Flaming Pear Flexify: Origami

Paperlock

Balloon

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How to fold the paperlock

What it's about

Flexify can print panoramas in a form that can be folded into this origami figure.

How to do it

| Start with a square of paper face-down
| Crease it diagonally
| Fold one corner toward the center
| Fold all four corners this way
| Turn the paper over
| Fold one corner toward the center
| Fold all four corners this way
| Turn the paper over again
| Squeeze the middles of the edges so that the points puff up
| Keep squeezing until the paper starts to become flat again. If you are doing this with a panorama printout, flatten it so the top and bottom of the picture disappear into the fold -- not the sides of the picture.
| Squeeze it flat
| Fold one triangle out and down
| Fold all four triangles this way
| Fold a square corner down
| Fold all four square corners this way
| Turn the paper to get this view
| Grasp the wings with your thumbs and carefully open the shape up
| The central square will pillow open
| Finish opening and crease it flat.

How to fold the balloon

What it's about

Flexify can print panoramas in a form that can be folded into this origami figure.

How to do it

| Start with a square of paper face-down
| Crease it diagonally
| Crease it along the other diagonal and the midline
| Squash it into a flat triangle
| Fold one point up
| Fold all four points this way
| Fold one of the free corners to meet the center
| Fold all four free corners this way
| Fold down one of the free points
| Open up the pocket on the left; curl the point into the pocket
| Fold and tuck all four points this way
| Open up the shape and find the open end
| Hold it by the edges and blow sharply into the hole. The balloon will inflate.

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