How to Make an Origami Pinwheel

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Find a square piece of paper.

   If it's origami paper, start with the white side up.
   
   Fold it in half diagonally both ways.
   
   Then, unfold.
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   Step 2: Fold all four corners to the center

   This is called a blintz fold. ,, This is called a book or greeting card fold.
   
   Then, unfold. , This is called a cupboard fold.
   
   Do not unfold this. , Pull them up and pinch them so they stick up.
   
   Then pull them down to the middle so that the shape appears as in the image. , Repeat step eight on the unfolded side. ,, It's finished! , Here are some ideas for using your origami pinwheel:
   Make a pinwheel: find a pushpin and a chopstick/pencil.
   
   Push the pushpin through the paper and into the chopstick or pencil and it looks like a real pinwheel.
   
   If you leave room on the pushpin for the wheel to slide back and forth and you blow, it works like a real one.
   
   Garden decoration:
   These origami pinwheels look pretty in the garden.
   
   They'll last until it rains, or keep them sheltered.
   
   Cards:
   Glue the origami pinwheel to cards.
   
   Either draw a stick or glue on a thin stick to create a 3D pinwheel effect on the card.
   
   Or be imaginative and use the pinwheel to create other designs on the card, such as a windmill, a Ferris wheel, etc.
   
   Festive decorations:
   Tie a row of origami pinwheels together along a piece of string or ribbon and hang for festive effect.
   
   Try using different colors of paper for best effect, or use colors that are themed to the occasion.
   
   Gift boxes:
   Attach an origami pinwheel to a gift box as the "seal" or as a design feature.
   
   Pinwheels could also be attached to gift wrapping paper for a 3D effect. ,
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   Step 3: in the same manner as making a fortune teller.

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   Step 4: Unfold.

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   Step 5: Fold it in half.

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   Step 6: Fold each side to the center so that it looks like opening French doors.

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   Step 7: Look at the diagonal creases at the very top.

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   Step 8: Turn the origami around so that the unfolded end is facing away from you and the folded end is facing you.

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   Step 9: Take the left flap on the top and fold it up

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    Step 10: as shown in the image.

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    Step 11: On the bottom portion

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    Step 12: fold the right flap down.

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    Step 13: Make use of your origami pinwheel.

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    Step 14: Finished.

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