NIPPONIA No. 41 June 15, 2007
Special Feature
Origami
Level of difficulty:
(Beginner)
Samurai helmet
If you use a sheet of paper as big as newspaper to make the helmet, you can wear it and pretend to be a samurai.
Diagram consultant : ORIGAMI HOUSE
Make a diagonal crease, unfold, then fold to make a triangle the other way.
Fold the triangle base over and down a little.
Fold the left and right halves to the center crease.
Fold the two flaps up to the horizontal center, aligning their outer sides with the upper sides of the model.
Fold the two points away from the center.
Take the triangle that points down (upper piece of paper), and fold it up, making the fold below the horizontal center.
Fold up the base of the triangle made in Step 7, folding at the horizontal center.
Take the remaining triangle that points down, fold up to the horizontal center, then shove it inside the helmet.