Introduction: Origami Wallet
Hardly origami, but is made from a single piece of paper with no cuts and no glue or tape.
Step 1: You'll Need
a single piece of A3 paper and about thirty seconds. If you can't find a scrap piece of A3, tape two A4s together. Or if I'm talking gibberish, just a piece of paper about 30cm x 40cm.
Step 2: Fold It Here and There
Fold it in half, and then in half again vertically. Open it out so you have four rectangles.
The first rectangle is the back of the wallet so leave it as it is. The second is the back of the first pocket, so make a fold about three quarters of the way along it, and fold it again where it now meets the bottom of the first rectangle.
Fold it back on itself about half way up the original rectangle, and back on itself, and then the last bit should reach about a quarter of the way.
Confused? Just follow the pictures, kay?
Step 3: Round That Fold
On the largest bit, you need to make the fold more rounded, otherwise the large amounts of cash you carry won't fit snugly. To do this, just make an extra fold about a millimetre away on each side of it.
Step 4: Close the Wallet
Make two folds to turn it into an actual wallet. One to separate the two sections, the other to serve as a flap o keep it closed.
Might help if you look at an actual wallet, for dimensions.
Tuck the "flap" into the main cash area to keep it closed. I was gonna design a proper flap, but thought it might be beneficial to mow the lawn.
Once again your folds need to be pretty rounded if you don't want the wallet to skew.
Step 5: To Close
Fill it with cash and cards and the like. There's no coin pocket because my mum said "real men don't keep coins in their wallets." And after one glance at the competition's entrants so far, there's absolutely no hope of this design winning, so I may as well give up. Whatever.
It would be cool though to print a nice design on the paper first. I'd do that, but I don't have an A3 printer handy. Pity.
17 Comments
1 year ago
Dose it matter what paper you use
9 years ago
Always what I wanted
9 years ago
Awesome
9 years ago
I have one question what is A3 paper? And A4 paper?
10 years ago on Introduction
Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you. It's perfect!
13 years ago on Introduction
Yes! At last an instructable by a person who uses A3 and A4 paper! You dont know how hard it is having to cut paper to fit american sizes. Phew, I dont have to do that!
Yah, about the coins, when you buy something and get given back a handful of change, you nearly always just fire it in your pocket, even if you have a big roomy purse. You could always add a coin pocket by adding velcro somewhere, if you really wanted.
14 years ago on Introduction
I live in the U.S. printer paper is A4. I learned this from my experience with origami.
14 years ago on Introduction
um dude, a4 paper is the regular rectangle kind.
15 years ago on Introduction
there is a similar Instructable detailing how to make a wallet from legal size paper. iLegal paper wallet
15 years ago on Introduction
Call your local office supply store or search on the Internet for places in your area that sells a4 or a3 paper. I have found it at a local paper supply store. ;o)
16 years ago on Introduction
a4 paper is 8.3 by 11.7 inches or 21 by 29.7 centimeters
Reply 16 years ago on Introduction
ps a3 is exactly twice the sise of a4 (making a3 16.6 by 11.7 inches or 42 by 29.7 centimeters
16 years ago on Introduction
a4 paper is just you average printer paper and a3 paper is the really big peices of paper. hope that helps. i can only mesure in cm sorry.
16 years ago on Introduction
If you stick two of those together it should probably do. Try it, you might just get a different size wallet.
16 years ago on Introduction
Hi, I just noticed you didn't add the keyword "Wallet_Challenge" to your instructable. I think this is necessary to enter the competition. Good luck!
Reply 16 years ago on Introduction
Well, it's in the wallet challenge group, but I added it anyway. Thanks.
Reply 16 years ago on Introduction
That's all that's required; That it be in the Group.