How to Make an Origami Paper Basket

Last Updated: May 9, 2022

This simple little basket can be made from something as simple as a sheet of paper . Use it to hold sweets, loose change, or anything light and small.

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Start out with a square sheet of paper . If you can't get square paper use A4 and fold it to get a square then tear off the side.
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Diagonal to diagonal and the other 2 corners. Fold the paper in half from the top to the bottom and from the left to the right. You should have 4 folds.

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These are the sides of your origami basket.
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wikiHow has articles on how to Fold an Origami Lily , Make an Origami Heart , and Make an Origami Flying Bird , as well as others - try a search on "origami" in the wikiHow search box to find more!

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Take one of the triangles on the side and push it a little forward, but don't rip the paper.

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Yes, anywhere you have paper.

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