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How to fold an origami basketball

Fold the corners of an orange square behind, twice, for a round ball. Then draw a cross and two curved seams.

You need: 1 square sheet, orange on one side, and a black pen. Easy, 2 steps, about 4 minutes.

Steps

  1. Ball: corners behind. Start orange side up. Fold all four corners behind, so the eight edges left are all the same length.
  2. Ball: round it. Fold the eight new corners behind a little bit. Now it's nice and round.

Swish!

Draw a line straight down and one straight across the middle, then a curve on each side, bending in like ( and ).

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