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How to fold an origami music note

Fold a strip of black paper narrow, bend both ends down into stems, then kick the stem ends out sideways to make the two note heads.

You need: A 2.5 x 22 cm strip of black paper. Easy, 5 steps, about 5 minutes.

Steps

  1. In half. White side up, long edges at the top and bottom. Fold the bottom edge up to the top edge: a long thin black strip.
  2. Bend the stems down. Fold each end of the strip straight down on a slanted line, a little way from the middle. The middle part is the beam, the ends are the stems.
  3. Heads: turn left. Near the bottom of each stem, fold the end out to the left on a slanted line.
  4. Heads: turn up. Fold each end straight up again, right next to its stem. The bottoms make two fat note heads.
  5. Heads: flat bottoms. Fold the pointed bottoms of both heads behind in one straight line, so the heads sit flat.

La la la!

Your double note is ready. Stick it on a card, a music book or the fridge, then fold a few more and line them up into a tune.

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