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How to fold an origami fried egg

A dark square folds into a round pan with a handle strip. A white square gets a wobbly edge for the egg white, and a little yellow circle makes the yolk.

You need: 1 dark grey square, a dark grey strip for the handle, a smaller white square, a little yellow square and glue. Medium, 13 steps, about 10 minutes.

Steps

  1. Pan: corners behind. Dark side up. Fold the four corners behind, so you get an eight-sided shape.
  2. Pan: round it. Fold all eight new corners behind, just a little, so the pan is round.
  3. Handle. Set the pan aside. Take the dark strip, dark side up.
  4. Handle: in half. Fold the top half behind, so the strip is dark on both sides.
  5. Handle: round the end. Fold the two right corners behind a little, to round the end of the handle.
  6. Egg white. Set the handle aside. Take the white square.
  7. White: corners behind. Fold the four corners behind, each by a different amount. A fried egg is never neat!
  8. White: bumpy edge. Fold four of the new corners behind, every other one, by different small amounts.
  9. White: wobbly edge. Now fold the other four corners behind a little, so the egg white gets a wavy, bumpy edge.
  10. Yolk. Set the egg white aside. Take the little yellow square, yellow side up.
  11. Yolk: corners behind. Fold the four corners behind.
  12. Yolk: round it. Fold the eight new corners behind, just a little, for a round yolk.
  13. Into the pan. Glue the handle to the side of the pan and the egg white in the middle. Then glue the yolk on the white, a little off-centre.

Sunny side up!

Draw a white shine on the yolk. Sizzle, sizzle!

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