How to Make an Origami Paper Boat

Category: Origami Toys

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Difficulty: Intermediate

Set sail with ease! Follow our step-by-step Origami paper boat instructions and fold your own floating masterpiece in minutes!

If you’ve always wanted to play with boats in the tub, but your parents wouldn’t get one for you, don’t worry. I will show you how to make an origami boat out of paper, and yes, it floats… for a little bit, but it’s still fun nonetheless.

How to Make a Paper Boat Float Longer?

The most common thing to try is that you can color the bottom of the origami boat with crayons, it will float longer but not long enough to reach the finish line. Some people also say that to make the boat last longer when it is on water, try using foil paper or grease-proof paper. Just be careful not to splash too much water on it!

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Get out a piece of regular 8.5×11 rectangular paper.

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Fold the paper in half by folding the left side over to the right side.

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Unfold.

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Fold the paper in half again by folding the bottom edge to the top edge.

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Rotate the model by 90° or make sure that the side with center crease is on the top.

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Fold the upper right corner to the middle.

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Fold the upper left corner to the middle.

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Fold the bottom strip up.

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Turn the model over.

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Do the same to the strip on the other side.

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Seperate the top and bottom fold as shown.

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Open up the paper all the way to collapse it.

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Face the right side towards you and the paper will look like a diamond.

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Fold the bottom corner up to the top corner.

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Turn the model over.

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Also fold this side’s bottom corner to the top corner.

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Like before, open the paper all the way until it collapses into a diamond shaped figure.

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This is how it will look like after collapsing both sides all the way.

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Face the right side towards you and the paper will look like a diamond.

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Grab the top two corners and gently pull it apart.

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Flatten well.

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Voila! Now bring it with you when you need to take a bath.

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