How to Fold an Origami Coffee Cup

Easy level, 8 steps. From Die Praxis des Kindergartens (Köhler), 1873. Public domain.

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All 8 steps

Step 1. Start white side up. Fold the bottom edge up to the top edge, then unfold.
Step 2. Fold the bottom edge up to the center line.
Step 3. Fold the top edge down to the center line.
Step 4. Turn the paper over.
Step 5. Fold the right edge to the center.
Step 6. Fold the left edge to the center. Four small squares lie on top.
Step 7. Open one of the two lower squares and squash it flat into a triangle.
Step 8. Squash the other lower square the same way.
Done. The coffee cup on its saucer (Köhler, Die Praxis des Kindergartens, 1873).