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How to fold an origami hot dog

Three parts: a tan bun, a long red sausage with round ends, and a thin yellow strip turned three times into a mustard zigzag. Glue them in a stack.

You need: 1 tan and 1 red square of the same size, a thin strip of yellow paper (about three-quarters as long), and glue. Medium, 15 steps, about 12 minutes.

Steps

  1. Bun: edges behind. Start with the bun, tan side up. Fold the top and bottom edges behind to meet in the middle.
  2. Bun: ends behind. Fold the left and right ends behind by an eighth of the band.
  3. Bun: round it. Fold the four corners behind at a slant, to start rounding the bun.
  4. Bun: round it more. Fold the eight new corners behind, just a little.
  5. Mustard: new strip. Set the bun aside. Take the thin yellow strip, yellow side up.
  6. Mustard: in half. Fold the strip in half along its length, the bottom half behind, so it's yellow on both sides.
  7. Mustard: turn down. A quarter of the way along, fold the rest of the strip down at a slant, so it points straight down.
  8. Mustard: turn right. Fold it at a slant again, so the rest points to the right. It makes a step.
  9. Mustard: turn down. One more slanted fold turns the end down again. Now the strip is a staircase.
  10. Sausage: new sheet. Set the mustard aside. Take the red square, red side up.
  11. Sausage: edges behind. Fold the top and bottom edges behind to meet in the middle.
  12. Sausage: slim it. Fold the top and bottom edges behind to the middle once more, to make a long thin sausage.
  13. Sausage: round the ends. Fold the four corners behind at a slant.
  14. Sausage: round it more. Fold the eight new corners behind, just a little, so both ends are nice and round.
  15. Put it together. Glue the bun behind the sausage so both ends stick out. Turn the mustard staircase on its corner and glue it along the sausage as a zigzag.

Hot dog!

Ready to eat! Fold a red strip the same way for a ketchup zigzag next to the mustard.

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