Q&A for How to Make an Origami Diamond

The only material needed is simply some origami paper, or any paper cut into a square.

It's your choice, but making good creases will improve the quality of your finished work.

Tuck it into the little flaps. It's in the shape of a kite; the tip of the structure is where you'd tuck it inside.

Make sure you gently hold the flaps in with your fingers when you blow.

Paper that is slightly bigger than the square that you want to cut out.

You may not be holding the flaps in enough, and air might be escaping. Try pinching the flaps in harder and see if it works; don't pinch too hard, though.

Use a paper clip/pen/pencil to poke around on the inside to make it puff out more.

You don't fold anything down, you just fold the excess triangle over to make one triangle as shown in the picture.

The best type of paper to use is origami paper since it is thin but printer paper can work as long as there aren't too many folds that make it really small.

In step 14, the flaps end up going on the inside of the top of the diamond to tuck it in to the middle.

To make the origami diamond just follow these steps above and you should be able to make it.

You can unfold and reread the directions. Start from the very beginning and read the steps carefully. You can also ask someone who successfully made one to show you how they did it.

If the hole is too big, your paper may have ripped or was folded wrong. Try refolding it and see if that helps.

You can use any size of paper, as long as it is a square.

Just do the same steps as step 14 and then watch the short clip. Push the sides of the “diamond” the fold them to make the small flaps.