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Cut-and-fold Origami Pineapple

Make a flat pineapple with a broad fruit body and a crown of four folded points. One short slit separates the crown before its side flaps fold inward and rise. Optional rind lines decorate the finished paper; they do not create its shape.

Preparation + 17 numbered steps

Materials

6-inch square · 6 × 6 inches

One 6 × 6-inch square (15.24 × 15.24 cm), scissors, ruler and pencil. If the sides differ, put the intended fruit color down and crown color up. Optional pen for rind lines. One slit is required; no paper is removed and no glue is used.

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Cut-and-fold Origami Pineapple: A folded fruit body and four real paper crown points
A folded fruit body and four real paper crown points

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Preparation

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Blue and gold track original left and right paper halves, not literal fruit colors. Darker shades show reverse faces. Orange marks folds; the labeled cut line ends at a stop dot. Rind lines in the final example are optional ink.

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Compare your paper with each diagram after completing the action. Blue and gold track original left and right paper halves, not literal fruit colors. Darker shades show reverse faces. Orange marks folds; the labeled cut line ends at a stop dot. Rind lines in the final example are optional ink.

  1. 0. Prepare the diamond
  2. 1. Crease the center
  3. 2. Open the diamond
  4. 3. Fold the lower right edge inward
  5. 4. Complete the lower kite
  6. 5. Turn the kite over
  7. 6. Fold the upper right edge inward
  8. 7. Fold the upper left edge inward
  9. 8. Flatten the fruit base
  10. 9. Cut the crown slit
  11. 10. Spread the left crown half
  12. 11. Spread the right crown half
  13. 12. Fold the left crown end inward
  14. 13. Fold the right crown end inward
  15. 14. Raise the front leaf point
  16. 15. Raise the other leaf point
  17. 16. Turn to the fruit face
  18. 17. Add optional rind lines
  1. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldPrepare the diamond

    PREPARATION · Origami Club Pineapple

    Prepare the diamond

    Place the square with a point upward and the intended fruit color facing down. Set scissors aside until the marked cutting step.

    Layers: One uncut square.

    Check: The top and bottom corners align vertically.

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  2. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldCrease the center

    STEP 1 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Crease the center

    Bring the right point to the left point and press the vertical crease.

    Layers: Move the whole right half.

    Check: The crease joins the top and bottom points.

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  3. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldOpen the diamond

    STEP 2 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Open the diamond

    Return the right half fully to the table.

    Layers: Open the same half.

    Check: The center guide remains on a flat square.

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  4. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldFold the lower right edge inward

    STEP 3 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Fold the lower right edge inward

    Bring the lower right sloping edge onto the vertical center line. Start the fold at the bottom point.

    Layers: Move the complete right corner flap.

    Check: The old lower edge rests on the center.

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  5. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldComplete the lower kite

    STEP 4 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Complete the lower kite

    Bring the lower left edge to the same center line.

    Layers: Move the matching left corner flap.

    Check: The lower point is long and narrow.

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  6. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldTurn the kite over

    STEP 5 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Turn the kite over

    Turn the whole packet over from side to side, keeping the long point down.

    Layers: Turn every layer together.

    Check: The plain back faces you.

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  7. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldFold the upper right edge inward

    STEP 6 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Fold the upper right edge inward

    Bring the upper right sloping edge onto the center line. Press through the layers.

    Layers: Move all layers of the upper-right packet.

    Check: The upper point becomes narrow.

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  8. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldFold the upper left edge inward

    STEP 7 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Fold the upper left edge inward

    Match the upper left edge to the center beside the first fold.

    Layers: Move the full upper-left packet.

    Check: A narrow pointed diamond remains.

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  9. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldFlatten the fruit base

    STEP 8 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Flatten the fruit base

    Mark a horizontal line 1.91 inches (about 4.85 cm) above the bottom tip. Fold the entire lower tip upward on that line.

    Layers: Carry every layer below the mark.

    Check: A short flat base replaces the lower point.

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  10. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldCut the crown slitCut all layers · stop at the dot

    STEP 9 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Cut the crown slit

    On the vertical center, measure 2.55 inches (about 6.47 cm) down from the top tip and mark the stop. Cut straight from the tip to that stop through all layers. Stop there: do not cut into the lower fruit body.

    Layers: This is one manual slit. No paper is removed; the lower body remains joined.

    Check: Two crown halves can move separately above the marked stop.

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  11. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldSpread the left crown half

    STEP 10 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Spread the left crown half

    From the slit stop, make a crease sloping upward to the left at 45 degrees until it meets the left edge. Fold the upper-left crown packet outward and down.

    Layers: Move all layers on the left side of the slit above this diagonal; keep the right half still.

    Check: The left cut tip projects horizontally outward.

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  12. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldSpread the right crown half

    STEP 11 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Spread the right crown half

    Mirror the 45-degree line from the slit stop up toward the right edge. Fold the right crown packet outward and down.

    Layers: Move the complete right cut half; leave the left crown still.

    Check: Two short wings spread from the top of the fruit.

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  13. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldFold the left crown end inward

    STEP 12 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Fold the left crown end inward

    Mark a vertical line 0.85 inches (about 2.16 cm) left of the original center line. Fold the leftmost crown tip rightward across that line.

    Layers: Move only the left spread crown packet.

    Check: Its free point reaches the opposite side of the crown.

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  14. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldFold the right crown end inward

    STEP 13 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Fold the right crown end inward

    Repeat on a vertical line 0.85 inches right of center. Fold the rightmost tip leftward over the first flap.

    Layers: Move only the right spread crown packet.

    Check: Two crossed triangular flaps lie above the fruit.

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  15. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldRaise the front leaf point

    STEP 14 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Raise the front leaf point

    Find the lower right corner of the crossed crown. From that corner, mark a crease rising 3 units for every 4 units to the left until it meets the upper sloping edge. Fold the free left-pointing tip up on this line.

    Layers: Move only the front flap made in the previous step, including its hidden layers.

    Check: A tall crown point rises just right of center; a shorter outside point remains.

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  16. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldRaise the other leaf point

    STEP 15 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Raise the other leaf point

    Mirror the crease from the lower left crown corner, rising 3 units for every 4 units to the right. Fold the remaining right-pointing tip upward.

    Layers: Move only the other inward-folded crown flap. Keep the first tall leaf still.

    Check: The crown has two taller inner points and two shorter outer points.

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  17. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldTurn to the fruit face

    STEP 16 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Turn to the fruit face

    Turn the entire pineapple over from side to side. Keep the crown at the top and the flat base at the bottom.

    Layers: Turn all paper together without opening the crown folds.

    Check: The broad fruit body sits below four folded crown points.

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  18. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldAdd optional rind lines

    STEP 17 · Origami Club Pineapple

    Add optional rind lines

    Leave the pineapple plain, or draw crossing diagonal lines on the broad fruit body as shown. Keep the folded crown clear.

    Layers: No new cut or fold. The thin rind pattern is optional ink, not extra paper.

    Check: The flat base, broad body and four real crown points complete the pineapple.

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Sources & notes

Origami Club; diagram copyright credit: Fumiaki Shingu, A Pineapple (undated web diagram).

Complete pineapple diagram ↗

The diagram credits Fumiaki Shingu. This copyright credit does not establish the model designer or a design-reuse license. The design is not labeled traditional or public domain here. Source images, wording and code are not reproduced; the English instructions, geometry, SVG diagrams and PDF are original.

Adaptation: Retains the complete lower kite, whole turn, upper edge folds, shortened base, actual crown slit, outward crown halves, inward end folds, raised leaf points and final turnover. Paired actions are separated. For a six-inch square, the base crease is 55% of the original center-to-tip distance below center; the slit stops 40% of that distance above center. Crown ends fold inward on vertical lines 20% of that distance from center, then their free tips rise on 3:4-sloping hinges. These explicit landmarks adapt the source’s unmeasured dotted lines. The frontmost right flap is lifted before the left to avoid lifting buried paper. The cut is a discrete manual step with stationary paper and a marked stop, not a folding animation or disappearing material. Optional original rind lines are separate ink; the body and four crown points exist without them.

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Accuracy notes

Real-paper follow-along and paper weight have not been tested. Diagrams illustrate the sequence, not paper thickness, contact, collisions or exact layer visibility.