Cut Out + Keep

Paper Waterballoon

oragami, paper. water, balloon

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/paper-waterballoon • Posted by Muriel Seswright

fill it with water and have fun ;)

You will need

Project Budget
Almost Nothing

Time

0 h 10

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
Medium 001 1220828947 Medium 002 1220828955 Medium 003 1220828971

Description

fill it with water and have fun ;)

Instructions

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    square paper

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    fold diagonallyon 2 coners and fold horizontaly on both sides.

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    Now start to collapse the pre-folded piece of paper.

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    You will end up with the folded triangle shown below. This piece occurs so often in origami that it has its own name, the balloon base (or water bomb base).

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    Now fold each of the four corners upwards.

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    Now fold the four horizontal corners into the center as shown:

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    Now fold the four horizontal corners into the center as shown:

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    Use your finger to expand the little pocket as shown below. You are going to tuck the flap into the pocket.

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    However, the flap must first be folded in two to make it small enough for the pocket.

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    This sequence shows the flap folded, then tucked in.

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    Now fold and tuck in the other three flaps.

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    Finally expand the balloon as shown below. First unfold the balloon partially, then blow gently into the hole at one end.

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    At our school, we actually filled these with water for some recess. enjoy ^^