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How to fold an origami sun hat

A long folded strip with its corners tucked makes the wide oval brim, a rounded crown sits behind it, and a pink ribbon goes round the crown.

You need: A 21 cm square and a 10 cm square of straw-yellow paper, a 10 cm pink square, all white on the back, a glue stick and a white pen. Medium, 11 steps, about 12 minutes.

Steps

  1. Crown: corners behind. Start with the small yellow square, coloured side up. Fold both top corners behind on a slant.
  2. Crown: round the top. Fold the four little new corners behind too, so the crown is a round dome.
  3. Ribbon: new sheet. Set the crown aside. Take the pink square, white side up.
  4. Ribbon: fold in half. Fold the bottom edge up to the top edge.
  5. Ribbon: in half again. Fold the bottom edge up to the top again.
  6. Ribbon: thin strip. Fold the bottom edge up to the top one more time, making a thin ribbon.
  7. Brim: new sheet. Set the ribbon aside. Take the big yellow square, white side up.
  8. Brim: fold in half. Fold the bottom edge up to the top edge.
  9. Brim: in half again. Fold the bottom edge up to the top again, making a long wide strip.
  10. Brim: make it oval. Fold all four corners behind on a long, low slant, so the brim looks like a wide oval.
  11. Glue it together. Glue the crown behind the middle of the brim, so its dome rises above. Glue the ribbon across the crown, just above the brim.

Sunny day!

Draw a white flower on the ribbon. Fold a little one for a doll, or a big one for a summer party sign.

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