8. The finished Dart. Open the wings and throw!
Duck
Traditional design
1. Begin with the white side up. Valley-fold in half, corner to corner, and unfold.
2. Fold the two edges to meet at the crease.
3. Your paper should look like this. Turn over.
4. Fold up the bottom corner.
5. Fold the corner to the bottom edge.
6. Mountain-fold in half.
7. Pull up the neck.
8. Pull up the beak.
9. The finished Duck.
Sailboat
Folding method by Michael G. LaFosse
1. Begin with the white side up. Make mountain folds, corner to corner, and valley folds, edge to edge.
2. Fold corners A and B to meet at the center of the paper.
3. To make the sails, bring points C and D together, using the existing creases to collapse the piece. Re-crease the folds to flatten the boat.
4. Your paper should look like this. Fold up the bottom corner.
5. Turn over.
6. Here you have a preliminary Sailboat. You can make one sail smaller than the other. Fold the right sail down.
7. Fold some of it back up, creating a new crease near the top.
8. Tuck the bottom edge of the folded sail inside the boat.
9. The finished Sailboat. This form of the Sailboat is the logo for OrigamiUSA.
Masu
Traditional Japanese design
1. Begin with the colored side up. Valley-fold in half, edge to edge, both ways and unfold. Turn over.
2. Fold all four corners to meet at the center.
3. Fold and unfold all four edges to the center. Pull out the left and the right corners.
4. Using the mountain and valley creases, bring up the bottom and top edges while folding in the corners.
5. Continue to shape the box. Feel which way the creases move most easily.
6. Fold in the left and right corners, over the walls and to the bottom of the box.
7. The finished Masu. The paper Masu is a Japanese measuring box.
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Designed by Michael G. LaFosse
1. Begin with a small piece of paper, white side up. Valley-fold the paper in half, edge to edge, both ways and unfold.
2. Fold the bottom corner to the center of the paper where the creases cross.
3. Fold up the bottom half.
4. Fold the left and right corners down into the pocket, as far as possible.
5. Turn over.
