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Origami Sampan

This origami sampan is actually an easy origami boat that I used to fold as a kid. A sampan, by the way, is a relatively flat bottomed Chinese wooden boat.

I don't remember how or when I learned to fold this but I do remember that when it rains, we'd be busy making boats to float in the water!

 

Origami Sampan

Start off with a piece of origami paper:

Fold it in half like below:

Open up the paper and you should have a crease in the center:

Now, fold up each side to meet the crease in the center:

Now fold the bottom left hand corner to meet the center like below:

And do the same for the other 3 corners:

Now, fold the bottom left side again to meet the center line:

Repeat the fold for the other 3 sides (the sides will overlap):

Fold the bottom tip to meet the center like below:

Now fold the top tip to meet the center:

Now here comes the "hardest" part of this origami. But once you learn how to do it, it's not hard at all!

Open up the middle like so:

and turn over the sides:

 

Flip it over, shape the sides and flatten the bottom and you've got yourself an origami sampan or boat!

Easy Origami Sampan

 

Easy Origami Boat