STEVE AND MEGUMI BIDDLE Illustrations by Megumi Biddle

RED FOX A Rrd I'ox Book Publo hl by IUndom Hou Chlld",n' Books 20 V.uxh.1I Brodge Ro.d. London S\X'I\ 2 A

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Diving into Underwater Origami Discover the mysterious world of Neptune's marine kingdom and take a spectacular journey to the chilly ocean depths with paper-craft experts, Steve and Megumi Biddle. Underwater Origami shows how, with a little paper-folding know-how, you can make a spectacular collection of sharks, dolphins, whales and turtles from just a few simple squares of paper! Origami Tools and Tips

)~~ Make sure your paper is square. )~~ Fold on a flat surface.

)~~ Make your folds neat and accurate by creasing them into place with your thumbnail.

)~~ Try making the models in the order in which they appear -often the folds and folding procedures are based on previous ones, so you'll find it easier.

)~~ You will need: a tube of stick glue, a pencil, a ruler, felt-tip pens and scissors. (Always take great care when handling scissors and keep all tools in a safe place, out of the reach of small children.)

..., This means turn over the page to continue the model.

This means that the model is complete.

Traditional origami paper is coloured on one side and white on the other. In the illustrations the shading represents the coloured side.

l l~e U"derwater Origami as the first step towards creating your l.' 'n "d creatures, then why not try experimenting with different rypL of paper (wrapping paper, for example) or decorate your models with felt-tip pens. And remember, if you are finding a particular fold tricky, don't give up! Just put the model to one side and come back to it another day.

Have fun!

seful Addresses , Steve and Megumi Biddle, Random House Children's Book , 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London WIV 2SA (Please send an SAE.) The British Origami Society, 35 Corfe Crescent, Hazelgrove, Stockport, Cheshire SK7 5PR Origami USA, 15 West 77th Street, ew York, NYI0024-5192

Acknowledgements We would like to thank Kayleigh Sparks for her help and support with

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Contents Sea anemone 3 Seaweed 4 Coral 5 Conch shell 6 Sea bream 7 Starfish 8 Shell with pearl 10 Tropical fish II Crab 13 Mackerel 14 O ctopus 16 Humpback whale 17 Shrimp 19 Dolphin 20 Sea horse 22 Shark 24 Turtle 26 Diver 28

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This jtlly-likr sra emltllrr looks bralltiful. bllt watch Ollt for its brightly eololtrrd tmtaeks - thry can givr YOII a nasty sting!

You will need: 1 quare of paper ci or lue

1 Fold and unfold the quare in half from bonom to top. with th white ide on top.

2 U( along the middle fold-line,

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3 Place one re tangle ideway, with the white ide on top. Fold it in half from bonom to top.

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4 ut lits in the pap r, from the bonom (folded) edg , all the way along.

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5 Turn the paper around. Roll the paper o making two rectangle. 100 ely into a tube.

6 Hold the rube in place with the help of a linle glue.

7 To compl te the ea anemone, open out the lit lightly. Why not u the remaining rectangle to make another ea an mon ?

Try folding pap" of difJ"tnt si:us and colours to crtatt a varitty ofstawuds-a stunning addition to yoltr Imdtrwattr world.

You will need: 1 quare of paper ci or

1 Begin by repeating steps 1 and 2 of the EA ANEMONE on page 3. Place one ~ idcways, with the while side on top. Fold and unfold it in half from boaom to top.

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Fold the ide in to meet the middle fold-line.

Fold the top comers down to meet the middle edges.

6 From the top point. fold the loping edg in to meet th middl edge.

7 Fold in half from right to left. so making a strip.

8 Fold the: trip down, a hown ...

9 and up as hown.

ton(-lik( co 'ill cr(atu"s grow tog(th(r to fonn a r(if that bursts with colour. US( sh((ts of diffirmt colollr(d pap(r to mak( a sp(ctaclliar scm(.

You wiu need: A fe:w quare: of paper ci or lue:

1 Begin by repealing lcps 1 and 2 of the EA ANEMO E on page 3, with one U81C. Place one rectangle sideways. th the while on top. Fold and unfold it in half from bottom to top.

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Fold the: top and bonom e:dg in to me:e:t the: middl fold-lin.

Fold in half from bottom to top.

4 Fold in half from left to right.

5 Fold the top layer of paper down as shown, so . ..

6 completing one piece of coral.

7 Repeat tep 1 to 6 with the remaining rectangle and quares. Glue the piece together as hown, to make a display of coral.

Th~ snai'-lik~ conch is found on th~ sandy s~ab~ds of tropical waters. Its Iarg~ twisted sh~1i is often brightly coloured.

You will need: 1 quare of paper

1 Turn the quare around to look like a diamond, with the white side on top. Fold and unfold it in half from bottom to top.

2 From the right-hand point, fold the top loping side in to meet the middle fold-line.

3 From the left-hand point, fold the top sloping side in to meet the middle fold-line.

4 From the right-hand point, fold the bottom loping side up to lie along the top sloping side.

5 Fold the top point behind.

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6 Create the shell 's twists by pleating the paper backward and forwards, as shown.

7 lightly open the paper out, and hape the shell into place. 8 Here is the completed conch hell.

Sea ~ream

Origami folds look most attractiv( whm display(d tognh(r. 0 why not mak( a larg( shoal of glituring s(a bream?

You will need: I square of paper Sci sors

1 Turn the quare around to look like a diamond, with the white side on top. Fold and unfold the opposite corner together.

2 Fold the top and bottom corner in to the middle.

3 From the right-hand corner, cut along the fold-line a far as the middle, 0 making the ea bream's tail fin .

4 Fold the top fin over to meet the middle fold-line.

5 Tuck the top fin behind the bottom one.

6 Repeat step 4 with the bottom fin.

7 Turn the paper over. so completing the sea bream.

Starft~h The spiny starfish has five fat arms radiating from its body. The very effictive fold used to create the star shape is based on a paper-cutting technique calkd kirigami.

You will need:

1 quare of paper cissors

1 Turn the square around to look like a diamond. with the white side on top. Fold it in half from bottom to top. so making a diaper fold.

2 Fold and unfold in half from side to side.

3 Fold and unfold in half from top to bottom.

4 Fold and unfold the top point as hown.

5 From the middle of the bottom edge. fold the bottom right-hand point over towards the left. as shown.

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6 Fold the point back. 50 that itlies ...

7 along the right-hand loping id .

8 Turn the paper over. Repeat tep 5 to 7.

9 ut along thc indicatcd line. Oi card thc upper cction of paper. p n out the ow r ction into a ...

1 0 tar. Carefully pr each id of th tar as hown, 0 making it take on a three-dimen ional form.

11 Here i the completed tarfish.

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Try looking insitk an oysur and Yolt might find it co1ltllins a Iialltabk sliwry-whiu p~arl!

You will need: 1 quare of paper ci or mall piece of foil

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1 Begin by repeating tep 1 of the EAWEED on page 4. Fold and unfold the top and bottom edg as hown.

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4 Turn the paper around. Fold in half from right to I f(.

6 Fold the back layer of paper behind, a hown.

7 Fold th front layer of paper over toward the I ft, as hown. R peat with the back layer.

Fold the corners in to meet the fold-line next to them. 5 Fold the top layer of paper over, a --:-'--~~~~~~~~~~

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3 Fold in half from right to left. 10

8 Open out the paper.

9 Fold the top corner in to meet the middle fold-line. and ...

1 0 back out along the line of the exi ting fold-line underneath.

11 Fold the top point down as far as hown.

12 lightly open the paper out along it bottom edge. and hape the shell into place.

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7! 13 Turn the paper over. 0 completing the hell.

14 Crush the piece off oil into a ball. to make a pearl. Plac it in ide the hell.

A shoal of tropical fish is a must for Yoltr ulltUrwatn- world - crtau diffirmt sptcirs by makillg slight variatiollS ill tht folds.

You wiu need: 1 quar of paper Felt-tip pen

1 Fold the quare in half from top to bottom. with the white ide on tOp .

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2 Fold in half from right to left.

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Lift the top flap up along the middl fold-line. tart ...

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4 to open out the paper and ...

5 press it down neatly ...

6 into a triangle.

7 Turn the paper over. Repeat tep 2 to 6, so making a waterbomb base.

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8 From the top point, fold the right-hand flap of paper over to a point one-third of the way across the waterbomb base. Repeat with the left-hand flap of paper, so . . .

9 that it lies on top.

1 0 Turn the paper over. To complete the tropical fish, draw on an eye with the felt-tip pen.

Crah Whm th( tid( gO(S out on rocky show it kav(s b(hind small pools ofua IIJaur. Look c/OS(/y in on( of th(u rock pools and you might find this fiarsom(-Iooking crab.

You will need: 2 quare of paper lue

1 Body: Begin by repeating tep 1 and 2 of the C N H H LL on page 6. with one quare. From the right-hand point. fold the bottom loping ide in to meet the middle fold-line. 0 ...

2 making a kite ba e. From the left-hand point. fold the loping ide in to meet the middle fold-line. 0 ...

3 making a diamond bas .

4 Turn the diamond bas over. Fold the left-hand point over to a point one-third of the way acro as hown. Repeat with the right-hand point. 0

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Fold the top behind to the bottom.

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7 flat into th po ition. as hown. Repeat with the remaining point. 0 ...

8 completing the crab' body. ~

9 Legs: Repeat tep 1 to 3 with the remaining quare to make a diamond base. Fold it in half from top to bottom.

10 Fold and unfold the right-hand point, as shown.

11 Along the existing fold-lines , inside reverse fold the point. This is what you do:

12 Place your thumb into the point's groove and, with your forefinger on top, pull .. .

13 the point down inside itself. Pre the paper flat.

14 Repeat teps 10 to 13 with the left-hand point, so completing the crab's legs.

15 Assembly: Tuck the legs inside the body. Glue them together.

16 Here is the completed crab. ..

Maekete BOllY fish lik( maek(r(l prop(l thmlS(/v(s through th( waUr with their pow(rfid tail. US( striped paper to mak( a shoal - th( pattern er(am a vny fishy effiet.

You will need : 1 quare of paper

1 Begin by repeating step 1 of the CRAB on page 13. Fold the right-hand point behind to the left-hand point.

2 From the left-hand point, fold and unfold the sloping ides as shown.

3 Along the existing fold-line , pull the top flap of paper . . .

4 over to the right, 0 ...

5 making its sloping side come to lie along the middle fold-line. Repeat steps 3 to 5 with the borrom flap of paper, 0 . ..

6 making a fi h base. Fold it in half from borrom to top.

7 Treating the left-hand points as if they were one, inside rever e fold them upwards.

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Inside reverse fold the inner left-hand point downwards, so . . .

making the fish's tail.

1 0 Fold the right-hand point over as shown, so making a front fin. Repeat behind.

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Fold the right-hand layer of paper over on a slant. Repeat

Here i the completed mackerel.

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jght-arm~d octopuus !ilu to stay cmu to th~ rocky s~ab~d. Th~ largtst kind is th~ pacific giam. which has an av"ag~ w~ight of 23 kg and an amI span of 2.5 m.

You will need: 3 quare of paper

1 Head: From one quare, cut out a quare for the head to the lze hown.

2 Repeat tep 1 of the CRAB on page 13. Fold and unfold the right-hand point, as hown.

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Fold the tip of the right-hand point over.

4 Turn the paper around. Fold the top point down to meet the horizontal edge .

5 Fold the tip of the right-hand point over as hown. Repeat on the left-hand ide.

6 Turn the paper over. Fold the bottom edge up along the fold-line made in tep 2. Then ...

7 fold it back down, 0 making a pleat in the paper.

8 Push the ide of the pleat in toward the middle fold-line, so .. .

9 making the octopu 's eye . Fold and unfold the pleat's bottom edge, as hown.

1 0 Along the fold-line made in ~tep 9, pu h the octopu 's mouth into place. Thi complete the head.

11 Tentacles: Repeat steps 1 to 7 of the TROPICAL FI H on page 11, with one square. Fold the waterbomb ba e in half from Jo right to left.

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12 Cut along the indicated line. Discard the lower ection of paper.

13 pread out the layers of the upper section, as shown. This completes one set of tentacles.

14 Repeat step 11 to 13 with the remaining square. Overlap the two ets of tentacle and glue them together.

15 Assembly: Glue the head onto the tentacle . Fold the tentacles into hape as shown, so completing the octopus.

PlAyful giams, humpback whaks hurl themstlves out of the water in a spectacular display ofsommaults and turns.

You will need: 1 square of paper Scissors

1 Begin by repeating steps 1 and 2 of the CONCH SH ELL on page 6. Fold the tOP section of paper down, along the middle fold-line.

2 From the right-hand point, fold the bottom loping side behind towards the top edge.

3 Fold the tOP left-hand point down, as shown. 17

Fold the tip of the point over, so making a triangle.

5 Open out the triangle and ...

p ir down ncady into a diamond.

8 Fold the top and bottom left-hand points behind as shown, so shaping the whale's body.

9 Fold the right-hand point behind . ..

1 0 and back up u shown.

11 From the point's tip, cut along the middle fold-line as far as shown, so making the whale's tail fins.

12 Fold the top fin over towards the right and the bottom fin behind towards the left.

13 Shape the fins by folding their tips over.

TM boMIm boJin of shrimps lilT pmtmwi", II htmJ Oll#r sMH. TIIIO JNtirs of fMns adktJ 1I"1m",,, atnuJ fomt IIIJtJw thnr tIUIUth. You will aeecI: 1 aq~ of paper

2 Cut along the indicated line. so making the shrimp's antennae. Carefully unfold the paper from bottom to top.

3 From the right-hand point. fold the sloping sides in to meet the middle fold-line.

4 Shape the shrimp' body with a . of pIeaa. shown.

6 Carefully open the right-hand point out, so making the hrimp's tail.

7 From the tail, fold the body' pleated ides in towards the middle fold-line.

8 From the antennae, fold the sloping sides in towards the middle fold-line.

9 Fold in half from top to bottom.

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1 Begin by repeating steps I to 5 of the MACKEREL on page 14. Fold the bottom left-hand point to the

2 Fold and unfold the triangular flaps, as shown.

3 Insert a finger between the top triangular flap's layers of paper. Open them out and ...

4 press down neatly into a pleat as shown, 0 making a flipper. Repeat steps 3 and 4 with the bottom triangular flap, so ...

5 that the flipper overlap.

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Turn the paper over. Pleat the right-hand point, as shown.

Fold the tip of the right-hand point over.

8 Fold in half from bottom to top, letting the overlapped fins flick apart.

9 Fold the top and right-hand points inside the model. Repeat behind.

1 0 Inside rever e fold the left-hand point up.

11 From the point's tip, cut along the middle fold-line as far as shown, so making the dolphin's tail fin .

12 Fold one fin down.

13 Here is the completed dolphin. }f

Not a hors( at all. but a V") small foh, th( ua hors( swims slowly and stiffly. It stops to mt on s(aw((d, curling its tail around th( sUms.

You will need: 1 square of paper

1 Begin by repeating steps 1 to 3 of the CRAB on page 13. Unfold the top left-hand layer of paper.

2 Along the existing fold-lines, inside reverse fold the top left-hand layer of paper.

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Repeat steps 1 and 2 with the bottom left-hand layer of paper.

4 From the right-hand point, fold the sloping sides in to meet the middle fold-line.

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5 Turn the paper around. Pull the middle flaps out to either side, so making their inside layers rise up. Flatten ~em down neatly.

6 Pleat the bottom point as shown, so making the sea horse's tail.

7 Fold in halffrom left to right.

8 Pull the tail's top pleat out into the position as shown by the dotted lines.

9 Repeat step 8 with the tail's bottom pleat.

10 Fold the tip of the tail over and over, so ...

11 it curls around.

12 Inside rever e fold the top point to the right and .. .

13 back to the left.

14 Open the poin

15 Fol.d the tip of the pOint over.

t . 16 Pleat the point as shown.

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Fold the point in half from bottom to tOp.

Here is the completed sea horse .

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Among the most deadly predators of the underwater world. sharks have exctllmt htaring and a powerful sense of smell.

You will need: 2 squares of paper Glue

1 Upper body: Begin by repeating steps 1 to 5 of the MACKEREL on page 14, with one square. Fold the bottom left-hand point to the right.

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Fold the top triangular flap over to meet the middle.

Fold the bottom triangular flap down to meet the bottom point.

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Fold the tip of the right-hand point over.

Fold in half from bottom to top, so .. .

6 completing the upper body.

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Lower body: Begin by repeating step 1 ""ith the remaining square.

Fold the triangular flaps over to meet the middle, so ...

9 that they overlap as shown.

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Turn the paper over. Fold the right-hand point in to the

11 Fold the bottom and top right-hand points over a shown. They will overlap a little.

12 Fold in half from bottom to top, letting the overlapped triangular flap flick apart, 0 ...

13 completing the lower body.

14 Assembly: In ert the upper body in ide the lower body as shown. Glue them together.

15 Starting short of the bottom left-hand point, fold (he sloping side over as shown. Repea( behind.

Treating the left-hand points 16 as if they were one, inside reverse fold (hem upwards.

17 Open the left-hand point out lightly.

18 Inside reverse fold the inner left-hand point downwards, 0 ...

19 making the shark's tail.

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Crraturrs of graer and brauty. ua turtlrs wrrr swimming in thr oerallS whm dinosaurs trod thr rarth.

You will need: I quare of pap r

1 Begin by repeating tep I to 7 of the T' PleAL FI H on page 11. Fold the top flap of paper over from right to left .

2 Fold the bottom point of the remaining flap up to meet the top point, so making a back flipper.

3 Fold the flipper out, as shown.

4 Fold the top flap of paper over from left to right.

5 Fold and unfold (he flap, as shown.

6 From the top point, fold and unfold (he sloping side of the flap. as shown.

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Pinch together the sides of the flap and ...

fold (he triangular point that appears ...

9 upwards. Press it flat.

1 0 Fold the point out as shown, so making a front flipper.

11 Fold the side point in towards the middle.

12 Fold the front flipper, as shown. ~

13 Fold the top flap of paper over from left to right.

14 Repeat steps 2 to 12.

15 This should be the result. Pleat the bottom point, so making the turtle's head.

6 Pleat me top point as shown. 10 making me bIcIIlJIDC duee-dimcnsioaa.

17 Fold the top point behind, inside the model, so holding the pleat made in tep 16 in place.

18 Turn the paper over, so completing the turtle.

Gnu you 'Vt math all tht CTtatum for your tmdawaur kingdom, you art rtady to makt a divtr - tht ultimau origami chal/mgt. It is madt up of similar units, so bt cariful not to mix up your papa and tht sups.

You will need: 6 squares of paper cis or Glue

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1 Head: From one square, cut out a quare for the head to the size hown.

2 Fold and unfold the quare in half from bottom to top and from ide to side, with the white side on tOp.

3 Fold the Op edge down 0 meet the middle fold-line. Repeat with the bottom edge, folding it behind.

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Fold the sides behind to meet the middle fold-line.

Fold the tip of each comer behind. so complains the bad.

6 Arms and hands: Begin by repeating steps 1 to 3 of the CRAB on page 13. with another square. Fold the diamond base in half from top to bottom.

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7 Fold a little of the right-band point OU. Open the point aod .

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pre it down flat. Fold the point up as shown. 0 ...

9 making a hand. Repeat steps 7 and 8 with the left-hand point. so completing the arms and hands.

1 0 Bodys Begin by repeating steps 1 to 3 of the CRAB on PIF 13

11 Insert one base inside the other as shown. Glue them together, o completing the body.

12 Figure assembly: Glue the body on top of the hands.

13 Glue the head onto the top point of the body as hown, so completing the figure.

14 Air tank: Begin by repeating step 1 of the CRAB on page 13, with another square. Fold the right-hand point over to meet the vertical edges.

15 Fold the left-hand point over along the line of the vertical edges.

16 Fold in half from top to bottom.

17 Fold the tip of each bottom point behind, inside the model, so completing the air tank.

18 Fold the diver's left arm down. Glue the air tank Onto the diver's back as shown.

19 Mask and air tube: From the remaining square, cut out a rectangle for the mask and air tube to the size shown. Do not discard the lower rectangle as it will be required for the flippers.

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20 Fold and unfold the rectangle in half from side to side, with the coloured side on top.

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22 U ing the fold-line made in step 21 as a guide, pleat the right-hand eetion of paper.

23 Fold the right-hand side behind to meet the folded edge, so making the mask.

24 Turn the paper over. Inside reverse fold the top corners of the pleat, as shown.

25 Fold the left-hand side over towards the right.

26 Fold the right-hand side over and over as shown, so making the air tube.

27 Fo~d the tips of the mask's side POint over.

28 Turn the mask and air tube over. Glue the mask onto the diver's face, as shown. ~

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29 Fold the air tube over towards the right.

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31 Flippen: Fold and unfold the remaining rectangle in half

2 Fold the top corners down to meet the middle fold-line.

3 3 Cut the paper as hown, 0 making two squares. Discard the lower section of paper.

34 Repeat step 1 of the CRAB on page 13, with both squares. Fold the kite bases' top and bottom points, as shown.

3 5 Fold the bases in half from right to left, so completing the flippers.

36 Fold the diver's left leg behind.

3 7 Tuck the legs inside the flippers. Glue them together, o completing the diver.