Here I’ll show you how to make what's called the frog base. To start we’ll need to make what's called the square base. Fold the paper in half to make a rectangle, crease and then unfold. Fold the paper in half from the other direction to make another rectangle, crease and then unfold. Now fold it in half to make a triangle, crease and then unfold. Now we’ll fold in half to make a triangle again but this time reverse the paper, crease and then unfold. As you unfold you might need to pop the paper out of it. Pinch in these two sides here and squash down the other sides and now you’ve got a square with four flaps, two flaps on top and two flaps on the bottom. This is the square base.
From the square base, take one flap on top and pivot from the close end to fold in towards the middle, crease and unfold then reverse the fold. Stand the flap up and open it from the bottom. Slide your finger in to pop out the sides and then squash it flat. Now fold that out of the way and repeat the process on the three other flaps.
When you're done you should have this kite like shape with alternating white bottoms and solid bottoms. From the sides with the white bottom, pivot the white end and fold in towards the middle. Do this on both sides. Now unfold, lift up the middle. Invert the sides by pushing them in. Now we have this flat edge to flap. Use your thumbs to walk the sides up so that it forms a point. Crease by pinching. Then lay the pointed flap down. You’ll need to repeat this process on the three other sides.
And finally, there is your frog base. Don’t be fooled by its name. From here you can obviously make a frog but you can also make different types of flowers, a snail and even an X-wing fighter.
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