Origami: How to fold High Boots

High boots are useful in the rainy season, aren’t they? ♪

I bet there are many people who, when they were children,

hoped to have rainy days so that they could go outside wearing their favorite high boots?

The more charming the boots are, the more fun the rainy days will be, right? ★

So, here we go!  We’ll show you how to fold such cute high boots with origami paper.

How to fold High Boots ver1

1．First, fold in half crosswise.

2．Fold the corners of the only upper side down as shown in the photo.

3．And then, fold the top side down in half.

4．Then, fold the back sheet along the dotted line.

5．Here is what it’s going to look like if you fold as instructed in No.4.

6．Fold it in half lengthwise and make a crease.

7．Fold both sides towards the crease you made in No.6.

8．Open the one that has an arrow and fold it like picture No.9.

9．Do the same thing for the other side too.

10．It’s done!

How to fold High Boots 2 Boots

1．Fold your paper crosswise, making a crease, and put it back.

2．Like the picture below, fold a little bit so that you can see the backside.

3．Turn it over.

4．Fold it towards the middle (the crease that you made in No.1).

5．Fold it in crosswise so that you can hide both ends inside.

6．Fold it along the dotted line and make a crease.

7．It’s going to be like a picture below if you fold it as instructed in No.6.

Once you make a crease, put it back.

8．Fold it alongside the crease you made in No.7,

so that it will look like the picture below and then put it back.

9．Expand the area with the arrow

and fold the creases you made both in No. 6 and No. 8.

10．The picture below is the perfect shape.

11．Fold it up along the dotted line.

12．Fold only rectangular part on the top half lengthwise along the dotted line.

13．It’s going to be like the picture below

if you folded it along the dotted line as shown in No.12.

14．Turn it around and change the direction like the picture below,

and fold inside along the dotted line.

15、Again, fold it inside along the dotted line.

16． It’s done!

How to fold High Boots 3 ~ Three-Dimensional High Boots

1．Fold it like the picture below so that you can see the backside.

2．Fold it in half below the folded portion along the dotted line.

3．It’s going to be like the picture below if you folded it as instructed in No.2.

4．Fold them along the dotted line like the picture below.

5．It’s going to be like the picture below if you folded them along the dotted line in No.4.

6．Fold it along the dotted line and make a crease as shown in picture No.7.

7．Once you make a crease, put it back.

8．Do the same thing for the other side too

(fold it along the dotted line [opposite side], make a crease and put it back).

9．Once you make a crease, put it back.

10．Make a roll fixing along the creases you made tuck in the top

and the bottom as shown in picture No.10.

１１．Make it stand and it’s done!

You can have a pair of boots if you cut the middle line with scissors

and put them with something like a tape in “The High Boots of Ver1”.★

Since they’re like bags (three-dimensional),

you might be able to put them on your dolls too❤

Not only in the rainy season, but also in the Christmas season,

you can enjoy them as Santa’s high boots❤

It’ll also be cute if you put a string, making an ornament,

and decorate your Christmas tree!

Why don’t you make your own favorite high boots

with origami of your favorite color or even draw on them♪

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】