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How the Origami Diagrams Work

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 is an outside reverse fold followed by an inside one.

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.