Introduction: Fortune Boats
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Victoria & Albert Museum
Step 1:
Take a square piece of coloured paper. If you want to, you can write a wish for the new year on one side. If your paper is only coloured on one side, make sure you write on the white side.
Step 2:
Place your paper coloured side down and fold it in half to make a triangle.
Step 3:
Unfold and repeat for the opposite side.
Step 4:
Using the previous lines as guides, fold in each of the corners. Repeat for each of the four corners until you form a smaller square.
Step 5:
Take each point and fold it in half inwards.
Step 6:
Fold the whole piece in half, with the folded pieces on the inside.
Step 7:
Fold each side back on itself. You should be able to see the edges of the triangles you made before forming smaller triangles on each of the corners.
Step 8:
Fold each of the four smaller triangles downwards.
Step 9:
Make two diagonal folds from the edges to the middle on each side.
Step 10:
You should now have a big shallow triangle on each side. Take the top point of each and fold it back to the flat edge.
Step 11:
Carefully turn the boat inside-out.
Step 12:
Lift the corners.
Step 13:
Give the final touches by pushing the bottom of the boat out with your fingers.
Step 14:
Ready for sailing!