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Origami Boat

The origami boat is easy to make, and is also a fun action toy. 

 

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All over the world, the rainy season will see many kids building boats. 

These actually float! 

They can also be waterproofed to last longer.  Let's start folding.

Begin with a rectangular piece of paper. 

Fold it in half as shown.  Then partially fold it again, making a crease near the top:

ready to make origami boat   

 

origami-boat folded rectangle

   

origami-boat-creased rectangle

 

 

Here you can see the crease in the photo below left.  This helps you line up the corners which you fold down as shown below:

origami-boat-crease mark

   

origami-boat-corners folded

   

origami-boat-corners creased

 

 

Now fold each edge of the paper upwards as shown.  Use your fingers to open up into a hat!  You can stop at the hat, or continue on to the boat.

hat taking shape

   

 

looks like origami hat

   

origami hat! 

  


 

Bring the corners of the hat brim towards each other.  The edges of the brim will be pushed outwards.  It's kind of like you're "squashing" the hat into a square:

turning the hat into an origami boat

   

origami-boat-squash folding the hat 

  

hat squashed

 

 

Now take one lower corner of the square and fold it upwards.  Flip the piece over and do the same for the other corner. 

You now have a folded triangle.  Open up the folded triangle, bring the corners together...

folding boat

   

still folding boat

   

boat and finger

 

...again, "squash" the triangle into a square (below middle photo). 

Now pull the outer corners of the square, one in each hand. 

Keep pulling to unfold your boat. 

We like to turn the boat over and expand the hole in the bottom.  This will help it balance and float better. 

origami-boat-folded square

   

boat folded

   

boat unfolding

 

 

still unfolding boat

   

boat unfolded

   

bottom of boat

 

 

Now we just need some water to float our origami boat!

completed origami boat

 

Here is a video showing the folding of this origami boat.

 

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