Origami: How to fold a Fan

When it’s hot, using a fan makes us cool, right?♪

We can use a fan for many purposes other than fanning,

such as dancing, concerts or cheering sports players!

Today, let’s make a fan with origami paper!★

How to fold a Fan Ver.1

This is how to fold an easy fan.

Let’s fold it with origami paper of your favorite color or pattern!♥

1. Face the colored side up, fold it in half and make a crease.

2. Fold both sides to the middle crease.

3. Fold both corners along the dotted lines.

4. Fold each corner behind along the dotted lines.

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

6. Fold it down along the dotted line.

7. Fold both corners down along the dotted lines.

8. Fold both sides along the dotted lines,

opening the parts that arrows are pointing at.

9. Fold it behind along the dotted line.

10. And it’s done!

Here it is! It’s a cute mini-size fan!

You can arrange it by drawing your favorite pictures too!♥

How to fold a Fan Ver.2

This one has more procedures compared to Ver.1.

The size is about the same as Ver.1★

1. Face the colored side up

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

2. Fold both sides to the middle.

3. Turn it over.

4. Fold the top triangle down slightly along the dotted line.

5. Make a crease to only a middle part with has ‘〇’ mark.

6. Fold the bottom part up to the crease that you made in No.5.

7. Again, make a crease slightly to only the middle part.

8. Fold it along the dotted line.

9. Fold it as if the crease that you made in No.7

and the side corner are connected.

10. Open it up.

11. Fold the same way for the other side too.

12. Put it back again.

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

14. Put the popped up corner down. This part will be a handle.

15. Fold the corner up along the dotted line.

16. Pull the right side toward the right side, spreading the handle out.

17. Pull the left side as well and turn it over so

that you can see the colored side.

18. Fold them strongly.

19.Pull out the corner that is hiding in the handle

and fold it so that it can be seen.

20. Fold it up along the dotted line and put it inside.

21. Turn it over.

22. Fold each corner toward inside along the dotted lines.

23. Fold each side to the middle along the dotted lines.

24. Turn it over and…

25. it’s done!

Since the side is white, it looks easy to draw!★

If you use the patterned-origami paper,

it will be prettier too!♥

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】