How to fold a flat-bottomed boat with a canopy.

In the old days, when children didn't have many games to play, paper folding was a popular pastime. Not only that, it was also a way to express creativity, like folding paper in the shapes of East, West, South, and North . With just a sheet of paper, we could fold many different kinds of paper boats and even float them on the water.

 

The most common types of paper boats we fold are flat-bottomed boats without a canopy, small boats, flat-bottomed boats with a canopy, canoes, etc. There are quite a few types of paper boats you can fold using different kinds of paper.

Below, TipsMake.com presents instructions on how to fold a flat-bottomed paper boat with a canopy, a type of boat quite familiar in Vietnam.

How to fold a flat-bottomed boat with a canopy.

Step 1: You will need a square piece of paper. You can use an A4 sheet and cut it into a square. Then fold it along the two diagonals to create creases as shown in the image below.

 

Step 2: Next, fold the four corners of the paper towards the center as shown in the image below.

 

And we will have 4 edges folded in as shown in the image below.

Step 3: Fold the four corner stitches outwards as shown in the image below.

 

Step 4: Next, flip the paper over and fold both sides inwards.

And we'll end up like this down there.

 

Step 5: Next, fold another corner inwards along the center line of the paper, as shown in the image below.

Step 6: Fold it again to form a pointed end as shown in the image below, and do the same with the remaining 3 edges.

And you will get a rhombus like this.

 

Step 7: Fold the two horizontal edges of the rhombus inwards.

Step 8: Next, open the middle section of the diamond shape, insert your hands on both sides, and gently and slowly flip it until it forms a boat shape.

Now, the bottom face of the diamond shape will become the boat's face, and the part we've been folding will become the boat's underside.

So now you know how to fold a flat-bottomed boat with a canopy. If you want to turn it into a flat-bottomed boat without a canopy, simply fold down the two sides of the canopy at the bow.

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