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Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Handmade DIY Christmas treeOrigami Tools and materials required for the method:
5 pieces of colored paper, 1 paper knife, 1 pair of hands,
Illustration of the steps of the manual DIY Christmas tree origami method:
Step 1 of the manual DIY Christmas tree origami method :

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

You need one piece of square red (or brown) paper and 4 pieces of green paper. The size is shown in the picture. I just roughly determined it. It does not need to be the same as the size I marked.

Handmade DIY Christmas tree origami method step 2:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

As shown

Handmade DIY Christmas tree🎄Origami method step 3:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Divide it into 16 equal parts and cut off the red shaded part in the picture to get a standard regular octagon. 5 paper pattern operation.

Handmade DIY Christmas tree🎄Origami method step 4:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Make the trunk first. I don’t have any colored paper on hand, so imagine it in red, please!

Handmade DIY Christmas tree🎄Origami method step 5:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Fold it in half, pay attention to the corners, don’t fold it wrong!

Handmade DIY Christmas tree🎄Origami method step 6:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Fold point A in the picture to point B, leaving the fold horizontally, and the 8 sides are the same (all 8 sides are the same, and will not be repeated below)

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Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

The middle point C of AB, fold point C to point B, leaving a horizontal fold.

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Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Complete all the above folds.

Handmade DIY Christmas tree🎄Origami method step 9:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Line A and D have peak folds and line B has valley folds. The peak is on the outside, and the valley is on the inside.

Handmade DIY Christmas tree🎄Origami method step 10:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Fold them all like this

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Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Look, there are 4 corners on one side and 8 on both sides.

Handmade DIY Christmas tree🎄Origami method step 12:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Pick up a corner

Handmade DIY Christmas tree🎄Origami method step 13:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Press and fold horizontally like this

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Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Look again

Handmade DIY Christmas tree🎄Origami method step 15:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Press firmly

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Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Just change everything to this

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Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Does it look like a rocket? Trunk completed. One more thing, if you are a child who has not yet made a tree trunk, you don’t need to look below. The trunk is much less difficult than the branches and leaves.

Handmade DIY Christmas tree🎄Origami method step 18:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

When you start making branches, remember not to make the smallest one first. After checking the direction of the paper, fold it towards the midpoint. Make a horizontal pressure between two points AB.

Handmade DIY Christmas tree🎄Origami method step 19:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Fold everything and fold at the peak. Then look clearly at the points I marked. The picture below is useful.

Handmade DIY Christmas tree🎄Origami method step 20:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Fold CE at two points, fold horizontally, and fold all the way down.

Handmade DIY Christmas tree🎄Origami method step 21:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

After folding as shown, it is all folded horizontally.

Handmade DIY Christmas tree🎄Origami method step 22:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

After completing the previous step, open and fold again

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Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Fold in half as shown

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Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Leave the fold horizontally and open it to see the triangle EFG

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Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Restore to picture 22, and then fold out the horizontal fold

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Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Open it and see the triangle HFG

Handmade DIY Christmas tree🎄Origami method step 27:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Open all the paper, and then fold it in half as shown

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Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Look at the picture and fold it horizontally

Handmade DIY Christmas tree🎄Origami method step 29:

Tutorial on how to make origami 3D Christmas tree

Sorry, I didn’t take this picture well. The folded side is KM, and the other side is JN