How to Fold an Instructional Booklet Into a Flower

Do you have old game instructions lying around that you don't really need anymore? This article will show you how to turn them into a fun decoration!

1. Acquire a square instructional booklet, such as an unwanted booklet from a video game. It needs to be square-shaped.
   
   
   • If it's rectangular, you can still use it, but you have to cut it into a square shape. Just cut the bottom off, until it looks like a square – don't worry about it being exact.
2. Skip over the first page. This is your "first base".
   
   
3. Fold the second page's right-hand corner at the top down to the bottom. Do this diagonally to meet the left hand corner.
   
   
4. Turn the page, and do the opposite. Fold the left hand corner of the bottom up to the top right, diagonally.
   
   
5. Examine your folds so far. There should be a "V" shape between the two folds. Hold it so that the "first base" is on the left side, and make sure that the first page has a point at the bottom and the second page has a point to the top. For the first page, we'll call it point A. For the second, it is point B.
   
   
6. Keep it in the position from the last step and fold the point B down over the first page until it collides with it and makes a triangle. Fold point A down over point B and it closes the triangle.
   
   
   • Steps 3-6 with the rest of the pages, and there should be one left – this is your second base.
   • You should have a shape as shown in this image.
7. Fold the first base's corner (there is only one side free) down diagonally to the bottom. Repeat on the other side.
   
   
8. Pull the two flaps back underneath your already folded triangles on top, and repeat the steps on those two flaps that you used to make the rest of the triangles. Unfold them (the two flaps) completely.
   
   
   • You'll notice that there are folds that look like "X"'s on both sides. This is what is called a rabbit ear fold: push in on the sides so it folds back on itself and makes a triangle, to match the rest of them.
9. Repeat on the other side. Your new decoration is complete!
   
   

• Glue the flaps together, except for the flaps that are your two bases (the two on the very ends). They will stay together much better, but this is completely optional.

• Unwanted square booklet, such as an old video game booklet
• Clear space to sit and fold