Origami Water Bomb Fairy Lights

Make your fairy lights even more whimsical with a bit of colored paper!

Posted by Ava

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I had seen these at the Purple Fiddle on a day trip to Thomas, West Virginia, and was completely enamored with the idea! I absolutely love all the patterns and colors of scrapbook paper there are in the world so feel free to make them from any kind you wish! If you need extra help with the origami part, use this:

http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-water-balloon.html

Happy Folding!

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You Will Need (4 things)

  • 1 packets Scissors
  • 1 packets Thumb Tacks (to attach to the wall)
  • 1 packets Fairy Lights (preferably with plastic covering)
  • Enough Scrapbook Paper (In any colors/patterns) To cover all the fairy lights on the string

Steps (28 steps, 90 minutes)

  1. 1

    Get your paper and scissors together!

  2. 2

    Fold your paper across diagonally to create a big triangle, with about 1/2 cm of excess paper along one edge.

  3. 3

    Cut this piece off to create an even triangle.

  4. 4

    It should now look like this.

  5. 5

    Now unfold the paper and fold it across the other way. Creating an X when unfolded.

  6. 6

    Unfold it again, now flip it over and fold it in half normally.

  7. 7

    Unfold it again, and flip it back over. Collapse the paper where the folds are, creating a small triangle.

  8. 8

    It should now look like this.

  9. 9

    With one side of the triangle, fold up the corners, creating a diamond.

  10. 10

    it should look like this.

  11. 11

    Now flip it over.

  12. 12

    Do the same as step 9.

  13. 13

    Now take one side of the diamond, and fold two of the corners in towards the center line, like this.

  14. 14

    Flip it over and do step 13 again.

  15. 15

    It should now look like this.

  16. 16

    This is where it begins to get complicated. Fold one side of the top down over the last folds, making it look like a wing.

  17. 17

    Now fold it back on itself.

  18. 18

    Put your finger into the pocket you created in step 13.

  19. 19

    Put the fold you created in step 17 into the pocket. Then REPEAT on all three of the others.

  20. 20

    It should look like this on both sides!

  21. 21

    Now, you see that your water bomb is sorta flat, It's Time to fix that!!!

  22. 22

    Look for the small hole, and blow into it, making sure to blow it up all the way.

  23. 23

    It should look like this.

  24. 24

    Now find your fairy lights.

  25. 25

    Take one of the bulbs and put it into the hole you blew into.

  26. 26

    Like so!

  27. 27

    TA-DA!

  28. 28

    You have successfully finished one of the lanterns :) repeat until all of your fairy lights have a cover!