AUDIO CHALLENGE 1 - ORIGAMI CORNER BOOKMARK
Are you up to our "Audio Origami Challenge"? ... If you have a square piece of paper and a few minutes, you will not only practice your listening skills, but end up with a useful bookmark for yourself ... or give it as a gift to someone special. It only has four steps and is really easy to fold ...
Mobile users: Please ensure your phone is not set to Silent/Vibrate mode if you do not hear audio.
Controls: Tap the buttons below, or use your keyboard:
- Right Arrow / Spacebar: Play / Next Step
- Left Arrow: Repeat / Previous Step
- Escape: Stop Audio
Finished Model Photo
Full Tutorial Text
Description: This model is a square bookmark with a triangular pocket that can be slipped over the top corner of a page. It has a smooth surface on the back and two small triangles on the front. Fold as many as you like and use them as bookmarks wherever and whenever needed. This model is also an easy project for young kids to fold, decorate and use. Give as a gift with money, a little note or sweet tucked inside. This bookmark does not slip off pages easily and can also be used by visually impaired people to help orientate print pages by placing them, for instance, at the left, top corner of a page with the triangular flaps indicating the front of the page.
Steps
- Step 1: Place a square piece of paper down on a hard, flat surface so that it forms a diamond shape.
- Step 2: Fold the bottom point up to meet the top point to form a triangle. Crease and leave folded. You should now have a triangle with the closed long edge nearest you and the open point facing away from you.
- Step 3: Fold the top point of the triangle (top layer only) down again, to meet the center of the bottom edge of the model. Crease and leave folded. Notice the horizontal crease line that will form the "pocket" for the next step.
- Step 4: Now fold both the left and right points of your model upwards and inwards and tuck them down so they disappear into the pocket that was created in the previous step. Make sure the flaps lie neatly within the pocket by pressing them downwards and a little towards each other and crease them well. Your model will consist of a triangle at the top with two smaller triangles lying next to each other at the bottom, forming the pocket that can be slipped over the corner of a page. Slip the bookmark over the top left or right of your page with the square, smooth side at the back of the page and the two triangular shapes that form the front of the model, facing you.