Decorative Origami Cube 2 by jabapyth
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This is an alternative design to my Decorative Origami Cube 1 instructable (yeah, I got creative with the names...) that doesn't use thirds.

This Cube is a cool-looking modular piece requiring 12 squares of paper.
I used 3 different colors, but you can do whatever you want.
 
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Step 1: Fold The Units

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Fold twelve of these guys. You can do different color combinations, but I've found that paper with color on one side, white on the other looks the coolest.

btw the green lines mean fold...
gippy00 says: Aug 29, 2011. 4:26 PM
hey what is the fold in the 4th picture is ti half 4ths or thirds?
sophiadou says: Feb 28, 2011. 5:55 AM
这个网站很不错,但我英语不好。在这里也练英语了
afvet65 says: Jun 8, 2010. 10:25 AM
The instructions were easy to follow! This was a great way to have fun with my Geometry classes! Thank you!!
pholt says: May 31, 2010. 3:44 PM
Great Instructable! Clear and precise! I'm using this for a school project on Origami. Thanks!
blaver says: Mar 25, 2010. 4:34 PM
hey i  think this and your other cube are really cool! i was just wondering if they're the same size?
jabapyth (author) says: Mar 25, 2010. 5:10 PM
this one is a bit larger
lake75 says: Dec 7, 2009. 8:38 PM
Very fun! Thank you for posting this. It went a lot faster then I thought it would.
altrobot says: Oct 13, 2009. 9:29 AM
this is great and simple, very nicely presented and a good instructable!
kog103 says: Oct 9, 2009. 3:17 PM
That worked out wonderfully! Really good, clear instruction, and very good pictures. I really like the result! Thanks!
YellowZealot says: Sep 3, 2009. 8:03 PM
That worked out fantastically. I wish I had a camera to take a pic
sudoku_maze says: Aug 26, 2009. 10:38 AM
im really new in this field the last step in step 1 i really cant understand it can u give me the step in words. thankz
jabapyth (author) says: Aug 26, 2009. 10:05 PM
i'm not quite sure what you mean -- are do you have a single unit assembled?
ntthuhang03 says: Jul 26, 2009. 1:52 AM
It's really nice! I like it very much ;-)
jabapyth (author) says: Jul 26, 2009. 7:48 PM
glad you like it :)
crak-a-bottle says: Jul 17, 2009. 3:35 PM
wow . . . so much fun and so simple

and it's started a phase at school now.

=D

yays! thanku
jabapyth (author) says: Jul 17, 2009. 6:42 PM
solid :D school trends are fun to start, glad I could help.
RoboZapper says: Jul 9, 2009. 1:00 PM
cool!!!
lunchboxslayer27 says: Jun 24, 2009. 8:30 PM
im cold! someone turn my fan off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
troy001234 says: Jun 22, 2009. 4:51 PM
This is great!
inergy says: May 25, 2009. 2:34 PM
I made one into a helmet ROFL:)
jabapyth (author) says: May 25, 2009. 3:53 PM
seriously? post a photo!
inergy says: May 26, 2009. 2:49 PM
The paper in the middle is A4 square camera's blurred, cut down the picture to just the cube :) couldn't make me wearing it cause to fragile :(
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jabapyth (author) says: May 26, 2009. 7:02 PM
wow that is huge! impressive
nangle says: May 8, 2009. 4:44 PM
the instruction are really clear but what size did you make the squares to begin with??
jabapyth (author) says: May 16, 2009. 12:32 PM
ah sorry about that ;) the size doesn't really matter... but I used 2" squares
moomooman says: Apr 9, 2009. 9:00 PM
sweet instructable very straight through
joyride68 says: Feb 19, 2009. 3:56 PM
I'm excited about trying to make this cube but I have a question about the fold shown in picture 5 of step 1. What is the proportion of this fold? Is it 1/3? Or is it okay to use any proportion as long as you are consistent between all of the units you fold?
jabapyth (author) says: Feb 20, 2009. 5:20 AM
sorry, i guess that was really unclear >.< It's supposed to be a third (and I've added a note to that effect), but you could probably get away with something other than a third......try it and tell me how it turns out! :)
joyride68 says: Mar 3, 2009. 6:52 PM
It worked beautifully! I can't believe how simple it is and yet it comes out very solid and sturdy. At first glance I thought step 2 was going to give me problems, but by following the pictures carefully I figured it out pretty quickly. Now I'll have to check out your first cube...
jabapyth (author) says: Mar 3, 2009. 7:40 PM
Im glad you met with success good luck with the other cube!
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