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How to fold an origami taxi

Fold a yellow half square into a car with a sloping cabin. Add a white sign on the roof and two black wheels with white hubcaps, then draw the checker stripe and windows.

You need: Half a 15 cm yellow square, a 2 × 6 cm white strip, two 4 cm black squares, a glue stick and a black pen. Medium, 14 steps, about 15 minutes.

Steps

  1. Body: fold the bottom behind. Start with the yellow half square, yellow side up, long edge at the bottom. Fold the bottom strip behind, a bit less than a third.
  2. Body: slope the cabin. Fold the two top corners behind on a slant: a long slope at the front (right) for the bonnet and windscreen, a shorter one at the back.
  3. Body: round the bumpers. Fold the two bottom corners behind, just a little, so the bumpers look round.
  4. Sign: new sheet. Set the body aside. Take the small white strip for the roof sign.
  5. Sign: fold in half. Fold the strip in half the long way, bottom half behind, and crease it flat.
  6. Wheel 1: new sheet. Set the sign aside. Take a small black square, white side up.
  7. Wheel 1: corners in. Fold all four corners in to meet in the middle.
  8. Wheel 1: hubcap. Fold each point back out a little, so a small white square shows in the middle. That's the hubcap.
  9. Wheel 1: round it. Fold the four points of the square a little way behind, so the wheel looks round.
  10. Wheel 2: new sheet. Set the first wheel aside and take the other black square, white side up.
  11. Wheel 2: corners in. Fold all four corners in to the middle.
  12. Wheel 2: hubcap. Fold each point back out a little for the hubcap.
  13. Wheel 2: round it. Fold the four points behind to round it off.
  14. Put the taxi together. Glue the wheels on, half showing below the body. Glue the sign behind the middle of the roof so it pokes up.

Taxi!

Write TAXI on the sign. Draw a checker stripe of black squares along the side, the doors, handles and lights. Where to?

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