To make square paper, lay your rectangular paper in a flat, horizontal position. Take one corner of the paper and fold it over until it meets the opposite edge, forming a triangle, with a rectangular strip left over. Remove the rectangular portion of the paper by tearing or cutting it away with scissors. You only need 1 piece of square paper for this project, but throughout, we’ll use 2 sheets with 2 different colors, as this will help make the process clearer as we go. You can follow along using 2 sheets, or feel free to just perform steps 1-3 on one piece of square paper.
If you are using paper that has one colored side, start with the color side facing down. If you are using a single square sheet, draw an “O” on one (which will correspond with our “orange” sheet above), then a “B” on the other (which will go with the “blue” sheet) to help you differentiate as you follow the tutorial.
We use 2 different color rectangles to make things clearer for you, but you can use rectangles of the same color if you’d like!
Make sure that both folded pieces of paper are the same length.
Take the right half of your orange (“O”) piece of paper, and fold it so that the right edge is facing up, with the bottom edge now running along the center crease. Fold the left side of the paper in the opposite direction, downwards. If done correctly, you will have two mirroring “Z” shaped pieces of paper.
You’ll see two pockets on the top piece of orange paper that you can slide the triangles of the blue paper into.
If you’re finding it difficult to slide the paper in, try pinching the sides of the pockets to open up space.
