Origami Paper Balls

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  Step 1

  Fold your paper in half diagonally with the color print showing.

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  Step 2

  Start with your sheet of origami paper. I'm starting with a 6"x6" sheet.

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  Step 3

  Now fold the sheet again into a smaller triangle and crease.

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  Step 4

  And again, fold the sheet into a smaller triangle and crease.

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  Step 5

  Now open the sheet up, and you have some guidelines to work with.

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  Step 6

  Put you finger on the out triangles and pinch. It might not work at first, so play around with it.

  You should end up with a shape like this.

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  Step 7

  Lay the paper flat, and then crease the edges.

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  Step 8

  Now with the paper creased, take the two corners and pull up to the top to turn the large triangle into a diamond/square shape.

  Repeat on the back.

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  Step 9

  It should then look like this.

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  Step 10

  Take the side flaps, and fold the tips into the center so that they touch the small slit in the middle.

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  Step 11

  After repeating this on all sides it should look like this.

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  Step 12

  To familiarizes your self with the next step I want to show you these flaps which you will need tot tuck into...

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  Step 13

  ...these pockets...

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  Step 14

  ...like so.

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  Step 15

  And repeat this on all side, two on the back and two on the front.

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  Step 16

  Now you want to bend the top and bottom points of the paper to weaken it so when inflated it forms a nice round shape.

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  Step 17

  If all these steps were done correctly, the paper should look like this.

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  Step 18

  Find the small hole at the bottom of the paper. This is where you are going to inflate it.

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  Step 19

  Puff it UP!

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  Step 20

  And you are done! Now make a tone more and admire it's beauty!

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selena · Harlingen, Texas, US · 1 project 10th June 2011

its so hard

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Scraphoarder · Indianapolis, Indiana, US · 11 projects 3rd December 2010

Ha ha so cool!!! you know what i made my mom and dad sit down once i was done with it and i was all like oooh magic.... and they were like:oh we used to do this when we were in school....we used to call it inkpot and stick a twig into it

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but i had fun making it

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Mai Mai S. 5th April 2010

I put the little paper stars inside)

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LittleMissRandomXD · 1 project 7th October 2009

Wow, they look so cool that i might just have to give it a try

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Lucia · San Luis Obispo, California, US · 6 projects 15th May 2009

I made 18 of these while watching Spinal Tap. Later, I strung three on 6 strings and they make sort of a mini-curtain.

Great tut!

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kitee54321 28th April 2009

is it possible to fill theese with those cute papaer stars?
:>

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Hannah B. · U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, US · 5 projects 3rd April 2009

These are so pretty! Thanks for the instructions.

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Ana A. · Gaithersburg, Maryland, US · 1 project 16th February 2009

My father taught me how to make these!
Nice job!

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Sandwich <3's Strawberries&Transformers O w O 31st January 2009

cute! > w < these are so awesome!

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DIS.AR.RAY · Las Vegas, Nevada, US · 32 projects 13th July 2008

ohh, I love making these! I used to use them to put herbs in

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