How to Fold an Instructional Booklet Into a Flower
Acquire a square instructional booklet, such as an unwanted booklet from a video game., Skip over the first page., Fold the second page's right-hand corner at the top down to the bottom., Turn the page, and do the opposite., Examine your folds so...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Acquire a square instructional booklet
It needs to be square-shaped.
If it's rectangular, you can still use it, but you have to cut it into a square shape.
Just cut the bottom off, until it looks like a square – don't worry about it being exact. -
Step 2: such as an unwanted booklet from a video game.
This is your "first base". , Do this diagonally to meet the left hand corner. , Fold the left hand corner of the bottom up to the top right, diagonally. , There should be a "V" shape between the two folds.
Hold it so that the "first base" is on the left side, and make sure that the first page has a point at the bottom and the second page has a point to the top.
For the first page, we'll call it point A.
For the second, it is point B. , Fold point A down over point B and it closes the triangle.
Steps 3-6 with the rest of the pages, and there should be one left – this is your second base.
You should have a shape as shown in this image. , Repeat on the other side. , Unfold them (the two flaps) completely.
You'll notice that there are folds that look like "X"'s on both sides.
This is what is called a rabbit ear fold: push in on the sides so it folds back on itself and makes a triangle, to match the rest of them. , Your new decoration is complete! -
Step 3: Skip over the first page.
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Step 4: Fold the second page's right-hand corner at the top down to the bottom.
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Step 5: Turn the page
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Step 6: and do the opposite.
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Step 7: Examine your folds so far.
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Step 8: Keep it in the position from the last step and fold the point B down over the first page until it collides with it and makes a triangle.
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Step 9: Fold the first base's corner (there is only one side free) down diagonally to the bottom.
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Step 10: Pull the two flaps back underneath your already folded triangles on top
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Step 11: and repeat the steps on those two flaps that you used to make the rest of the triangles.
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Step 12: Repeat on the other side.
Detailed Guide
It needs to be square-shaped.
If it's rectangular, you can still use it, but you have to cut it into a square shape.
Just cut the bottom off, until it looks like a square – don't worry about it being exact.
This is your "first base". , Do this diagonally to meet the left hand corner. , Fold the left hand corner of the bottom up to the top right, diagonally. , There should be a "V" shape between the two folds.
Hold it so that the "first base" is on the left side, and make sure that the first page has a point at the bottom and the second page has a point to the top.
For the first page, we'll call it point A.
For the second, it is point B. , Fold point A down over point B and it closes the triangle.
Steps 3-6 with the rest of the pages, and there should be one left – this is your second base.
You should have a shape as shown in this image. , Repeat on the other side. , Unfold them (the two flaps) completely.
You'll notice that there are folds that look like "X"'s on both sides.
This is what is called a rabbit ear fold: push in on the sides so it folds back on itself and makes a triangle, to match the rest of them. , Your new decoration is complete!
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