Origami: How to fold a “Koma” (a Top)

Why don’t we fold one of the traditional toys

that we play with on New Year’s Day: “Koma” (a top)?♥

They are all easy to fold, let’s have fun making them with your kids!

You can actually spin one of them and play with it too,

so please enjoy a nostalgic Koma!★

How to fold a top Ver.1

【Procedure of how to fold the origami】

1. Fold it in half.

2. Fold if in half again.

3. Open it up all the way and fold both corners to the middle crease.

4. Turn it over and fold the top part to the middle crease.

5. Make the handle part with something like a poster board,

put it on the top, and it’s done!

How to fold a top Ver.2

【Procedure of how to fold the origami】

1. Fold it in half.

2. Open it up and fold both sides to the crease.

3. Turn it over and fold it along the dotted line.

4. It will be like the picture below.  Put it back.

5. Fold the tip down, like the picture below.

6. Fold it again to the crease.

7. Fold it along the dotted line of as in picture No.3 again.

8. Fold the bottom part behind, so that the tip sticks out a little.

9. Fold them along the dotted lines.

10. Turn it over and fold both sides to the middle crease.

11. Flip it over and it’s done!

How to fold a top Ver.3

【Procedure of how to fold the origami】

1. Get two different colored sheets of paper ready.

2. Divide it into three equal parts and make creases.

3. Fold both of the sheets.

4. Fold them like the picture below.

5. Put one on the other one, like the picture below.

6. Fold it in order.

7.

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9. Lastly, insert the last one into the slit, like the picture below.

10. Insert the toothpick into the red star part.

11. And it’s done!

Since the Ver1’s top is very easy to fold, even a little kid can fold it too.

Please put the handle made by something like poster board at the end.♪

The part that sticks out a little in No.8 of Ver2’s top, will be the handle part.★

You can adjust that part on your own.

You can actually play with Ver3’s top with a toothpick stuck through it,

and spinning it around too.

Use caution and adult supervision for poking the toothpick

into the top (especially if children are doing it).

Also, if you put the top on the bottom part of the toothpick,

it will spin so well.♥

It will be fun to compete with who can spin it longer too.

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】