Origami Fidget

by Linus Smith in Craft > Paper

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Origami Fidget

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I made an Origami Fidget for if you get bored at home. By the way, thais is my first Insructable do if you could give me feedback the would be great. When you play with this you get mesmerized by how smoothly it go to the next phase. Want to make it?

Supplies

What you need for this Origami Fidget is...

  1. Piece of copier paper
  2. Ruler or yardstick
  3. And a pen or pencil

Fold

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Fold you paper "Hamburger Style"

Fold

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Unfold and fold in the top corners like a paper airplane. Flip and fold up, crease, and unfold. Turn back over and unfold the airplane fold and fold the end in, crease, unfold, and tear.

Fold

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Fold in half "Hot Dog Style", crease, and unfold. Then fold the bottom half in half and top half in half. Next fold the paper into eighths.

Mark

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Grab you ruler and pen/pencil and mark (starting from the left) middle to top 2/8, bottom 0/8 to top 4/8, bottom 2/8 to top 6/8, bottom 4/8 to top 8/8, bottom 6/8 to right middle. Then flip your page and do it on that side.

Fold

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Fold on all of the marks and make a 3-D triangle and connect. Go to all flat sides and bend in the top and bottom triangles. Then go to each hexagon and bend in each bottom and top tip.

Time to Play

Finally you want to straighten it out and start playing.