Origami: How to fold Footwear (geta, slippers)

Footwear is necessary for our daily life.

We can use them inside of the house as well as outside.

I’ll show you how to fold a pair of geta (wooden clogs) and slippers today.★

Since they are mini-sized footwear, they are perfect for playing doll.♥

How to fold a pair of geta

One of the old footwear in Japan is ‘geta’.

We still wear those when we wear kimono or yukaga (Japanese traditional costume).♥　

Even though it has so many procedures,

it won’t be so hard if you fold it nice and slow.♪

1. Fold it in half to make a triangle.

2. Fold it in half again to make another triangle.

3. Open the bag part and fold it to make a square, as picture No.4 shows.

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

5. Fold both sides to the middle along the dotted lines and make creases.

6. Open it along the creases that you made.

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

8. Fold it in half along the dotted line.

9. Fold the bottom corner up along the dotted line.

10. After you made strong creases, open it up all the way.

11. Fold it along the creases of the square in the middle. (a mountain fold)

12. Fold both sides, leaving the square as it is.

13. It will be like the picture below.  Turn it over.

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

15. Fold it along the dotted line and make a crease again.

16. Fold it along the creases that you made. (a valley fold)

17. Leave that part outside, like the picture below.

18. Fold it the same way for the left side.

(as procedures No.14 ~ No.17)  Turn it over.

19. Fold both sides inside along the dotted lines.

20. Insert the corners under the square.

21. Fold the bottom corner to meet the top side of the square.

22. Fold the corner along the bottom side of the square. (a valley fold)

23. Fold the bottom corner to meet the middle of the square.

24. Insert the corner under the square.

25. Turn it over.

26. These thin parts will be the geta thongs.

Roll it around your finger and shape it like the thong.

Do the same thing for the other part too.

27. Insert the tips into each slit, as picture No.28 shows.

28. And a thong is done!  Turn it over.

29. Fold it the same way as the procedure No.21 ~ No.24.

30. Flip it over…. and it’s done!

They are just like the real geta with thongs.★

They will be even more realistic

if you use origami paper with Japanese patterns such as ‘Chiyogami’.♪

How to fold a slipper

We can fold a pair of slippers

which we wear inside of the house so easily with origami paper too!

It even has the room to put your feet in too.★

1. Fold it in half and make a crease.

2. Open it up and fold both corners to the middle along the dotted lines.

3. Turn it over.

4. Fold it along the dotted line.

5. Change the direction.

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

7. Turn it over and…

8. fold the right side along the dotted line. (a valley fold)

9. Fold the left side too so that it overlaps the other side.

10. Fold both bottom corners up along the dotted lines.

11. Fold the top corner down along the dotted line.

12. Turn it over and…

13. make the bag part round…..

14. and the slipper is done!

It will be prettier if you use the origami paper with some patterns too.♥

If you use bigger-sized paper such as newspaper,

you can actually put it on too!

If you urgently need slippers, they will be so useful, right?★

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】