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Origami Watermelon Slice

A broad fruit slice framed by a folded paper rind. Follow the complete folding sequence with one uncut square.

Preparation + 15 numbered steps

Materials

6-inch square · 6 × 6 inches

One 6 × 6-inch square (15.24 × 15.24 cm) of thin origami paper. Ruler and pencil for shaping landmarks. Optional pen for decorative details. No scissors or glue.

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Origami Watermelon Slice: a broad fruit slice framed by a folded paper rind
A broad fruit slice framed by a folded paper rind

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Preparation

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Compare your paper with each diagram after completing the action. Blue and gold identify the original left and right halves, not the literal paper colors. Darker shades show the reverse. Orange highlights moving paper and its hinge.

  1. 0. Prepare the square
  2. 1. Crease across the middle
  3. 2. Reopen the square
  4. 3. Fold the upper right corner
  5. 4. Fold the upper left corner
  6. 5. Fold the lower right corner
  7. 6. Fold the lower left corner
  8. 7. Fold the upper rind
  9. 8. Fold the lower rind
  10. 9. Bevel the upper right behind
  11. 10. Bevel the upper left behind
  12. 11. Bevel the lower right behind
  13. 12. Bevel the lower left behind
  14. 13. Shorten the right point
  15. 14. Shorten the left point
  16. 15. Close the fruit slice
  1. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldPrepare the square

    PREPARATION · Origami Club construction; measured adaptation

    Prepare the square

    Place the square with horizontal edges and the intended fruit color facing up. Use contrasting paper sides for a visible rind.

    Layers: One uncut square.

    Check: The top and bottom edges are level.

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  2. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldCrease across the middle

    STEP 1 · Origami Club construction; measured adaptation

    Crease across the middle

    Bring the lower edge to the upper edge and crease.

    Layers: Move the entire lower half.

    Check: The horizontal edges coincide.

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  3. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldReopen the square

    STEP 2 · Origami Club construction; measured adaptation

    Reopen the square

    Return the lower half to the table.

    Layers: Open the same half.

    Check: A horizontal center crease remains.

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  4. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldFold the upper right corner

    STEP 3 · Origami Club construction; measured adaptation

    Fold the upper right corner

    Make a crease from the right edge midpoint to a point 1 inch left of the upper right corner. Fold the corner inward.

    Layers: Move one corner triangle.

    Check: A reverse-side strip appears on the upper right.

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  5. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldFold the upper left corner

    STEP 4 · Origami Club construction; measured adaptation

    Fold the upper left corner

    Mirror that fold from the left edge midpoint to a point 1 inch right of the upper left corner.

    Layers: Move one corner triangle.

    Check: The upper corners match.

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  6. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldFold the lower right corner

    STEP 5 · Origami Club construction; measured adaptation

    Fold the lower right corner

    Repeat below the center, using the right edge midpoint and a point 1 inch left of the lower right corner.

    Layers: Move the lower corner triangle.

    Check: The reverse side frames the right half.

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  7. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldFold the lower left corner

    STEP 6 · Origami Club construction; measured adaptation

    Fold the lower left corner

    Mirror the lower corner fold on the left.

    Layers: Move the final corner triangle.

    Check: The four corner folds form a symmetric frame.

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

    STEP 7 · Origami Club construction; measured adaptation

    Fold the upper rind

    Turn a quarter-inch band down along the current upper edge.

    Layers: Carry every layer above the crease.

    Check: A narrow contrasting strip runs across the top.

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  9. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldFold the lower rind

    STEP 8 · Origami Club construction; measured adaptation

    Fold the lower rind

    Turn a quarter-inch band up along the lower edge.

    Layers: Carry every layer below the crease.

    Check: The upper and lower bands match.

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  10. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldBevel the upper right behind

    STEP 9 · Origami Club construction; measured adaptation

    Bevel the upper right behind

    On the top edge mark 1.25 inches right of center. Fold the corner behind on a 45-degree line sloping down to the right.

    Layers: Carry the complete corner, including its rind.

    Check: The outer top-right outline becomes diagonal.

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  11. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldBevel the upper left behind

    STEP 10 · Origami Club construction; measured adaptation

    Bevel the upper left behind

    Mirror the previous corner fold on the left.

    Layers: Move the full left corner packet away.

    Check: Both upper bevels match.

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  12. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldBevel the lower right behind

    STEP 11 · Origami Club construction; measured adaptation

    Bevel the lower right behind

    Mirror the upper-right bevel below the middle crease.

    Layers: Move the complete lower corner away.

    Check: The right outline is symmetric above and below center.

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  13. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldBevel the lower left behind

    STEP 12 · Origami Club construction; measured adaptation

    Bevel the lower left behind

    Repeat at the final corner.

    Layers: Carry the full corner packet.

    Check: The four outer bevels match.

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  14. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldShorten the right point

    STEP 13 · Origami Club construction; measured adaptation

    Shorten the right point

    Fold the tiny right point behind on a vertical line 2.75 inches right of center.

    Layers: Carry all layers at the point.

    Check: The side has a short vertical edge.

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  15. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldShorten the left point

    STEP 14 · Origami Club construction; measured adaptation

    Shorten the left point

    Mirror the tiny fold 2.75 inches left of center.

    Layers: Carry the whole small corner.

    Check: The sides match.

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  16. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldClose the fruit slice

    STEP 15 · Origami Club construction; measured adaptation

    Close the fruit slice

    Fold the upper half away from you along the original horizontal center crease. Optionally draw seeds on the exposed front.

    Layers: Carry the entire upper half behind the lower half.

    Check: The broad straight top sits above a rind-framed slice.

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Sources & notes

Diagram credit: Fumiaki Shingu / Origami Club; design origin unestablished, Origami Club: Origami Watermelon Slice (web diagram).

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The reference credits copyright to Fumiaki Shingu. This does not establish that the model is traditional or grant a design-reuse license. Reference artwork and prose are not reproduced. These English instructions, continuous geometry and diagrams are independently authored. No project-wide reuse license is implied.

Adaptation: Follows the seven-panel Water Melon diagram. Four corner folds expose the reverse side, narrow top and bottom hems form the rind, and backward bevels round the outline before the final half fold. Exact corner and hem widths are authored. Optional seeds are drawn rather than modeled as paper.

Original instructions and diagrams, made with AI assistance. About & reuse

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. One uncut square with original material coordinates and rigid hinge motions. Shaping distances are authored teaching landmarks, not measurements supplied by the reference. Zero-thickness teaching diagrams do not certify thickness, contact or physical foldability. Real-paper folding has not been tested.