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...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. 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.
  2. 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!
  3. Step 3: Skip over the first page.

  4. Step 4: Fold the second page's right-hand corner at the top down to the bottom.

  5. Step 5: Turn the page

  6. Step 6: and do the opposite.

  7. Step 7: Examine your folds so far.

  8. 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.

  9. Step 9: Fold the first base's corner (there is only one side free) down diagonally to the bottom.

  10. Step 10: Pull the two flaps back underneath your already folded triangles on top

  11. Step 11: and repeat the steps on those two flaps that you used to make the rest of the triangles.

  12. 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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