How to Make a 3D Origami Moon
- 1). Fold the paper in half with the right sides touching, and then open it. Turn the paper one quarter turn clockwise and fold in half again with the right sides touching, and then open it.
- 2). Fold the paper on the diagonal with the wrong sides touching and open. Turn the paper one quarter turn and fold on the diagonal again with the wrong sides touching and open.
- 3). Look at the folds on the paper. There is a plus sign with valley folds and an X with mountain folds. The difference is that the valley folds will fold inward.
- 4). Put your pointer fingers and thumbs onto the outside corners of the paper and push the corners together. The valley folds will fold inward, allowing the mountain folds to make a triangle. This is the balloon base.
- 5). Look at the triangle and divide the triangle into thirds in your mind. Turn the triangle so the point is pointing downward, and fold the point up, creasing at 1/3 the height of the triangle.
- 6). Make a curved valley fold by unfolding the point of the triangle, and, along the edges leading to the point, make a small curved fold. This will make the point of the triangle point more outward than flat on the table. Crease well.
- 7). Open the paper.
- 8). Locate the creases for the fold just made. This area will sink into the center of the paper when the corners are pushed together like before. Now the triangle that you had before is curved at the top.
- 9). Open the piece slightly, and fold the two inner pieces upward into the center of the piece.
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Fold one of the outer pieces over the two inner pieces just folded. - 11
Open the fold, and fold the other outside piece over the two inner folded pieces. This creates a curved fold on each of the outer pieces. Fold both of them back inward. - 12
Press the two curved folds inwards and use your finger to curl the pointed ends up to make the shape of the moon.
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