Making Aquarium With Origami

If you don’t have origami….. That’s fine, you can make it by color paper! See picture 5!

Supplies

• Ruler
• Scissors
• Glue
• Pencil
• Scotch tape
• Box (7×32×23.5 h×l×w)cm
• Color paper (35×25 l×w)cm
• Origami (15×15)cm

Step 1: Make the Base (water Tank) by Using Box and Color Paper!

1. We need a blue color paper, the size and number of the sheet is depending on the size of the box you use.
2. We cut the paper to fit the size of the box, and one another color paper for the curving line.
3. We stick these pieces of paper together.
4. It will look like this! We are done with making a water tank.

Step 2: Make Fishes by Using Origami or (15 × 15) Paper!

Step 3: Angelfish

1. Halve the lines along the fold lines.
2. Fold along the fold lines.
3. Flip one sheet and make a crease along the fold line so that the corner fits the crease.
4. Flip one sheet, fold it so that the corner is open and crushed. Fold the back side in the same way.
5. Flip one sheet and fold it along the fold line to match the corners.
6. Make creases along the fold lines so that the corners match. Fold along the fold lines. Tilt the corner to the right. Return the folded part.
7. Fold the backside in the same way.
8. Flip one sheet and fold it along the line so that the corners match the fold lines.
9. Hold the bottom corner with both hands and unfold it while folding the crease from valley fold to mountain fold.

Step 4: Turtle

1. 1 to 2, Fold it in half along fold line and do it again, and it will looks like 3.
2. 4 to 5 Fold one sheet and fold it along the fold line.
3. Make a notch on the red line only with the top one.
4. Fold it just like we did in picture 5.
5. Fold the three corner.
6. Flip over it!

Step 5: Goldfish

1. 0 to 1, same way that we did with Turtle (1-5)
2. Flip one sheet and fold it along the fold line twice.
3. Open the one sheet and fold it so that the corners are open and crushed, it will look like picture 3. And make a cut in the blue line of the image with scissors.
4. Fold in half from where we cut to match the corners.
5. Fold the right side corner for about 1 cm.
6. Open up the sheet where we folded in picture 4, and it will look like picture 6.

Step 6: Jellyfish

1. 1 to 2, the same way that we did with Turtle (1 to 3).
2. Fold the bottom and up corner, and it will look like picture 3.
3. Flip it and we are done with the first part.
4. We use another origami, and fold it in horizontally and vertically half.
5. Open the corner and fold it to crush it, just like in picture 6.
6. Do it again on the backside.
7. Fold one sheet and fold it along the slope line, and in the same way we do with the other three sheets.
8. The glue and cellophane tape is used to attach the umbrella and feet together to complete the jellyfish.

Step 7: Shrimp

1. Fold it along the fold line so that the corner fits the center of the fold line.
2. Fold it again in the same way so that the corner fits the crease as well as the right side.
3. Fold the right side’s tip corner to match the corners, it will look like picture 3. 4 to 7.
4. Make a cut in the black line with scissors.
5. Pass the notch made in picture 7 through the hole made in picture 5.
6. Fold it so that the left side tip of the corner matches the right side tip of the corner, and fold it a little to the left of the crease.
7. Do the same thing 5 times and it will look like picture 10.
8. Fold it in the half.
9. Hold the center of this shape and slightly shift the remaining steps.
10. It will look like picture 12, and done!

Step 8: Finally

Finally, we stick those fishes to the water tank!!! Done!