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How to make a simple paper Christmas tree.Requires paper and scissors. Rocks optional.
If your paper isn't already in a square, make it into one.
Fold your tree-to-be triangularly three times, as in the first picture. Without unfolding, fold it again as in the second picture. When you unfold, yo...
Fold in the corners. Fold them in just far enough that the beginning and end of the new crease begins and ends on two other creases, as in the picture...
Fold along all of your radial creases, alternating between folding in and folding out.
Make a few cuts on each vertical triangle of the tree. Fold down from the top of each cut so that the fold makes a triangle. Once you've cut and folde...
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The purpose of all the folding is to create folds that radiate out from the centre point of the paper square - the photos for steps 3 & 4 show this clearly. That centre point is going to be the peak of the tree. The trick is, when folding, to always keep track of which point of the triangle is the centre of the paper. Use that point as a guide when folding. Or, put a bit differently, always keep that point as the apex of your triangles when folding.
Hope that helps a little...though it may be as clear as mud ...oh well, if you are really interested there are videos on YouTube for similar types of folded trees - not quite the same as this one.
It looks like the cuts are parallel to the base but how long do you make them and, depending on the size of the paper, how many cuts would you make? Would you keep the same number of cuts (branches) just spaced out more or would it be better to increase the number of cuts?
My quickly made tree splays out a lot at the base. How did you keep yours compact - was it glued?
Last year I saw a tutorial for a Kirigami tree which I couldn't get to work at all. Yours is very similar but actually makes sense and is easy to construct. Thankyou.
This is completely up to you.
>> My quickly made tree splays out a lot at the base. How did you keep yours compact - was it glued?
As I recall, mine splayed out too. That said, I think that if you makes your cuts deep, and fold the branches over with good creases, those folds should force your tree to come together a bit in the middle.
>> Last year I saw a tutorial for a Kirigami tree which I couldn't get to work at all. Yours is very similar but actually makes sense and is easy to construct. Thankyou.
I'm glad you like it! Thank you very much for your feedback. It always makes me happy when I get a nice, understandable comment, even though I've pretty much given up using Instructables.
I've started looking at more folded shapes and dug out a Christmas Origami book that's been in my library for over 20 years. I think I'll be doing a lot more of this. So...thanks again & good work.
wonderfull
1) Fold the top half of the farthest right corner over to the left, flip your paper over, and repeat .This should give you a smaller version of the triangle you already had.
2) Place your paper so that all the openings are on the bottom (closest to you), and the right angle is on the right-hand side.
3) Fold the top half of the farthest right corner over to the left again. Flip, rinse, repeat. This *should* give you something that looks like the second picture, although perhaps mirrored and/or rotated, depending on how you've flipped and/or turned the page.
Thank you for your comment! I hope this helps.