Home / Origami Ideas / Origami Paper Boat

How to Make an Origami Paper Boat

Medium10 steps Toys and things

The traditional paper boat that floats. It starts as a paper hat, then opens into a diamond twice before the sides are pulled apart into the boat.

You need: One sheet of printer paper (US Letter or A4).

Step by step

1
Use a sheet of printer paper. Fold it in half from top to bottom.
2
Fold in half from side to side, then unfold.
3
Fold the top corners down to the centre crease.
4
Fold the bottom strip of the top layer up over the triangle.
5
Turn the paper over.
6
Fold the other strip up the same way. This is a paper hat.
7
Open the hat from the bottom, bring the two ends together and flatten it into a diamond.
8
Fold the bottom point of the top layer up to the top. Turn over and do the same on the back.
9
Open it from the bottom again and flatten it into a diamond.
10
Gently pull the two top points apart. The middle rises into a sail and the boat opens out.
✓
Your paper boat is done. Shape the bottom so it stands, then float it.