Origami Bamboo Letterfold

The next time you write a letter, follow our instructions for the origami bamboo letterfold and your letter will end up looking like the tip of a bamboo shoot!

Origami Bamboo Letterfold Step 1: Start with an A4 paper. It you're using a paper with design on one side, then start with the design or color side down.

Trim off 1 inch from the long edge.

Origami Bamboo Letterfold Step 2: Fold paper into half on the vertical axis. Crease well and unfold.

Origami Bamboo Letterfold Step 3: Make 2 diagonal folds on the right side.

Origami Bamboo Letterfold Step 4: Fold the left side to meet the center crease.

Origami Bamboo Letterfold Step 5: Now make 2 diagonal folds on the left side.

Origami Bamboo Letterfold Step 6: Now fold the right side over to the left.

Origami Bamboo Letterfold Step 7: Flip paper over and rotate paper 90 degrees counter clock-wise.

Origami Bamboo Letterfold Step 8: Fold both sides towards the center. The tips will overlap so we need to tuck one side of the tip into the pocket of another.

Here we tuck the left tip into the right pocket.

Origami Bamboo Letterfold Step 9: Fold both sides of the bottom half towards the center. Once again, the 2 sides will overlap. So we need to tuck one side into the other.

Tuck the left tip into the right "pocket".

Origami Bamboo Letterfold Step 10: Flip paper over and your origami bamboo letterfold is complete! It really looks like a bamboo shoot!

Here we use a patterned paper....