Origami Painter's Hat
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Origami Painter's Hat Step 1: Start with a rectangle newspaper or a 8.5 inch x 11 inch (21.5cm x 27.9xm) paper, color side down. Thinner paper will make the later steps easier. You could try using a large sheet of art paper or wrapping paper.
Fold paper in half on the vertical axis. Crease well and unfold.
Origami Painter's Hat Step 2: Now fold paper in half on the horizontal axis, bringing the top half of the paper down to meet the bottom edge.
Origami Painter's Hat Step 3: Fold both the top right and left corners to meet in the center.
Origami Painter's Hat Step 4: Fold point A-B to meet point C-D. Fold the top layer of the paper only.
Origami Painter's Hat Step 5: Fold that layer over itself.
Origami Painter's Hat Step 6: Flip paper over.
Origami Painter's Hat Step 7: Fold both sides to meet in the center. It gets harder to make these folds now that the paper is much thicker.
Origami Painter's Hat Step 8: Fold point E-F to G-H. Crease well and unfold.
Origami Painter's Hat Step 9: Fold up the bottom edge as indicated.
Origami Painter's Hat Step 10: This is a difficult step if your paper is thick. It should be easier if you're using newspaper.
Make the mountain fold and tuck in the paper. We had some difficulty here too but just try your best to slide in as much of the paper as you can.
Origami Painter's Hat Step 11: Crease the diagonals as shown below.
Origami Painter's Hat Step 12: Now pry open the paper at the bottom and squash the paper flat into a diamond shape.
Origami Painter's Hat Step 13: Fold both the right and left tips and tuck them under the white tabs.
Origami Painter's Hat Step 14: Pry paper open, pulling in opposite directions.
and your origami painter's hat is complete!