Origami: How to fold a Dress

I bet that many of you have thought about wanting to be a princess

when you are little.

Today, I’ll show you how to fold a dress, which is all the girls’ ideal.

I’ll show you two kinds; a wedding dress and a cocktail dress.♪

It might be fun to use them for a dress-up doll too!★

How to fold a Wedding Dress

You can make use of this as one of your original items

for a card or a welcome board at the wedding ceremony too!♪

To make this origami wedding dress, it’s the best to use a white origami paper.

But this time, I used a colorful one so that it’s easy for you to understand.★

1. Fold it in half along the dotted line and make a crease.

2. Fold both sides to the crease along the dotted lines.

3. Fold both sides to the crease along the dotted lines again.

4. Open it up all the way.

5. Fold it along the dotted lines as picture No.6 shows.

(a mountain fold and a valley fold)

6. Fold both sides along the dotted lines.

7. Fold it in half along the dotted line and make a crease.

8. Open the bottom half toward outside along the dotted lines.

9. Again, open them along the dotted lines toward outside.

10. Open the top half along the dotted lines toward outside too.

11. Turn it over and…

12. Turn only the top sheet over along the dotted line

and fold them as picture No.13 shows.

13. Fold them along the dotted lines. (a mountain fold)

14. Fold it in half along the dotted line.

15. Fold it up along the dotted line.

16. Fold both corners up along the dotted lines.

17. And it’s done!

We could make an elegant dress!

Try origami tuxedo to make a pair!

How to fold a Cocktail Dress

Let’s make a cocktail dress too for changing!

 This is a little different from the wedding dress and it’s so stylish!♥

1. Fold it in half twice along the dotted lines and make two creases.

2. Divide it into three equal parts for each half

and make creases along the dotted lines.

3. Fold them along the dotted lines. (a mountain fold and a valley fold in turn)

4. Open the bottom half toward outside along the dotted lines as picture No.5 shows.

(a mountain fold and a valley fold)

5. Fold it along the dotted line. (a valley fold)

6. Open it along the dotted lines and fold it as picture No.7 shows.

7. Turn it over.

8. Fold it along the dotted lines. (a valley fold)

9. Fold it along the creases.

10. Fold it like a staircase.

11. Fold both sides and put them inside.

12. Fold both sides toward the center along the dotted lines.

13. Turn it over and…

14. Open them from the arrows and fold them as picture No.15 shows.

15. And it’s done!

The design around the shoulders is cute, right?♪

Try to make your original dresses by drawing some flower patterns

or frills or using origami paper that has some patterns!♥

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】