The easiest way to fold a paper knife. Learn how to fold a fruit knife in 5 steps.

I remember that when I was young, I always liked to play with folding toys, such as lucky stars and knives. There are also many friends who don’t know how to fold a knife with paper. They ask me how to fold a fruit knife and what kind of paper is used for folding the knife. Today, the production department will share with you the simplest method of folding a knife with paper, which only requires 5 steps. You can learn how to fold a paper knife. A paper knife will enrich your origami works. The paper knife is not only easy to make, but also safe and will not hurt people.

Method/Steps

1. 1Find a piece of printing paper that is 21.5 cm x 28 cm. Ordinary printing paper will do, but don’t use notebook paper, that kind of paper is too thin.
2. 2Fold the upper right corner of the paper to the left side of the paper, so that the top of the paper coincides with the left side of the paper. The folded part is a triangle and the bottom is a rectangle. Once aligned, flatten it with your hands.
3. 3Cut off the bottom rectangle. Use scissors to cut off the rectangle at the bottom of the paper, then unfold the triangle so you have a square. You will need this part to make the blade.
4. 4Fold the paper lengthwise three or four times. You will get a rectangle 2.5 to 5 cm wide. Be careful not to fold into a stick.
5. 5Cut off one end of the paper diagonally to make it look more like a knife edge.
6. 6Stap the blades together. Place a staple in the center and one at the top. If you don't want people to see the staples, you can apply correction fluid on them.
7. 7Use the rectangular paper cut previously to make the knife handle. The length of the knife handle is 2.5 cm longer than the width of the blade. According to this length, cut off the excess paper, and then fold the remaining paper to the width you need.
8. 8Use a stapler to staple the handle and blade together. Intersect the knife handle and the blade 5 cm from the bottom of the blade, and then place a staple at the intersection.
9. 9You can play with your paper knife.You can also paint the blade silver, add some decoration, or make more knives.

Tips

• The more times you fold it in half, the stronger the knife will be. Stronger knives last longer.
• Using tape to secure a knife can make it look neater, but it won’t hold it firmly.

What do you want to prepare?

• A piece of printing paper
• Stapler
• Scissors

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