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Origami Inflatable Goldfish Folding Instructions

This is a great traditional origami - the origami inflatable goldfish. Once you finish folding the origami, you have a chance to inflate it, just like the origami waterbomb.

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Origami Inflatable Goldfish Step 1: First, you need to make a waterbomb base. Follow the instructions on our origami waterbomb base page and you should have the following to start with.

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Origami Inflatable Goldfish Step 2: Fold the right flap over to meet the center crease.

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Origami Inflatable Goldfish Step 3: Now fold the left side to meet the center crease.

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Origami Inflatable Goldfish Step 4: Fold the right tip over to the center.

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Origami Inflatable Goldfish Step 5: Now fold the left tip over to the center.

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Origami Inflatable Goldfish Step 6: OK, we will now fold the top tips down on the dash line as shown below.

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Origami Inflatable Goldfish Step 7: FLIP paper over.

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Origami Inflatable Goldfish Step 8: We will now fold the right and left edges over to meet the crease in the center shown by the dash line below.

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Origami Inflatable Goldfish Step 9: Fold the left flap only over to form a triangle as shown in the photo below.

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Origami Inflatable Goldfish Step 10: Now, we'll bring the left flap over to the right. Follow the photos below.

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Origami Inflatable Goldfish Step 11: Time to inflate the goldfish!! Take a deep breath and blow as hard as you can into the goldfish. The 1st photo below show the general area and the 2nd photo is a close-up whereby the arrow marks the spot to blow into.

 

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Origami Inflatable Goldfish Step 12: and there you have it! Your origami inflatable goldfish!

I must admit that my goldfish did not inflate as much as I thought it would. Did yours? Send us your photo and show us!

 

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Thanks to Gir for this origami inflatable goldfish. "This is my origami inflatable goldfish. it inflated better cuz i tucked in the flaps instead of just folding them down."

 

 

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