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Origami Strawberry

Fold a pointed strawberry with a three-leaf crown and tapered shoulders. One original corner is shortened before the square base closes, so its hidden fold is prepared in the open. Add optional seed dots to finish.

Preparation + 17 numbered steps

Materials

6-inch square · 6 × 6 inches

One thin 6 × 6-inch square (15.24 cm), ideally red on one side and white or green on the other. Begin with the fruit color down. Ruler and pencil for light shaping marks; optional pen for seeds. No cuts or glue.

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Origami Strawberry: A pointed berry with three folded crown leaves
A pointed berry with three folded crown leaves

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Preparation

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  1. 0. Prepare the diamond
  2. 1. Mark the first midpoint crease
  3. 2. Open the first guide
  4. 3. Mark the crossing midpoint crease
  5. 4. Open the crossing guide
  6. 5. Turn to the fruit color
  7. 6. Mark the corner-to-corner guide
  8. 7. Open the diagonal
  9. 8. Turn back for the base
  10. 9. Prepare the hidden corner fold
  11. 10. Close the square base
  12. 11. Rotate the base half a turn
  13. 12. Fold the left crown leaf
  14. 13. Fold the right crown leaf
  15. 14. Taper the left shoulder behind
  16. 15. Taper the right shoulder behind
  17. 16. Lower the center leaf
  18. 17. Add optional seeds
  1. END STATEBlue / gold: original paper halvesPrepare the diamond

    PREPARATION · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Prepare the diamond

    Place a square with a corner up and the fruit color down.

    Layers: One uncut square.

    Check: The four corners point up, down, left and right.

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  2. END STATEBlue / gold: original paper halvesMark the first midpoint crease

    STEP 1 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Mark the first midpoint crease

    Bring the lower-right edge onto the upper-left edge and crease between the other edge midpoints.

    Layers: Move the whole lower-right half.

    Check: Both edge endpoints match.

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  3. END STATEBlue / gold: original paper halvesOpen the first guide

    STEP 2 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Open the first guide

    Unfold completely.

    Layers: Return the same half.

    Check: The diamond is flat.

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  4. END STATEBlue / gold: original paper halvesMark the crossing midpoint crease

    STEP 3 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Mark the crossing midpoint crease

    Bring the lower-left edge onto the upper-right edge and crease.

    Layers: Move the whole lower-left half.

    Check: The new crease crosses the first at the center.

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  5. END STATEBlue / gold: original paper halvesOpen the crossing guide

    STEP 4 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Open the crossing guide

    Unfold completely again.

    Layers: Return the same half.

    Check: Two sloping guides cross at center.

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  6. TURN THE WHOLE PACKETBlue / gold: original paper halvesTurn to the fruit color

    STEP 5 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Turn to the fruit color

    Turn the whole sheet over, keeping a point at the top.

    Layers: Carry the entire sheet.

    Check: The fruit color faces you.

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  7. END STATEBlue / gold: original paper halvesMark the corner-to-corner guide

    STEP 6 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Mark the corner-to-corner guide

    Bring the bottom point to the top point and crease the horizontal diagonal.

    Layers: Move the whole lower half.

    Check: The side points mark the hinge ends.

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  8. END STATEBlue / gold: original paper halvesOpen the diagonal

    STEP 7 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Open the diagonal

    Return the lower half to the table.

    Layers: Open the same half fully.

    Check: All three guides cross at center.

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  9. TURN THE WHOLE PACKETBlue / gold: original paper halvesTurn back for the base

    STEP 8 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Turn back for the base

    Turn the entire square over again.

    Layers: Carry every part of the sheet.

    Check: The fruit color faces down.

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  10. END STATEBlue / gold: original paper halvesPrepare the hidden corner fold

    STEP 9 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Prepare the hidden corner fold

    Mark a horizontal line 1.17 inches below the upper point. Fold that point down toward the center on this line. Keep this small fold closed while forming the base.

    Layers: Move the small upper tip only. This prepares the later hidden front-tip fold in the open.

    Check: The top corner is shortened without tucking it between other layers.

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  11. END STATEBlue / gold: original paper halvesClose the square base

    STEP 10 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Close the square base

    Hold the lower diamond panel. Bring the side corners inward and the upper panels down along the prepared guides. Let the shortened tip travel with its original panels.

    Layers: The side panels close together; keep the small prepared tip folded.

    Check: A smaller layered diamond has its shortened front corner at the bottom.

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  12. END STATEBlue / gold: original paper halvesRotate the base half a turn

    STEP 11 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Rotate the base half a turn

    Rotate the entire packet 180 degrees in the plane of the table; do not turn it over.

    Layers: Carry all layers together.

    Check: The original corners are at the top; the closed berry point is at the bottom.

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  13. END STATEBlue / gold: original paper halvesFold the left crown leaf

    STEP 12 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Fold the left crown leaf

    The prepared front edge crosses the centerline 1.17 inches below the upper point. On the upper-left slope, mark 1.90 inches from the left side corner toward the top point. Fold the loose left page down along the line joining this mark to the center crossing.

    Layers: Move both joined layers of the left inner page; keep the broad front berry and other pages still.

    Check: A pointed leaf lies on the upper-left berry.

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  14. END STATEBlue / gold: original paper halvesFold the right crown leaf

    STEP 13 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Fold the right crown leaf

    Mirror the mark and fold on the right inner page.

    Layers: Move both joined right-page layers; leave the left leaf and backing still.

    Check: Two pointed leaves lie apart above the berry.

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  15. END STATEBlue / gold: original paper halvesTaper the left shoulder behind

    STEP 14 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Taper the left shoulder behind

    From the left side corner, mark 1.75 inches along the upper diagonal and 0.75 inch along the lower diagonal. Fold the outer-left packet behind on the line joining those marks.

    Layers: Carry every layer outside this line, leaving the leaf tips on the front.

    Check: The upper-left shoulder narrows toward the crown.

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  16. END STATEBlue / gold: original paper halvesTaper the right shoulder behind

    STEP 15 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Taper the right shoulder behind

    Mirror the steep shoulder line on the right and fold the outer packet behind.

    Layers: Carry the complete outer-right packet.

    Check: The berry is broad below its narrow crown and still points down.

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  17. END STATEBlue / gold: original paper halvesLower the center leaf

    STEP 16 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Lower the center leaf

    Fold the remaining top point toward you along a horizontal line 0.85 inch below it. Carry any tiny adjacent tips above the line together.

    Layers: Move the whole top packet above the line; retain both long side leaves.

    Check: A third leaf points down from a straight crown edge.

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  18. END STATEBlue / gold: original paper halvesAdd optional seeds

    STEP 17 · Origami Club strawberry; disclosed pre-folded tip preparation

    Add optional seeds

    Draw a few small seed dots on the broad fruit below the leaves. Keep the strawberry flat for a card or picture.

    Layers: No new fold; dots are optional ink.

    Check: Three folded leaves sit above a tapered, pointed berry.

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Sources & notes

Origami Club; diagram copyright Fumiaki Shingu, A Straw Berry (undated web diagram).

Complete strawberry folding diagram ↗ · Reference model page ↗

The source diagram credits Fumiaki Shingu. Traditional status, public-domain status and a design-reuse license are not established. No source media, prose or code is reproduced. These English instructions, geometry and diagrams are independently authored.

Adaptation: Uses a six-inch square and the same square-base and three-leaf fruit construction. Instead of the source two separate pocket squashes, three prepared guide creases close as one connected square base. The source rearward front-tip fold is performed on its original corner before that base closes; the folded tip is carried inside with its parent panels, not pushed through hidden layers. Each leaf crease joins the top crossing to a point 1.90 inches along the upper diagonal from the side corner. Shoulder creases join marks 1.75 inches along the upper diagonal and 0.75 inch along the lower diagonal from each side corner. The final crown fold is at 0.60 of the half-height. Exact marks, separated paired folds and the earlier open preparation are authored adaptations; the fruit remains flat.

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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.