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Beginner

Twirlie
Created by Marcia Joy Miller
Place this toy on your pencil, blow on it, and a splash
of color whizzes around. Twirlie is a modular origami
model. You can create the units during your coffee breaks
and then connect them during another coffee break.

PAPER: Use medium weight bond paper. You will need
either eight 8½-inch squares or ten 5½-inch squares.
Choose an assortment of colors or an alternating pattern
of two colors. After you are familiar with the model
you can cut 8½-inch squares of bond paper into four
smaller squares and use ten of these 4¼-inch squares to
make Twirlie. Another choice for experienced folders is
to create the model from twelve squares of memo cube
paper.
BASIC TECHNIQUES: See Chapter 1 for the Preliminary
Base exercise.

1 Start with a completed

2 Mountain fold the bottom

Preliminary Base. Fold the
bottom corner of the front
flap up to the top corner.
Unfold. Repeat behind.

half of the front flap inside

the model.

3 Turn the model over from

4 Mountain fold the bottom

side to side so that it is in the
position shown in the next
step.

half of the front flap inside
the model.

5 Fold the right front flap to 6 Turn the model over from
the left.

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side to side so that it is in the
position shown in the next
step.

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7 Fold the right front flap to 8 Fold the right bottom

9 Swing the right front flap

10 Fold the bottom right

the left.

to the left. Swing the left
back flap to the right.

flap up as far as possible.

edge of the front flap to the
crease. Fold the left bottom
edge of the front flap to the
crease. Repeat the process
behind.

11 Turn the model over

14 You have completed

from side to side so that it is
in the position shown in the
next step.

13 Bring the front flap
12

Fold the bottom right

flap up as far as possible.

towards you so that it is at a
right angle (90°) to the rest
of the model. Repeat behind.

one unit of what will be the
finished model. Now, fold
as many units as needed to
complete one model. (See
the paper requirements
at the beginning of the
diagrams to find out the
number of units.)

15

Pick up two units of different colors and position them
as shown. Insert the top flap of the left unit partially into the
top pocket of the right unit. Next, insert the bottom flap of
the right unit partially into the bottom pocket of the left unit.
Now, push both units together.

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16 The illustration shows

17 Now, swing the right

the connected units.

unit to the left.

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