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How to fold an origami arrow

Three parts: a long, thin shaft folded from a whole sheet, a pointy head from a small grey square and a triangle of feathers from a small red one.

You need: 1 brown A4 or Letter sheet for the shaft, and 2 small squares (about 10 cm): one grey, one red. Medium, 11 steps, about 8 minutes.

Steps

  1. Shaft: crease the middle. Start with the shaft, brown side down. Fold the sheet in half from side to side, crease, and unfold.
  2. Shaft: edges to the middle. Fold the long edges in to meet at the centre crease.
  3. Shaft: make it thin. Fold the long edges in to the middle again.
  4. Shaft: thinner still. Fold the long edges in to the middle one last time. Press it flat.
  5. Head: new sheet. Set the shaft aside. Take the grey square, white side up, turned like a diamond.
  6. Head: crease the diagonal. Fold the left corner to the right corner, crease, and unfold.
  7. Head: make a tall kite. Fold the two upper edges in to lie along the centre crease.
  8. Head: tuck the tip. Fold the white point at the bottom up behind, along the line between the side corners.
  9. Feathers: new sheet. Set the head aside. Take the red square, white side up, turned like a diamond.
  10. Feathers: make a triangle. Fold the bottom corner up to meet the top corner.
  11. Put it together. Glue the shaft's bottom end over the feathers' point, then glue the head on top of the shaft's other end.

Bullseye!

Draw a few lines on the feathers, then aim it at a paper target.

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