Hello! In this video I will show you how
to make my new origami model a standing
tree. This tree is a variation of the
standing mushroom that I showed in the
last video. To make you the origami tree,
you need a square piece of paper with a
different color on each side and we'll
start with the color on the bottom.
First we'll make an horizontal fold and
we'll make it so that the color part is
much larger than the white part. There is
no precise location for this fold. This
is going to be green, the leaves of
the tree. And this is going to be the
stump. Mark the fold and then we are
going to fold the two corners at this
point like this.
And mark the fold well, and fold the
other corner then unfold and turn the
model to the other side. And now I'm
going to put one finger between those
two layers so that I can rotate the fold
like this and flatten it. So to do that
you want to invert this fold here this
diagonal fold and once it's
inverted, pay attention to this. You want
to keep it aligned to the bottom. Once it's
aligned to the bottom you can just
flatten the fold and mark it all the way.
And do the same thing on the other side,
so we separate the two layers and then we
rotate the flap and invert the fold at the
diagonal here, and pay attention to the
bottom edge to keep it aligned. Once it's
aligned you can mark the fold. So we have
some extra paper, we are going to put it
inside so to do that fold it to the
other side and fold this edge at about
this edge. I'm going to fold it just a
little bit before like this, and this is
so that it doesn't show
And then fold again this
fold like this, so when you turn the
model to the other side you have
something that looks like a big mushroom
and we want to make a tree so we
are going to round those corners. So
put again the model to the other side
and you can fold the corners like this
and of course you can make the fold
wherever you want.
That tends to open so if you want
you can put it inside, just open like
this and push the fold inside and close
back. And open and put the fold
inside and then close back. So when you
do that, it tends to open. One thing you
can do is to make a smaller fold at the
base. And this time just do it on
this side and don't put it inside.
You can fold a bit this fold as well and
if you want you can hold up at the top
and then just repeat on the other side.
Turn the model to the other side and
your tree is complete. One thing I
like about trees is that they should be
able to stand, so if you do this you can
make your tree stand, and to help it to
stand and give it a nicer shape you
can curve this part. So this
will give interesting lights and shadows
to your tree and it will help it to
stand.
I hope you like this tree.
This origami tree is very simple and
easy but I like the fact that you can
make it stand up. If you fold this tree
or any other of my origami models,
please send me pictures so that I
can show them in future videos. I'm still
receiving many cool pictures of models
from my book
Origami for Halloween. It's not
Halloween anymore but the book is still
selling. It can be a nice Christmas gift
idea, especially if you like Tim Burton's
Nightmare Before Christmas. Please
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happy folding!
