ORIGAMI đơn GIẢN 19

Intermediate

Jack-O’-Lantern
Created by Marcia Joy Miller
A convenient way to “carve” a pumpkin for Halloween
is to fold one from paper. You can change the shape of
Jack-O’-Lantern and its facial features by following the
suggestions given at the end of the instructions.

PAPER: Make the model from the designated sheet of
folding paper included in the back of the book on page
161. You can also use a 10-inch square of orange origami
paper. After you become familiar with the model, you can
fold it from a 6-inch square of origami paper.

1 Start with the orange side
of the paper facing away
from you. Fold the right edge
to the left edge. Unfold. Fold
the top edge to the bottom
edge.

2 Fold the front edge up
making approximately a ¼"
hem and then fold the hem
over again. Next, repeat the
procedure on the back flap.

BASIC TECHNIQUES: A knowledge of how to make a
valley fold and a mountain fold is all that is needed (see
Chapter 1—Terms and Symbols).

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: If folding
the model from a 6-inch square,
make proportionate changes
to the lengths specified
in steps 2, 11, 14,
and 15.

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3 Open only the top fold.
Rotate the model onequarter turn clockwise so
that the short edges are
positioned at the top and the
bottom.

4 Fold both right corners to

5 Fold both left corners to

6 Steps 7–10 will show a

the horizontal crease.

magnified view of the circled
area.

the horizontal crease.

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7

Lift both layers of the
bottom right hem up and
place them over the bottom
left hem. Lift both layers of
the top right hem up and
place them over the top left
hem.

8

Partially open the lower
folded edge of the bottom
right hem. Partially open the
upper folded edge of the top
right hem.

9 Tuck the layer of the

10 For both the top and

bottom hem that you
revealed in the last step

under the double layer of
the hem on its left. Perform
a similar procedure with the
top hem.

bottom hems, the two layers
of the hem on the left side
should be enclosed within
the two layers of the hem on
the right.

14 If you are using the
11 Fold the bottom
right edge so that it rests
approximately ¼" to the left
of the raw edge. Fold the
bottom left edge over so that
the flap that is formed looks
identical to the one on the
right.

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12

Turn the model over
from side to side.

13 The dotted line
represents an imaginary line

that connects the two side
corners. Fold the bottom
corner up to the dotted line.
Fold the top corner down to
the dotted line.

included folding paper, fold
the bottom right corner up
and to the left so that the
upper edge of the new flap
is located approximately
3/8" below the crease and
is parallel to it. (If you are
using 10-inch origami paper,
make this amount ½" as
indicated by the illustration.)
Repeat on the left side.

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16 Steps 16–21 illustrate

17 Notice that A is located

18 Similar to the last step,

15

the top portion of the model.
Unfold the three flaps at the
top of the model.

at the intersection of the left
edge and the shorter slanted
crease. Push A down and to
the right as you refold the
model on the longer slanted
crease. The model is now
three-dimensional.

push B down and to the left
as you refold the model on
the long slanted crease.

19

20 Fold the center flap

21 The top flap will be the

22 Pull the stem to the

upward. Layers beneath this
flap will pull upward and
curl inward. Narrow flaps

will form on each side of the
stem. Press all the folds flat.

stem of the pumpkin. Slim
the stem with two valley
folds. Flatten the area.

right a bit to angle it (or pull
it to the left, if that is easier
to do) and then flatten the
area. Fold the flap near the
bottom downward so that
the new fold rests on the top
edge of the bottom flaps.

Sharply fold the top
corners down so that the
new folds are approximately
¾" apart at the top.

Hold A in place with
your right index finger and
B in place with your right
middle finger. Notice that
the top flap is formed into a
hood shape and that there is
a flap to the left of the hood
that stands away from it.
Smooth that flap so that it
conforms to the shape and

rests on top of the hood.
Next, squash the hood flat.

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23 Fold the right corner

24 Blunt the four corners

down and to the left. Fold
the left corner down and to
the right.

by making a tiny valley fold
with each.

25 Open the fold to a 60°
angle. Turn the model over
from side to side. Stand the
model.

26 Display your Jack-O’Lantern. If you would like
to use it as a flat decoration,

do not fold the bottom flap
down in step 22. You can
paste the flat version onto a
greeting card or use it as a
window decoration.

27 For added fun, you can individualize the facial features and
the shape of the pumpkin by making small changes to the folds.
To change the eyes and the mouth, vary the amount of paper
folded over and over in step 2. In step 11, change how far you
fold over the flaps. This will affect the width of the mouth, the
distance between the eyes, and the overall shape of the pumpkin.
Vary the distance between the folds in step 13 to change the
shape of the face. The amount that the bottom flap is folded
should be changed only very slightly at first because it may effect
how well the model stands. Take the same care in modifying step
14 which may also be used to change the pumpkin’s shape. You
can also modify its shape by varying steps 15, 23, and 24.

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