Orikata

How to Fold an Origami Fish Base

Medium level, 7 steps. Traditional base. Earliest record: Origami (Honda), 1931.

The animated version shows each fold moving, one step per screen. This page shows every step at once.

All 7 steps

  1. Step 1. Start white side up. Fold in half from corner to corner, then unfold.

  2. Step 2. Fold the lower left edge to the center line, then unfold.

  3. Step 3. Fold the lower right edge to the center line, then unfold.

  4. Step 4. Fold the upper left edge to the center line, then unfold.

  5. Step 5. Fold the upper right edge to the center line, then unfold.

  6. Step 6. Fold both right edges to the center line at once. The right corner stands up. Flatten it upward.

  7. Step 7. Do the same on the left side.

  8. Done. This is the fish base.

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