Origami: How to fold a Strawberry

When do you eat a strawberry on top of strawberry shortcake?

When you’re eating the cake?

At the beginning, last,

or when you feel like eating it?

I always eat it in the beginning.★

We’ll make the most popular fruit among all the fruits,

a strawberry this time.

How to make a strawberry 1   A big strawberry

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

Fold it in half along the dotted line.

２．Fold only the top sheet up along the dotted line,

so that the tip sticks out.

３．Turn it over and fold both sides along the dotted lines.

４．Fold the bottom part up along the dotted line.

５．Turn it over and put the tip down along the dotted line.

６．Fold both sides down along the dotted lines.

７．And it’s done!

How to make a strawberry 2   A bright red strawberry

１．Fold it in half.

２．Fold it in half again.

３．Open the bag part to make a square.

Do the same thing for the other side too.

４．Put the side with three layers up.

Fold the only top sheet inside along the dotted line.

５．Fold both of them down, along the dotted lines.

６．Fold both sides behind, along the dotted lines.

７．Fold the tip down, along the dotted line.

８．And it’s done!

How to make a strawberry 3   A strawberry with a calyx.

１．Get the rectangular paper ready.

Fold and make three creases,

along the dotted lines and make a triangle, as in picture No.2.

２．Change the direction upside down,

and fold both sides to the middle, along the dotted lines.

３．Open the bag parts and fold them as in picture No.4.

４．Fold and make creases along the dotted lines.

Open them and fold them as in picture No.5.

５．Fold them along the dotted lines.

６．Fold the part you folded in half.

７．Fold it along the dotted line.

８．Fold it again along the dotted line.

９．Put the first part back to the right and fold it along the dotted line.

Do the same thing for the left side as you did the right part in No.6~8.

１０．Fold it down, along the dotted line.

１１．And it’s done!

If you use the regular origami paper, the calyx’s part will be white.

If you don’t like it,

try the colorful origami paper on both sides,

or put the red and the green origami paper

together both facing outside and fold it.

Then the calyx will be green!

You can also fold the last one with calyx when you write a letter.

I used to fold my letters to the strawberry shape too.♥

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】