Origami: How to fold a Grape

Summer and autumn are the best season for grapes.

They are very juicy, delicious and nutritious too!

They smell good too!

Since it has so many grapes, you might think it hard to fold it.

But don’t worry!

I’ll show you three ways of how to make a grape today.★

How to fold a grape Ver.1

This is the way of making them separately

and putting them together at the end.

Even though it might take a lot of time to make four parts,

the way of folding it is so easy.♪

1. First, we will make the grape’s part.

Get four 1/2 cut sheets of origami paper ready.

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

2. Fold all the corners down along the dotted lines.

3. Fold it in half.

4. Fold both corners up and make strong creases.

5. Fold the corner inside along the dotted line.

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

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

8. Fold the bottom part up to the crease that you made. (a blue line)

9. Fold it up along the dotted line.

10. Open only the top sheet down.

11. Open the inside and fold it as picture No.12 shows.

12. Fold all the corners along the dotted lines. (a valley fold)

13. Turn it over.

14. The grape’s part is done!

15. Fold the other three too.

16. Fix them, adjusting well with glue or tape.

Cut the other origami paper to the branch’s shape and attach it to the grapes.

And it’s done!

If you use the origami with 15cm × 15cm, you can make huge grapes.★

The point is adjusting each grape well.

How to fold a grape Ver.2

We will make grape’s part with three sheets of origami paper

and make a branch with a sheet of origami paper.♪

Even though it looks complicated to fold, it’s unexpectedly easy.

1. We will make grapes first.

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

2. Fold both sides to the middle.

3. Fold it in half.

4. Fold both corners up along the dotted line and make creases.

5. Open them up.

6. Fold them along the dotted lines and make creases.

7. Open the bottom part and fold it as picture No.8 shows.

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

9. It will be like the picture below.

10. Open the bag part and fold it to make a square as picture No.11 shows.

11. Do the same thing for the rest of the parts too.

12. Fold all the middle corners inside along the dotted lines.

13. Fold all the corners along the dotted lines and adjust them well. (a mountain fold)

14. The grape’s part is done!  Make three of this in total.

15. Next, we will make a branch.

Get a 1/2 cut sheet of origami paper.  Fold it in half to make a crease.

16. Fold both sides to the crease.

17. Fold it in half.

18. Fold it in half.

19. Fold only the top layer along the dotted line.

20. Turn it over.

21. Fold the other layer along the dotted line too.

22. And the branch is ready!

23. Put the grapes and the branch together and it’s done!

How to fold a grape Ver.3

This is the one only with one sheet of origami paper.

Since it’s easy to fold it, even children can fold it together.♥

1. Get a sheet of origami paper ready.  Fold it in half to make a crease.

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

3. Fold it up along the dotted line.

4. Fold it along the dotted line. (a mountain fold)

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

6. Fold it behind along the dotted line.

7. Fold both sides toward the middle along the dotted lines.

8. Turn it over.

9. It looks like a grape’s shape.

10. Draw patterns with a pen and it’s done!

It will become ‘Kyoho’ or small grapes ‘Delaware’,

depending on how you draw.★

The white part on the top is a leaf.

So if you draw it green, it will be more like real grapes.♪

I showed you three types.  They are all unique and cute, right? ♥ 

Which one did you like most?

You can also use different colored origami paper for each grape

when you fold Ver.1 and Ver.2 of grapes.  It will be colorful and fun!

You can try origami paper with some patterns too.♪

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】