Origami Puzzle Purse
The crease lines that divide the large square into a grid of nine smaller squares and allow it to be collapsed into a puzzle purse are clearly visible.
Origami puzzle purse. The creased paper is then collapsed upon itself to form a twist top. Aug 9 2020 explore ann weissler s board victorian puzzle purses followed by 172 people on pinterest. The paper is folded into thirds in both directions to form a grid of 9 smaller squares.
Fold the paper in half on the diagonal to form a triangle. You will have the outline of 9 smaller squares. Games puzzles learning school kids crafts.
Write a message in the center square. 5 out of 5 stars 12 12 reviews. Watch this instructional origami video and learn how to make your own purse.
In this workshop we ll make a draft puzzle purse at 4 x 4 inches to brainstorm imagery text then move on to a full size 12 x 12 inches version. Or the the paper can be folded into a grid of 16ths. Puzzle purses are square pieces of paper folded into envelope like packets.
The practice of decorating puzzle purses as love letters was probably brought to philadelphia by immigrants from germany and so although it is now in philadelphia this puzzle purse may be of european origin. Not sure what to origami today. Puzzle purse instructions start with a square piece of paper.
Puzzle purses are origami like folded paper that have been used around the world and here we are concerned with puzzle purses used as valentines and also baptismal certificates which were folded in the same way. Valley fold it into thirds. It is a lot cheaper to origami a purse than to buy a real one.
The georgian puzzle purse is a simple origami form with drawings on various parts so that as you unfold the paper different images are revealed. Unfold and repeat on. See more ideas about valentine valentines puzzles paper art.
Repeat in the opposite orientation.
