Origami: How to fold Shoes

We can tell if he/she is stylish or not if we see his/her shoes!

We can make cute and stylish shoes with origami paper too!

Let’s make various shoes; easy one and difficult one!★

Origami How to fold Shoes

① Shoes Ver1

１．Get a sheet of origami paper ready.

Fold it in half twice to make two creases.

２． Fold it along the line. (a mountain fold)

The distance from the edge of each line has to be the same.

３． Fold it along the line. (a valley fold)

(You can adjust the location of the black line.

This area will be the length of the bottom of the shoes.)

４． Fold it in half along the line.

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

６． And it’s done!

Since it’s very easy to fold, even children can fold it by his/her own!★

Since these are big shoes,

you can make it prettier by using the origami paper with dotted pattern!

② Shoes Ver.2

１．Get a sheet of origami paper ready.

Fold it in half along the line (a valley fold) and make a crease.

２． Fold both sides to the middle crease along the red lines.

３． Fold both sides to the middle crease along the red lines.

４． Fold each side toward each arrow along the lines.

５． Fold the left tip (a mountain fold) along the line

and fold it in half along the red line.

６． Put your finger into the area where the arrow is pointing at and open it.

Put the paper inside and fold it along the line.

You can adjust the angle of the line since this part will be the heel of the shoes.

７． Put your finger into the area where the arrow is pointing at

and put the paper inside, and fold it.

８． And it’s done!

Even though it was a little difficult to fold, here are cool and long shoes!

If you adjust the length, they will be various shoes!♪

The middle part is like a belt decoration and it’s stylish, isn’t it?

If you use the black origami paper, they might look like leather shoes!

Enjoy using various colored origami paper!★

③ Shoes Ver.3

１． Get a sheet of origami paper ready. Cut it in half. Now you have two pieces.

２． Fold it in half twice to make two creases.

３．Fold each corner along the lines. The yellow line is a middle line.

４． Fold the yellow star area to the middle line. Turn it over.

５． Fold the yellow star area to the line. Put the back part to your side.

６． Fold each corner along the lines (a valley fold) and put it inside.

(Cover it with the top paper.) And turn it over.

７． Fold each yellow star part to the line along the red lines.

８． Fold it in half along the red line (a mountain fold).

９． Open the area that the arrow is pointing at.

１０．Put your finger to the area that the arrow is pointing at and lift it.

And close everything.

１１．Lift the right part toward the arrow

and fold it where the top blue circle and the bottom blue circle are overlapped.

１２．Fold it (a mountain fold) along the line.

Fold it the same way for the other side too.

１３．Fold it along the line (a mountain fold) so that the star can be inside.

１４．Fold it along the line (a mountain fold) so that the top blue circle

and the bottom one overlap.

１５．Open the area where the arrow is pointing at

and fold it along the line (a mountain fold).

And close the open part so that it will cover it.

１６．Fold it along the line and put it inside to balance with the bottom

of the shoes so that the shoes can stand out.

Open the blue line a little and adjust it

by pressing the top black part of the shoes a little from the arrow,

so that it will become three dimensional shoes.

１７．One side is completed!

Make the same one with the other half of the paper and the high heels are done!

１８．It’s done!

The red high heels look so cool, don’t they?

Since the tips are sharp, they look strong too! ★

If you use the gold origami paper, they will be bright and gorgeous

It might be interesting to make them with various colored origami paper

so you can see many kinds of high heels♪

The last high heels might be a little difficult

but they will be three dimensional and pretty so please give it a try!★

If your child(ren) want to try them,

please make them together especially for the first two easy ones!

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】