Fold Your Own Origami Envelope

It’s a bit late to post these in time for christmas, but how about sending your thank you notes in these hand-made origami envelopes?

Make your own origami envelopeFold your own origami envelope - laid out flat

This is a simple design that’s folded from a single sheet of paper, and whatever is written inside is completely hidden when folded – a nice surprise for whoever recieves it.

This may not comply with US postal regulations, so check carefully if you’re sending letters around America – you can always put it inside another envelope, or just stick to hand-delivery for people who live close.

I found this on Instructables, “a venue for showing what you make and how others can make it”. There’s loads of projects on there, but not much in the way of paper crafts at the moment.

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7 Comments

  1. Hey, I saw this same envelope fold posted on instructables too! it even prompted me to sign up for an account there, although I haven’t posted anything yet.

    It also nudged me to look up some more envelope folds, which lead me to this page:

    http://www.ghh.com/elf/index.html, which is a large repository of envelope and letter folding diagrams.

    fascinating! some of them are quite intricate. it also goes into quite a bit of history as well.

    take a look if you get a chance!

    -Eric

  2. Rob

    Eric,

    thanks for the tip, there’s some great stuff there – although the diagrams are a bit small!

    I have a couple of origami books that include envelope folds, Advanced Origami by Didier Boursin, and The New Origami by Steve and Megumi Biddle – both are a good starting point for beginners (Although I don’t think you fit into that category!)

  3. Neji

    HI, THIS IS PRETTY COOL, AND ROB, CAN U PLEASE FIND OUT AND POST HOW TO MAKE AN ORIGAMI KUNAI, EVERYONE IN THE “HOW TO MAKE A NINJA STAR” PAGE WANTS 2 KNOW, SO PLEASE MAN, THAT’S IF U CAN I MEAN, I DON’T WANT TO BE TOO PUSHY.

  4. ROB, I GOT AN OFFER U CAN’T REFUSE, I KNOW HOW TO MAKE ORIGAMI FINGER CLAWS, ASOME HUH?, WELL I WANT TO GIVE THE INSTRUCTIONS TO U SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE BETTER ONES OUT OF IT, THERE’S A CATCH THOUGH, U NEED TO SAY THAT “I” TOUHT U HOW TO MAKE THEM, SO I WANT IT TO SAY: “SPECAIL THANKS TO CARLOS ALVARADO “BOOFA BRO 2″ FOR PASSING DOWN THESE INSTRUCTIONS”. IF ITS A DEAL, EMAIL ME AT

    [email protected]

    IF U HAVE SOMETHING ELSE IN MIND U CAN JUST TELL ME BY EMAILING TOO.

  5. BY THE WAY, IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS THESE ENTRUCTIONS TOO, JUST EMAIL ME AT

    [email protected]

    THE OTHER EMAIL IS FOR ROB ONLY

  6. Sasuke

    I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN TO MAKE THOSE FINGER CLAWS.
    IF YOU CAN EMAIL ME DO IT AT: [email protected]
    AND… IF ITS EASY TO MAKE AN ORIGAMI KUNAI SEND THAT ONE PLZ. YOU KONW, “I WANT TO BECOME STRONGER TO KILL ITACHI” 🙂

  7. Barcode

    Me barode where do i get the paper for making this envolope.

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