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How to fold an origami little candle

A kite with its sides folded behind makes the straight candle. A small pleat drops the kite's tip into a slim flame on top.

You need: 1 square sheet, red on one side and white on the other. Easy, 6 steps, about 5 minutes.

Steps

  1. Crease the middle. Put the square white side up like a diamond. Fold the left corner onto the right corner, crease well and unfold.
  2. Make a kite. Fold the two upper edges in so they meet along the centre crease.
  3. Sides behind. Fold the left and right sides behind along straight up-and-down lines, so the kite becomes a slim column with a point.
  4. Flat bottom. Fold the white bottom point behind along the bottom of the kite.
  5. Point behind. Fold the pointed top behind, where the straight sides begin.
  6. Flame up. Behind, fold the point back up a little lower. Its tip pops up above the candle as a slim flame.

Glowing!

Add a glow to the flame and stripes round the candle in white pen. Stand a row of them along a card for a birthday or a holiday.

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