How to make a paper acorn cutout
Paper Acorn Cutout: try all 3 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
An Origami Tutor fall acorn: fold a square in half, cut one outline through both layers, then open an acorn with a stem, a domed cap and a round nut.
- You need
- Thin paper, a pencil, a ruler and scissors.
- Start
- Begin with a 12 cm square of brown paper, colored side up. Keep an edge at the top.
Your model is ready
Smooth the centre fold flat. Draw criss-cross lines on the cap, or glue on a darker paper cap. Make a few and scatter them on a fall table. The finished acorn, with its cap and stem on top.
Step-by-step diagrams
- 1
Fold the square in half
Bring the left edge to the right edge. Match the corners and press the vertical fold. Keep the folded edge on the left.
- 2
Cut the acorn outline
Begin on the folded edge at the top of the stem. Cut down the stem, round the domed cap and out to its rim. Step in under the rim, then round the nut down to its point on the folded edge. Keep the acorn beside the fold.
- 3
Open the acorn
Open the centre fold carefully. The two halves meet down the middle of the acorn.
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Finish
Smooth the centre fold flat. Draw criss-cross lines on the cap, or glue on a darker paper cap. Make a few and scatter them on a fall table. The finished acorn, with its cap and stem on top.
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