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How to Fold

Here’s what the arrows in the directions mean:

Fold this way

Fold and unfold

Fold around behind

Flip the whole piece over

Most pieces start with the paper color side down. The drawings show the front in color, and the back in white.

This is a mountain fold; it looks a bit like a mountain.

And this is a valley fold.

Some shapes are made with reverse folds. Start by creasing the paper along the fold lines. Open out the paper slightly, reverse each of the folds, and recrease them to make a neat corner. Above are diagrams for an outside reverse fold followed by an inside one (and on to complete a bonus penguin).

The directions tell you to fold on such-and-such a line, but if you use your own paper you won’t have the lines. No worry! Just remember that in origami folds are usually made so that corners and edges meet, or folds start at half-way points. The diagrams show you which edges and corners to use. And where corners and edges aren’t indicated, the placement of the fold isn’t that critical.

Basic Folds

There are only so many ways to start folding origami projects. A few of the most common ways are called bases, and are used as starting points for folding diagrams. Here are the bases used in this kit.

Waterbomb Base

The waterbomb base is the beginning of the famous waterbomb, but it is also the beginning of many other projects. Here is an easy way of doing it.

1 Start with the color side down. Fold and unfold from corner to corner. Flip the paper over.

2 Fold the paper in half and unfold it again.

3 Collapse the sides away from you along the creases you’ve made.

4 This is the finished waterbomb base.

Blintz Base

The blintz base is named for the pastry it looks like. Some projects fold the corners in just once, and some fold the paper two or three times, but either way the process is the same. The first step is to find the center of the paper.

1 Start with the color side down. Line up opposite corners and crimp the paper with your finger to make a tiny crease in the middle.

2 Crimp the paper again in the other direction to find the center. A tiny crease won’t be as noticeable in the finished piece as a long fold would be.

3 Fold the four corners in so they touch the center.

4 This is the finished blintz base.

Fish Base

This base looks a bit like a fish without a tail. It has two flaps in the middle that can be used to make fins, legs, and all sorts of things.

1 Start with the color side down. Fold and unfold to the centerline from the top and bottom corners.

2 Fold the corners in to the centerline.

3 Press down the folds to crease the paper underneath and the fish base is finished.

Bird Base

The bird base is the beginning of classic origami pieces like the Japanese crane. It creates four flaps joined in the middle, which can be wings, legs, or necks.

1 Start with the color side up. Fold and unfold from corner to corner. Flip the paper over.

2 Fold and unfold vertically and horizontally.

3 Push the bottom corners together while swinging the center corners out.

4 Here’s an expanded view of the base so far.

5 Fold and unfold as shown.

6 Pull up the bottom corner and reverse the folds.

7 Here it is part of the way through.

8 Do the same on the other side.

9 The finished bird base.

Making a Tableau

Once all of the pieces in each project are folded up, it’s time to put them together into a tableau and put them on display.

The first thing you might want to do is glue loose flaps and edges down. After a while folded paper starts unfolding itself. Many origami artists eschew glue, but I don’t see how it can hurt if it’s just done to keep things in shape.

Next, use the stands to hold up the flat models, set up the backdrops, and move things around until they look good to you. This is your chance to be the creator!

The stands are very simple to make. Push them out, fold them down the middle, and you’re ready to slide the flat models into the slit. They look better if the long side goes to the back. If the models fall forward, bend them backwards slightly just above the slit in the stand.

When you fold up the backgrounds, use a ruler to help you make straight creases. Put the ruler behind the paper for mountain folds, and on top of the paper for valley folds. The curved creases in the Jonah and the Whale backdrop are best done slowly with fingers held close together.

You can fold the pieces on your own or you can do them together with family and friends. More people means more fun!

ADAM AND EVE

The Bible begins with the creation of the heavens and the earth, light and dark, dry land and sea, birds, fishes, beasts, and finally, the first people. Their story is found in Genesis, from 1:26 through 3:24.

God decided to create man in his own image, so he formed Adam out of dust. Adam was to look after creation, and God had him name all of the things in it. But God saw that Adam needed help with this huge task, and decided to create another human to work with him. He put Adam to sleep and drew out a rib, which he formed into Eve. Adam and Eve got along right away. God brought them to the Garden of Eden, and gave them full use of it, except for the tree at its center. “Eat anything you want, but don’t touch the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” But the wily serpent whispered to Eve, “Why should you not? God just doesn’t want you to be like him. Eat this fruit and you can be.” Eve was beguiled and ate the fruit, and shared it with Adam. At once they knew good and evil, and realized they were naked in the garden.

God came across them as he walked in the garden. They had known evil, and shame, and made aprons of fig leaves to hide their nakedness. He asked, “What have you done?” and they confessed. “For this sin you must live in sorrow all your lives. Women must bear children in pain, and men must sweat and toil on the land for their food. And in the end, all people must die and return to the dust from which you were made.” And so Adam and Eve were driven from the garden, to begin the race of man, and the archangel Michael stood by the tree of the knowledge of good and evil with a flaming sword, to ensure they did not return.

All together in the garden.

The first human couple, for better or worse.

That sneaky serpent...

Serpent

The snake is an animal feared in every society. Most are harmless, but in the Bible they are serpents, the embodiment of evil. Adam and Eve should have been more afraid, but they didn’t know how to fear yet.

1 Fold the paper in half, color side in.

2 Fold the paper up on line 1.

3 Fold the paper up on line 2.

4 Fold the paper up on line 3.

5 Open out the paper, and refold it like an accordian, with a mountain fold at the center.

6 Fold the neck up on line 4.

7 Fold the head down on line 5.

8 Fold and unfold the nose on line 6.

9 Reverse folds 4, 5, and 6, outside for the neck, and inside for the head and nose.

10 Fold the bottom of the tail inside the body on the 7 lines.

11 Fold the body of the snake into a zigzag shape, and it’s done.

Angel