A house with eaves sticking out on both sides of the roof. Fold it the way a 1914 Chinese book shows, then open the side walls so it stands up.
Why this level: You push folded corners inside (inside reverse folds), and when you fold the ends back, only the eave triangles must stay in front.
You need: 1 sheet of origami paper, A pen for windows and a door (optional)
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This house with its wide eaves is a traditional fold, and nobody knows who first made it. The oldest record we know of is a paper-folding book for first-graders published in Shanghai, China, in 1914, where it is design number 39, “House”. In Japan it appears in an origami book by Isao Honda in 1931, and later in books from France and the United States.
Did you know? In the 1914 book, the very next design, a monk’s hat, is made by folding this house a little further.
White side up. Fold in half, left edge to right edge, and unfold.
Fold the left and right edges to the centre line. The square is now in quarters, folded into a tall strip.
Inside reverse fold the top and bottom corners of the folded right edge, pushing each one in between the two layers. The slanted fold runs from the middle of the end to a point a quarter of the way along the right edge. The right corners now look cut off.
Fold the top quarter behind, but leave the small triangle at the top right (the front layer only) in front. Fold the bottom quarter behind the same way. The two triangles left in front become the eaves.
Turn the model so the side with the triangles is at the top. The top half is the roof with its eaves, the bottom half is the wall.
Open the two folded-back ends until they stand at right angles behind the front, as side walls. Stand the house up and it is done!