Paper Geek #2

I was reading some old MAKE magazines yesterday and stumbled across a bit of paper craft, more specifically an nice little origami trick to make and envelope. Now if only I had a pen pal to send one too.

Step 1,

These are nice and easy to make all you need is a piece of A4 paper, start with the paper in portrait and fold it horizontally in half, fig. 1

fig. 1

Step 2,

Fold the bottom right and top left corner into the middle, fig. 2

fig. 2

Step 3,

Fold in each of the remaining straight edges so that they line up with inside folds, fig. 3

fig. 3

Step 4,

Fold in the bottom left and top right corners diagonally to create a rectangle, fig. 4

fig. 4

Final step,

Now tuck the edges into the flaps, fig. 5, and there you have your very own handmade origami envelope. Now go forth and correspond.

fig. 5