon instruction 1. First fold corner 1 to corner 3, then crease paper and

unfold. (See Figure 1)

2. Next fold corner 2 to corner 4, then crease paper and

unfold. (See Figure 2)

3. Then fold side 1-2 to side 3-4, then crease paper and

unfold. (See Figure 3)

4. Next fold side 2-3 to side 1-4, then crease paper and

unfold. (See Figure 4)

(The creases will be the basic creases that you will

work with when continuing with the balloon.)

5. At this time you will fold point B to point C. (See

Figure 5)

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6. Then fold point D down to point C also. You should

see one side of a triangle now. (See Figure 6)

7. Now press point A down to point C and finish the

other side of the triangle. (See Figure 7)

8. On one side of the triangle, fold point 1 up to point 2

and then crease the fold. (See Figure 8)

9. Repeat this for point 3, and on the other 2 flaps on the

opposite side of the triangle. (See Figure 9 and 10)

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10. Now you are going to follow the labels in the picture

and fold in corner B to the center of your diamond.

(See Figure 11 and 12)

11. Repeat this step for corner D. (See Figure 13)

12. Flip your paper over and repeat steps 10 and 11 on the

other side. (See Figure 14)

13. As you can see the picture below you created a pocket,

this is where you are going to fold flap A. (See Figure

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14. Then do this on the left side for flap B also. (See

Figure 16)

15. Repeat steps 13 and 14 on the other side of your paper.

(See Figure 17)

16. Next, you fold the pocket sides together, as shown in

the picture below, that way the flat side of the balloon

is showing. (See Figure 18 and 19)

17. On the bottom of your balloon, there is a hole. That is

where you will blow and inflate your balloon. (See

Figure 20)

18. You have completed your balloon. (See Figure 21)

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Clean Up Page

After you complete the origami figures dispose of the

remaining paper in a trash can or recycle bin.

Troubleshooting