Waterbomb

Difficulty: Moderate

This piece of origami is easy to make, and you can actually use this piece for a water balloon! We hope you enjoy it! Site found: http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/oricube.htm

1. Fold a square sheet of paper in half diagonally, in both ways.
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Bring the sides to the middle and squash to get a triangle with four flaps.
Lay the triangles at the top and at the bottom on top of each other.
2. The result is a Water bomb base that has four flaps and an opening at the bottom.
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3. Fold up the two sides so that all three points meet up.
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4. If done correctly, the outcome should look like the picture.
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5. Fold the two side points of the square to the center.
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6. It should look like this.
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7. At the top, there should be two little flaps. fold these down horizontally.
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8. Now, the two triangular flaps made in Step 5 have pockets in them. Tuck the small flaps inside these pockets.
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9. It should turn out like this.
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10. Turn the whole triangle and repeat the steps 3,4,5,6,7,8,9.
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11. Now, both sides are the same.
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12. Fold and unfold on the red lines.
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13. Take the folded cube in hand and blow hard into the hole at the top.
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14. The cube is done!
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Source: http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/oricube.htm

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