How to fold an origami wagon
Fold a red half sheet into the wagon's tray with a white rim, two black squares into round wheels and a black strip into the handle, then glue them on.
You need: Half a 15 cm square, red on one side, two 5 cm black squares, a 1 × 12 cm black strip and a glue stick. Medium, 16 steps, about 12 minutes.
Steps
- Body: fold in half. Lay the half sheet white side up, long side across. Fold the bottom edge up to the top edge.
- Body: white rim. Fold just the front layer's top edge down a thin strip. A white band shows at the top: the rim of the wagon.
- Body: slope the ends. Fold the two bottom corners behind on short slants, so the box is a tray, a little narrower at the bottom.
- Wheel 1: new sheet. Set the body aside. Take a black square, white side up.
- Wheel 1: corners in. Fold all four corners in to meet in the middle.
- Wheel 1: hub. Fold each point back out a little, so a white square shows in the middle: the hub.
- Wheel 1: round it. Fold the four points of the square behind, so the wheel looks round.
- Wheel 2: new sheet. Set the first wheel aside and take the other black square, white side up.
- Wheel 2: corners in. Fold all four corners in to the middle.
- Wheel 2: hub. Fold each point back out a little for the hub.
- Wheel 2: round it. Fold the four points behind to round it off.
- Handle: new sheet. Set the wheel aside. Take the black strip, standing tall.
- Handle: fold in half. Fold the strip in half the long way, folding the right half behind, so it is thin and black on both sides.
- Handle: the grip. Fold the top end over to the right on a 45° slant, near the top, so it sticks out sideways as the grip.
- Handle: tilt it. Turn the handle so its top leans over to the right.
- Put it together. Glue the bottom of the handle behind the front of the wagon, then glue a wheel over each bottom corner, half below the box.
Pull it along!
Draw a line along the side panel. Now pull it along and fill it with toys!