This 8-Sided tree can be a tree in a diorama or it can decorate a Christmas scene. It can be made small or large; it’s so easy to make that you can make an entire forest of paper trees!
Instructions for Origami 8-Sided tree
Step 1:
Start with a square sheet of paper with the colored-side facing up. Fold and unfold along the diagonals to get an X-shaped crease.
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Step 2:
Turn the paper over. Fold and unfold from left to right.
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Step 3:
Fold in half (top to bottom).
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Step 4:
Collapse into a Preliminary Base. To do this, push the top-left and top-right corners towards each other.
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Step 5:
Allow the front to come up towards you.
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Step 6:
Swivel the front flap towards the right. There shoul.discd be an equivalent flap pointed back, swivel this one towards the left.
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Step 7:
Make a Squash Fold. To do this,
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 Press the corner down to squash it flat. |
 Try to squash evenly so the crease line is exactly in the middle and the left and right halves are of equal size.
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 Turn the model over.
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Step 8:
Repeat Squash Fold. lift up the right flap. |
 Squash down evenly.
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Step 9:
Like turning the pages of a book, swivel the top-right flap towards the left. Behind the model, swivel one flap from the left-side to the right-side.
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Step 10:
Repeat the Squash Fold: lift the right flap up…
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 and press down evenly.
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Step 11:
Repeat Squash Fold on the last flap.
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Step 12:
The model shoul.discd look like this. like turning pages, swivel one flap from right to left (swivel left to right on the back side of the model).
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Step 13:
The model looks a little like an upside down kite; we will make it look like a tree. Fold and unfold the bottom of the kite to get a crease line. |
Step 14:
Change the valley fold crease made above to a mountain fold. Tuck the flap of paper underneath the model.
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Step 15:
Turn the model over and repeat.
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Step 16:
Once that is done, turn the “pages” and repeat two more times so all lower flaps are hidden and the shape is like a triangle.
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Step 17:
Flare open the 8 flaps to make it a 3D tree.
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 Top view.
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 8-Sided tree is done!
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 Make a Lucky Star and glue it on top to make it a Christmas tree.
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