How to Fold an Origami Jacket
Easy level, 18 steps. From Die Praxis des Kindergartens (Köhler), 1873. Public domain.
The animated version shows each fold moving, one step per screen. This page shows every step at once.
All 18 steps
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Step 1. Start white side up. Fold one corner to the center.
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Step 2. Fold the next corner to the center.
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Step 3. Fold the next corner to the center.
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Step 4. Fold the next corner to the center.
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Step 5. Turn the paper over.
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Step 6. Fold one corner of the new square to the center.
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Step 7. Fold the next corner to the center.
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Step 8. Fold the next corner to the center.
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Step 9. Fold the next corner to the center.
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Step 10. Turn the paper over.
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Step 11. Fold one corner of the new square to the center.
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Step 12. Fold the next corner to the center.
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Step 13. Fold the next corner to the center.
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Step 14. Fold the next corner to the center.
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Step 15. Turn the paper over. The front has four small squares, each with a slit.
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Step 16. Open the top square at its slit and squash it flat into a rectangle.
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Step 17. Squash the bottom square the same way. The two rectangles are the short sleeves.
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Step 18. Turn the paper so the sleeves are at the sides.
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Done. The jacket with short sleeves (Köhler, Die Praxis des Kindergartens, 1873).