Shirt

Join Origami host Barbara Pearl as she shows you how turn a piece of paper into an Origami T-Shirt!

An 8 1/2 x 11 inch piece of origami paper

REMEMBER THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS WORK UNDER ADULT SUPERVISION. SOMETIMES WE USE THINGS THAT CAN BE HARMFUL, SO DON'T EVER ATTEMPT TO MAKE THESE PROJECTS ALONE.

1. Start with the paper facing white-side-up. Fold the paper in half lengthwise and crease at least three times.
2. Open the paper back up and fold the long side in towards the center crease. This is called a “cupboard door fold.” Crease sharply.
3. Fold the paper from top to bottom and crease.
4. Undo the last fold. Make sure if you have any name or pattern that you want to display on the shirt that it is on the back of the top part. Take the top half of your left cupboard door and fold it out past the edge of the paper. Crease. Repeat with the right door. These will be the sleeves of your shirt.
5. Turn the paper over to make sure your sleeves are even. Adjust the folds in the paper accordingly if they’re not.
6. To create the collar of the shirt, take half an inch of the bottom of the paper and fold it up towards the sleeves.
7. Turn the paper over so that the collar is at the top folded behind the paper. Take the outside left corner of the collar fold and fold it in to the center fold of the paper. Try to get the paper as far as you can to the top part of the folded edge and crease. Repeat with the right corner.
8. Time to connect the sleeves to the collar. Fold the sleeves up and tuck them underneath the collar. Squash everything down and crease and you’re done!