PaperCraft Christmas Tree

Step 2 Fold

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, your square should be divided by 8 (16) radial creases.

Comments

[h274820]

This is so hard..I have tried and tried to do this. Can you please have better instructions... The second step is sooo confusing and your note here doesnt help. Just even more confusing!

[islander_circe]

Hi, I showed this to a group of people a few days ago & came up with a suggestion that seemed to help some who were having problems with step 2.

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.

[adoreajarbakery]

I am confused- how do you get to the asymmetrical triangle in the second pic?

[threecheersfornick]

I'm sorry, that explanation is weak. I'll try to explain better. If you've gotten to something that looks like the first picture, heres what you do:

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.