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Origami Water Bomb

Need a water balloon but got no balloon? Regular old paper and skills of a fold-ist will have you drenching your foes in no time, with stile to boot.

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Step 1Parts Layout

(1) a sheet of paper
(2) a second resource for showing how to do this origami: http://www.fishgoth.com/origami/basics5.html

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Sep 4, 2011. 8:15 AMmk2001 says:

did you get it from "easy origami" by john montroll

Aug 14, 2010. 11:47 AMgertth says:

nice but to easy

Feb 6, 2008. 6:15 PMFunkNattidelic says:

there is a you tube video on how to make these except you fill it with gas from a lighter and put the flame at the small hole. They call it a paper jet engine

Jul 7, 2010. 2:33 PMlucariothelegend says:

when i did it, my friend is watching. I sill it w/gas, light it, and POP... "OUCH!" It shot forward, curved, and hit my friend in the corner of the eye

Sep 20, 2009. 1:08 AMI died with my head in a washing machine says:

try filling them with lighter gas then hold a lighter up to the hole then BANG they fly across the table at break neck speed

Jul 7, 2010. 2:32 PMlucariothelegend says:

oh yes that's so safe :P

May 19, 2010. 12:05 PMorigamifan says:

how do you do it

Sep 6, 2008. 10:52 PMstanstan009 says:

would the water drench the paper? making it kinda usless?

Apr 5, 2010. 9:19 AMcodongolev says:

not if used immediately. and you could also try making it out of wax paper.

Mar 14, 2009. 10:37 AMalkard says:

i like it but add more details i can't seem to make it please fix it

Dec 2, 2008. 4:37 PMInstructables Robot620 says:

I made out of wax paper exploded pretty good and water didn't affect tie shape or performance

Jul 7, 2008. 7:37 PMDaNerd11 says:

nice post, but.... there wasnt that much explanation to the pictures, but still, gj

Apr 30, 2008. 9:35 AMlayter says:

Oh thats so easy i learned that in the therd grade!!!!

May 4, 2008. 6:26 PMQuestionableDoubt says:

AND ARE YOU STILL IN THE THERD GRADE?????

Jul 7, 2008. 8:54 AMmr.dr.prof.joel says:

or mabey hes a teacher that teaches third grade. so he may have learned it at any time

Jul 6, 2008. 7:39 PMCheesySnackMAN says:

lmao...

May 21, 2008. 5:17 PMsword fighter says:

there is another fold where you have two flaps on each side of the bomb you fold them down and put it into the flaps of the corners

Feb 21, 2008. 9:11 AMxplode says:

Filling it with gas is porbaly... stupid' (Great idea mine works great)

Feb 8, 2008. 6:04 PMunbentcrayfish says:

water + paper= soggy paper

Jan 10, 2008. 5:19 PMhalomaster007 says:

this is copied from an origami book. it's called the balloon, but you could fill it with water. smart idea anyways.

Dec 7, 2007. 11:37 AMkmaunder says:

I am going to have my daughter color these and hang them on the tree, with string lights shining in and pin holes for more effect, wow. Great post.

Dec 2, 2007. 8:21 PM123abc123 says:

.........ahh sick fold corners ect. ect!!!!!!.....

Jul 26, 2007. 7:55 PMNaruto_Uzumaki says:

mine workers its so cool!!!!!!!! the blow bit is the coolest

Oct 16, 2007. 2:22 PMcstrike pwner says:

no it sucks, almost all origami sites have this. Plus it's EASY postsome thing harder like im going to a origami scorpion. When you pull it's head it's legs take a step sideways.

Oct 23, 2007. 2:22 PMcowscankill says:

lol the instructable shows you how to make them wrong anyway

Oct 26, 2007. 11:37 AMcstrike pwner says:

http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-water-balloon.html THIS is the good site (it has one too and a dimond and alot more)

Oct 24, 2007. 3:13 PMcstrike pwner says:

that is true

Oct 2, 2007. 10:10 AMNaruto-Uzumaki says:

realy?!

Oct 21, 2007. 11:42 AMrandomness43 says:

ii lovee it! it is soo cool to make but i havent tried filling it with water yet...

Jul 20, 2007. 3:53 PMbrainiac says:

mine doesnt hold water it just falls appart

Sep 14, 2007. 5:17 PMpoopsiedoopsie says:

Try making it out of foil, or laminated paper. Sometimes card paper works

Sep 14, 2007. 5:16 PMpoopsiedoopsie says:

I also know how to make a bunny-oragami-ballon-head-thing. I'll post it when I get the chance. I still haven't posted anything.

Aug 24, 2007. 1:29 PMTheWiseOne says:

Thats Pretty Cool

Aug 24, 2007. 9:25 AMpoopsiedoopsie says:

If you write a message or draw a picture on one side( the side that turns into the inside)you can make a secret message thing. All you have to do is look inside the hole.

Aug 20, 2007. 5:04 AMMike Cortes says:

ive known this for gaes.

Jul 20, 2007. 3:46 PMbrainiac says:

i have no clue how to do this

Jun 29, 2007. 5:44 PMmusicalbee2003 says:

With a variation on half of the ballon, you can make a rabbit...Have to remember how and post!

May 30, 2007. 5:26 PMflooferson says:

you should add a video on how to make it

Jun 11, 2007. 4:39 PMpyro king says:

dude my friend used to make those all the time and he said he thought of it without anybody else or without books also you r supposed to blow in the hole and it inflates like a balloon not a water balloon!!! it will get all soggy and break!!!