Of course I love Origami as a art and as an activity but I'd never seen any origami with a practical use until today. It's a very simple to make bowl. It only takes a few seconds, it's easy to remember and it's very useful. It seemed so useful I had to have my friend teach me and so I pass it on to you.
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You need a piece of paper and it must be rectangular. A square piece of paper will not work. In fact it's best if you have a normal 8 1/2 by 11 or A4 piece of paper. I used a two colored piece to hopefully make it easier to see how I'm folding but a regular piece of normal paper works just fine. |
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Fold it in half |
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Fold it in half again |
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Unfold it once then fold the corner in and match it up to the center. |
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Fold the opposite corner similarly |
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Open the previous fold and turn it inside out |
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Do the same for the other side/fold as well |
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Notice in the picture on the right the blue area at the bottom. The middle is separated. If yours looks like that you need to flip over the sides so only white is showing, so there is no separation at the bottom. |
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Now fold one of edges over to the center. |
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Do the same for the opposite edge and the 2 edges on the other side. |
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Now, the blue part (end part), fold it over in 3rds |
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| The next 3rd should line up with the white (the bottom of the other folds) |  |
| Then fold the whole thing over the white part (over the other folds) and press it good and hard. |  |
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Do the same for the opposite side |
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Fold the bottom point up. This fold is only to make a crease. |
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| press it good and hard to make a good crease |  |
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Now open the bowl |
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Put something in it. It's great for parties or for handing out some chips, crackers, nuts etc at the office or whatever. My friend that taught me would get a bag of crackers, whip out 3 or 4 of these boxes and then pass them out with crackers in them. Better than just piling them on a napkin don't you think? 
it’s GOOD and very comfortble))
Thisidea is very cute, and it helps me to finish my hmework to teach my classmates to do something step by step.Thank you!
On the last step, where it says to fold up the point, just to make a crease……. After you unfold the point, fold up the point on the other side also, then unfold it. I find it a little easier to open that way.
Anyway, thanks for the help, now I can make them without having to look at instructions. Thanks!
haha this is awesome. super easy to follow.
thx man u de best……. i use it 4 nuts :-]
u suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jk i lov it
I was doing fine until the last pic.
I couldn’t finish it. I don’t have any chips.
I’m new to the whole origami thing but I loved it! I made a rabbit for easter and than I attempted this box (only my 2nd origami attempt, ever) and stumbled where everyone else did (between 5 & 6) but when I stood back looking at mine and the pics on the site- it became clear and understandable. These boxes are easy and fun! Thank you for making the instructions and the site. Love it!
I tried many times but I cant make this bowl
I did it, and I am under 10.
ha, can you put something a little easely I need help
yeah!! nice one! thanks!
I used this bowl for my morning cereal with limited success.
at one point I accidently cut something but thing and was extadic
Excellent picture essay – I only have one criticism.. I wasn’t sure what was going on in the picture between steps 9 and 10 and it kind of threw me off. Other than that, this is easy and so highly useful. Thanks!
thanks! my mother is obsessed with making them now. lol!
Yeah, it seems very simple, but I can’t understand step 5. Help?
Amazing, I have never managed to make any Origami before. Brilliant instructions. Now I have something to put my biscuits in before I hand them around the office, exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.
I was stuck at work this morning and needed a bowl to mix/eat my cereal and yogurt in. I found your wonderful step-by-step and just had a great breakfast!! I’ll never use another dispo bowl again! Thanks!
no hablano espanol
Brilliant!!! Useful Origami!!! Louise, Ireland
This bowl is AWESOME!
this is soo easy ive had harder things like a papertank and a moon and star thing