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| Origami Fascinator - Model by Akira Yoshizawa |
How about an origami butterfly fascinator for New Year's Eve? First a few basics on origami paper.
In your craft kit you have a selection of origami paper. Some are double sided (contrasting colour on reverse) and some are single sided. I made this butterfly from Chiyogami single sided paper which is quite thick and a little harder to fold.
For this model I suggest you use double sided origami paper as it hides folding mistakes.
As a rule of thumb, I always clean my work area (dog hair everywhere) and wash my hands (removes oil on your fingers) before I tackle an origami model. Make sure your hands and work area are dry to prevent any watermarks on the origami paper.
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If you don't have a paper trimmer you will need a ruler, a pencil and some standard scissors to cut the paper. Save your scrap paper as you can always cut out designs for other projects.
This model uses a standard square sheet (15 cm) of origami paper.
You will need a bone folder, two of those cute clothes pins, origami paper and a flat surface to work on.
Let's create a water bomb base origami fold.
TIP: For this base fold you start with your paper the side you want to show on the finished butterfly.
TIP: start you diagonal crease by pinching the centre and pinch the pointed ends - use a mini clothes pin to keep the paper aligned like this:
This the link with a youtube video. http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-waterbomb-base.html You can stop and start the video by clicking on the play button. I usually watch the whole video first and then start it again to fold with the video or scroll down on the linked page for step by step picture instructions.
Your finished collapsed waterbomb base fold with the tip of the triangle at the top should look like this:
Five more folds and you'll have a butterfly here's the link:
http://goorigami.com/single-sheet-origami/origami-butterfly/3006 scroll down and start with step 4.
Tip: make sure when you flip the paper over after step 4 the pointy end of the triangle is at the bottom facing you.
For step 6 bring just the top layer up & make sure the model looks like this - ignore picture 7 in the tutorial (don't squash) just lift the paper gently as far as you can and secure the top with one of your pins. Notice how I can put my finger in each side?
Turn your model over and fold the little triangle down (mountain fold) and fold in half (valley fold) along the centre to create a 3d butterfly as shown in the picture at step 8 of the tutorial.
How'd you do? Are we ready to create the fascinator?
