How to Fold a Note Into an Envelope
Paper is very versatile. It can be folded into airplanes, water bombs, fortune tellers and a variety of animals. Your options are limitless. Perhaps you want to do something extra special with your recently written note. An impressive way to present your note is to fold it into an envelope. The recipient gets to figure out how to unfold your note in addition to reading its contents. Follow some steps to learn how to fold your note into a homemade envelope.
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Instructions
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Place the note on a flat surface, with one of the shorter sides closest to you.
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Fold the bottom edge upward to the top edge. Crease the paper and unfold. Your note will have a horizontal crease across the middle.
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Fold the top-left corner across the page so that upper-left edge runs along the center crease.
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Fold the lower-right corner across the page so that the lower-right edge runs along the center crease. Only two small rectangles of the note side of the sheet are now visible: one in the top-right corner and one in the bottom-right corner.
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Fold the outside edges of each rectangle inward so that they line up with the opposite rectangle edge. Crease the paper. You will now have what looks like a diamond, only with six edges.
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Fold the top-right corner across the page so that the upper-right edge lines up with the center crease.
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Fold the lower-left corner across the page so that the lower-left edge lines up with the center crease. You will end up with a rectangular shape with a fold running diagonally from the upper-right corner to the lower-left.
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Fold the tips under the lower folds at the upper-right corner and at the lower-left corner, securing the closure of your note in the shape of an envelope. Your reader needs to only pull these tabs out to unfold the note and read your message.
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Tips & Warnings
Practice this technique on a blank sheet of paper before trying to fold up your note.
It is not advisable to mail a note folded in this way.
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