Two print and fold patterns for St. Patrick's Day boxes:
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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Saint Patrick's Day Origami Greeting
Difficulty: Easy
Directions:
1a. Print and cut out Saint Patrick's Day Greeting along outer solid lines.
1b. With printed side facing down, fold corners diagonally toward center, as shown.
2a. Turn over so that Saint Patrick's Day greeting is facing up, as shown.
2b. Fold corners diagonally toward center, as shown.
3. Fold upper right corner forward, along red line in illustration. Open up corner as shown, by pulling forward on dark green shamrock leaf.
4. Repeat with all four corners, folding forward first, then opening up corner, as shown.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
©2010 Tammy Yee
All rights reserved.
Saint Patrick's Day Shamrock Box
Difficulty: Easy
Directions:
1a. Print and cut out Saint Patrick's Day Shamrock box along outer solid line.
1b. Make cuts on the "shamrock halves" as shown, along the heavy black lines only. Do not cut beyond the points indicated by the red dots in the illustration.
2a - d. With printed side facing down, fold and unfold along the solid black lines as indicated, to form the sides of the box.
3a-c. Repeat the process along the outer lines to form the lid of the box.
3d. Your box should now be creased as shown.
4a. Take note of the diagonal lines marked in red.
4b. As you fold the sides of the box up as shown, you will make creases along these diagonal lines to form the corners of the box.
4c. Secure the box by interlocking the shamrock halves along the cuts you made in step 1b.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
©2010 Tammy Yee. All rights reserved.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
Here are two articles explaining traditions and myths about Saint Patrick:
The Facts, Myths and Traditions of St. Patrick's Day:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110316-saint-patricks-day-2011-march-17-facts-ireland-irish-nation/
Who Was Saint Patrick?
http://news.discovery.com/history/who-was-st-patrick.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1
Origami: Valentine Heart Envelope
Fold a heart-shaped envelope for your Valentine.
Difficulty: Easy
Directions:
1. Print and cut out Valentine Heart Origami along outer solid line.
2. With printed side facing up, crease your origami square horizontally, vertically, and diagonally as shown.
Your origami should be creased as shown.
3. Turn your origami over so that the printed side is facing up, with the "Happy Valentine's Day" greeting at top. Create a "water bomb base" by pulling in points "A" and "B."
4. With the open end of your origami at the top, fold down the Valentine's greeting flap as shown. Turn origami over and fold down back flap as shown.
5. Turn origami over. With front greeting facing up, fold back along envelope to shape the heart, as shown.
Happy Valentine's Day!
©2010 Tammy Yee.
Difficulty: Easy
Directions:
1. Print and cut out Valentine Heart Origami along outer solid line.
2. With printed side facing up, crease your origami square horizontally, vertically, and diagonally as shown.
Your origami should be creased as shown.
3. Turn your origami over so that the printed side is facing up, with the "Happy Valentine's Day" greeting at top. Create a "water bomb base" by pulling in points "A" and "B."
4. With the open end of your origami at the top, fold down the Valentine's greeting flap as shown. Turn origami over and fold down back flap as shown.
5. Turn origami over. With front greeting facing up, fold back along envelope to shape the heart, as shown.
Happy Valentine's Day!
©2010 Tammy Yee.
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