Step 1.
Take a square sheet, lay it flat on the table, in a diamond position.
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- The corners of the square are: top, right, bottom, and left.
Step 2.
Make a valley fold, vertical, by bringing the right corner to the left corner.
Crease well, then unfold.
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- The vertical diagonal is a valley. (It forms a trough)
Step 3.
Turn the model over from right to left.
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- The square is still in a diamond position.
- The vertical diagonal is a mountain. (It forms a ridge)
Step 4.
Make a valley fold, by bringing the upper left edge, along the mountain fold, corresponding to the vertical axis of symmetry, from left to right.
Step 5.
Make a valley fold by bringing the top right edge from right to left, along the mountain fold, corresponding to the vertical axis of symmetry.
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- You get a vertical diamond, whose top and bottom points are connected by a vertical mountain fold.
- The base of the kite is ready.
- There is a diamond shape in a vertical position, with a sharp point at the top, and 2 triangular flaps on top.
- You can feel a vertical mountain fold in the middle of the shape, which goes from the top sharp point to the bottom point of the diamond. This is the vertical axis of symmetry.
- The 2 upper flaps meet at the level of the vertical axis.
- There is a left upper flap, and a right upper flap.