Origami Christmas Baubles

I had my first craft evening this week and it was such good fun.  Just creating something simple but gorgeous can make you feel a great sense of achievement.  My ladies were so impressed that they had made a bauble from paper circles and were keen to know when the next class is.

My ladies have asked for an Origami evening to be the next theme...so, I've been racking my brain trying to think of a project that will be Christmassy, easy and look amazing.  I've chosen to make these...

To make this Origami bauble you will need the following:

• 2 x square pieces of paper (of equal size)
• a bit of tape (I used masking tape)

Step 1

Have your paper print face down.  Fold your paper in half and make a crease along the folded edge.  Open the paper and turn 90degrees.  Fold in half again and make a crease along the fold edge.

When you open the piece of paper you will see the following crease lines...

Step 2

Fold the piece of paper diagonally...so point to point to make a triangle.  When you open the paper out you will see the following creases...

Step 3

You now need to turn the piece of paper over so that the print is facing upward.  

You need to make a square fold now.  The diagonal folds need to be folded the inwards.  You should now have this shape...

Step 4

You will now have 4 'flaps'.

Each of these flaps need to be squash folded and you will have a fold that looks like this...

Do the same with the remaining 3 flaps.

This completes the origami...you'll need to do this first 4 steps again with your 2nd piece of paper.

Step 5

This is the tricky bit! 

Now you need to slot the 2 pieces together.  You'll need to do the following...

That's it finished!  You can add embellishments by threading beaded to hang from one end and add a hanging loop to the other end.  If you want, you can do this before you slot the 2 pieces together.

Originally from 'All About Origami'

Hope this inspires you to make your own!  have fun.