Q&A for How to Make Origami Fireworks

Your origami masterpiece should stick together by itself because of how you have folded it. If it doesn't, you have gone wrong somewhere in folding the paper to get your finished result. Try doing it again, but be a little more careful.

Step 1 of the article shows 12 pieces of paper. Two sets of six units are folded and interlocked to form the completed structure.

Yes! You can start with paper squares of any size.

Try working with tape. Once you join the ends together, you can remove the tape. You could also ask someone to help you hold the pieces together to make sure they don't break.

The origami fireworks should cycle through various stages when you complete it.

No, it just turns in on itself. You can carefully rotate both sides inward and if you used different colors you can see it switching from one to the other. There are some YouTube videos on how to make this that can demonstrate how it works. Even though it doesn’t explode, it still looks pretty cool.