How to fold a pentagon from a square piece of paper

How to fold a pentagon from a square piece of paper

There may be times when you need a pentagon shaped paper for origami flowers, objects or decorations. This guide will show you how to fold and cut a pentagon from a square piece of paper.

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What You'll Need

  • pentagon shape
  • paper shapes
  • shapes
  • aper crafts
  • origami

Steps

  1. 1

    Step 1

    Step 1
    Materials: 1 square sheet of paper Scissors
  2. 2

    Step 2

    Step 2
    Place the paper on the table with the points at the top, bottom and sides. Fold it in half vertically. unfold
  3. 3

    Step 3

    Step 3
    Fold the paper in half horizontally.
  4. 4

    Step 4

    Step 4
    Bring the top point down to the bottom edge. Do not crease, only pinch it to mark the halfway point.
  5. 5

    Step 5

    Step 5
    Bring the top point down to the pinch mark you just made.
  6. 6

    Step 6

    Step 6
    Starting from the bottom center, fold the right bottom edge up to the right side of the triangle flap you just created.
  7. 7

    Step 7

    Step 7
    Starting from the same bottom crease point bring the left bottom edge up to the left side of the triangle shaped flap.
  8. 8

    Step 8

    Step 8
    Starting from the bottom point of the flap you just made fold the right edge to align with the left edge.
  9. 9

    Step 9

    Step 9
    Make a fold between the 2 flaps and unfold.
  10. 10

    Step 10

    Step 10
    Flip the paper over to the back side. fold the left side to the right along the crease you created in the last step.
  11. 11

    Step 11

    Step 11
    Result Now flip the paper over again.
  12. 12

    Step 12

    Step 12
    Starting from the right top point bring the flap down and align the left edges. Make a crease. unfold
  13. 13

    Step 13

    Step 13
    Cut along the crease you just made.
  14. 14

    Step 14

    Step 14
    Unfold the paper to see your pentagon.

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