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IHere’s A ‘Tree’-mendously Easy Project
must admit that I don’t make my fect for celebrating World Origami Day ping paper, copy paper, washi pa- own holiday cards every year. My on Nov. 11. Many people might hear ori- per and more. As you can see in the problem is that I have a hard time gami and think it’s going to be hard to do samples, I used everyday prints and
SUPPLIES AND TOOLS:
• 1 piece of paper or cardstock, for tree, 3-by-3 inches
• 1 piece of paper or card- stock, for tree, 2 1/2-by-2 1/2 inches
• 1 piece of paper or cardstock, for tree, 2-by-2 inches
• 1/4-inch double-stick tape or liquid glue, for
card base
• embellishments like sequins, buttons, stickers, glitter glue, etc., optional
• paper creaser
Note: The samples shown feature card bases that are 4 1/2-by-4 1/2 inches and 3 3/4-by-3 3/4 inches.
deciding on the design, and before you the folds. As I was making my samples, not just holiday designs.
know it, it’s Christmas Eve!
What I do find time to make are small
a couple of co-workers said it looked hard. So, I recruited them to help fold one of the trees to show them how easy it was to make.
You can find this project sheet and many more at benfranklinhawaii.com. Send photos of what you make to joyofcrafting@gmail.com, and if I share it here, I’ll send you a Ben Franklin Crafts gift card. Have fun creating your own paper forest to embellish your proj- ects this holiday season!
projects like tags or gift card holders. This week’s project is great to use as an embellishment for these smaller proj- ects. It uses very little paper so you can use your scraps.
I used cardstock for all the sam- ples, which made it a little harder to do the folds. You can experiment with all types of paper like wrap-
It’s an easy-to-fold origami tree, per-
Fold in half side- to-side. Crease well. Unfold.
2.
4.
5. on the right and fold
down so it aligns with the center of the triangle. Crease well. Repeat this step with the left side point.
1.
Take the 3-by-3-inch square and position it on point like a diamond, with the right side of the paper facing down. Fold in half with the top point down to the bottom point, making a triangle. Crease well and unfold.
5. Lift the top layer point
Push in the top fold into the sides to create a layered triangle.
3. Turn paper over so the right side of the paper is
facing up. Position the paper like a square in front of you. Fold in half. Crease well. Unfold.
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