This document provides instructions for making an origami credit card holder out of a single sheet of paper in 15 steps. It begins with folding the paper in half, then making dog-ear folds on the corners. Small triangular flaps are then folded on the top and bottom layers before rotating the paper and folding up strips from the bottom. The final steps involve folding down the top layer to form triangles, tucking one flap inside the other, and folding the piece in half along the center crease to complete the credit card holder.
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How to fold a business card holder from a sheet of paper!
This document provides instructions for making an origami credit card holder out of a single sheet of paper in 15 steps. It begins with folding the paper in half, then making dog-ear folds on the corners. Small triangular flaps are then folded on the top and bottom layers before rotating the paper and folding up strips from the bottom. The final steps involve folding down the top layer to form triangles, tucking one flap inside the other, and folding the piece in half along the center crease to complete the credit card holder.
This document provides instructions for making an origami credit card holder out of a single sheet of paper in 15 steps. It begins with folding the paper in half, then making dog-ear folds on the corners. Small triangular flaps are then folded on the top and bottom layers before rotating the paper and folding up strips from the bottom. The final steps involve folding down the top layer to form triangles, tucking one flap inside the other, and folding the piece in half along the center crease to complete the credit card holder.
A4 paper will also work. Fold the sheet in half, with the printed or patterned side on the inside.
Fold the corners down on
the other side also.
7 It looks like this. Now fold the dog-eared flap down.
2 3 4 5 6
Fold down the top layer
(only) to meet the bottom edge.
It looks like this.
Now open the fold back up. Do the same thing on the other side. It looks like this. Now fold about a half-inch strip on just the top layer. It doesn't have to be exact, it can be bigger.
It looks like this.
Do the same thing on the other side.
9 10
It looks like this.
Now open the folded piece, leaving the dog-eared flaps tucked under. It looks like this. Rotate the piece 90 degrees.
11
12
It looks like this.
Now fold about a one-inch strip up from the bottom. A little more or less won't hurt anything.
It looks like this.
Do the same thing on the other side. Fold the corner down so that it almost meets the crease.
13
It looks like this.
Now fold the top down so it almost meets the bottom edge. Leave about 2mm or 1/8 inch or so.
It looks like this.
Close-up of the fold. See how the bottom edge of the triangle is close to the crease, but does not overlap it. This makes things less bulky later.
14 15
It looks like this.
Now tuck the big flap into the triangles on the little flap. Jiggle it around until it's all flat. It looks like this. Fold this in half along the center crease and you're done!
The creator of this origami model is Humiaki Huzita. Photography by K Hartman.