Hey guys, this is Evan from EZ Origami! And today I'll be teaching you how to
fold a paper boat. This is a classic
traditional design and it's very easy to
fold. This model requires one rectangular
sheet of paper. Square paper won't work
for this design but standard US letter
paper or A4 paper should work just fine.
And once you've prepared your paper, then we're going to start by holding our
rectangle long ways. And then we're going
to fold in half horizontally, so take the
bottom edge and fold it up to the top
edge. Align the corners and the edges,
then make your crease, and then unfold. And now we're going to fold in half
vertically. So take this right edge and
fold it over to the left edge. Align the
corners and the edges, then make your
crease, and then we're going to rotate
the paper 90 degrees. And now we're going to fold in the top two corners and align
them with the center vertical crease. So
we're going to start with this top right
corner and we're simply going to pull it
over to the middle as if we were creating
a paper airplane. Then what you want to
do is start at the top of the vertical
crease and work your way down
until this entire edge is aligned, and
then you can make your crease. And once
you've done that, then we're going to do
the same thing on the left. So again,
we're just going to pull the left corner
over to the center of the model, and once
this edge is completely aligned with the
center vertical crease, then you can make
your crease. And now we're going to fold
up this bottom rectangle as far as it
goes. So we're just going to lift up on
the very top layer of paper, and we're
going to pull it up like this. And once
it reaches a point where it doesn't want
to go any further, that's where you want
to make your crease. Then we're going to
turn the model over and we're going to
do the same exact thing. So once again,
we're going to lift up on this bottom
edge and we're going to pull it up as
far as it goes.
You'll see that the paper will align with
the layers underneath, and then you can
make your crease. And now we're going to lift up the model and look at it from
underneath. Then what we want to do is
slightly separate the two layers in the
center, so just slightly open up the
model like this. Then we want to push the
left and right corners towards one
another.
So just bring both corners together, just
like this, until they meet. And then we're
going to look at the model from the side.
And you'll see that the two layers on
the bottom do not lie flat. So what we
want to do is tuck this
right flap underneath the left flap. So
just tuck it underneath like that, then
we're going to turn the model over, and
we're going to do the same thing. So once
again, tuck this right flap underneath
the left flap, just like this, and then
the entire model should lie flat. And now
we're going to fold this bottom corner
up to the top corner. So we're just going
to lift up the very top layer of paper,
and we're going to pull it up as far as
it'll go. And once both corners are
aligned at the top of the model, then you
can make your crease
all the way across. Then we're going to
turn the model over and we're going to
do the same thing. So once again we're
going to fold up this bottom corner as
far as it goes, so just pull it up until
both corners are aligned at the top of
the model, then you can make your crease all the way across. And from here we're
going to lift up the model and look at
it from underneath. Then again, we want to
slightly separate the two layers by
pushing the left and right corners in
towards one another as far as they'll go. So just push the corners together until
they meet, just like this, then we're
going to look at the model from the side.
And now you'll notice these two triangle
shapes. And what we want to do is grab
each triangle from the top, and we're
going to pull them apart in opposite
directions. So just pull them apart as
far as they'll go, then we're going to
flatten out the model. Make a nice crease
along that bottom edge, then we're going
to lift up the model once again. Slightly
separate the layers on top. And once
you've done that, then your paper boat is
complete! I hope you've enjoyed this
video tutorial on how to fold a paper
boat. Feel free to upload photos of your
completed model to the YouTube Gallery
on my website to be featured here in my
next video or simply upload your photos
to Instagram with the hashtag
#ezorigami to be featured here as well. Also, I dedicate this video to my friend
Catherine Frey who is always folding
paper boats.
She has an Instagram account dedicated
to them, and today's her birthday, so I
figured I'd surprise her with a quick
tutorial. She also has some great
original designs, so definitely check out
some of her work. I'll post the links in
the video description below. And if you
like this video, definitely check out
some of the other simple origami
tutorials featured on my YouTube channel
as well. Again, I hope you've enjoyed this
video. Please comment, rate, subscribe, and
thank you for watching!
