Things You'll Need:
- Origami paper
- Flat, hard surface
- Pencil
- Paper clip
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Step 1
Make the initial creases in the origami paper working on a flat, hard surface. Crease and then unfold the square paper in half both vertically and horizontally with the color side facing inwards. Do the same half paper creases on both diagonals.
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Step 2
Fold one length of the square in until the edge meets the center crease. Repeat with the adjacent length of the square. The origami paper is now the shape of a long narrow rectangle with two doors that open outwards in opposite directions.
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Step 3
Establish triangle creases. Hold the rectangle positioned so that it's height is vertical. Crease and unfold the top right corner down to the half way point of the rectangle's total height. Mirror image that crease by starting with the top left corner. Copy this on the lower half of the rectangle.
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Step 4
Create two canoes. Bend the bottom triangles up and outwards from the inside corners of the rectangle's two door flaps. The bend pulls the bottom of the rectangle up to form a pocket. Crease that pocket fold to form a canoe shape. Repeat with the rectangle's top door flaps.
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Step 5
Finalize the windmill shape by positioning the paper with it's long sides facing horizontally to the artist. Take the top left and the bottom right corners and fold them up and down respectively. Crease well.
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Step 6
Open up the pockets of the windmill. Allow for airflow to catch the pockets and make the windmill spin.
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Step 7
Attach the origami windmill to a pencil with a straightened paper clip wrapped around the top. Poke the end of the straightened paper clip through the center of the windmill.
