The Magic Foldable
Needed: 2 pieces of different colored paper
1. Fold one piece of paper in half. Then fold the ends of the paper out towards the center fold. (You have divided the paper into 4 equal parts and it should look like a W)
2. You and your partner should repeat this step with the second piece of paper, except this time you should cut the paper along each fold so that you now have 4 equal strips of paper, two strips for you and two strips for your partner.
3. Take your first piece of paper that looks like a W. Holding the center fold like a paper airplane, cut 7 slits from the center fold to the next fold in the paper (halfway across the piece of paper…NOT all the way from the center fold to the end) The slits should be about 1 inch apart. When you have finished the 7 slits, you should have 8 flaps of paper.
4. Flatten your piece of paper. Take your two strips of paper that you and your partner cut and weave them in and out of slits you have just cut. When you have finished weaving the strips of paper in and out of the slits, the center of your paper should look like a checkerboard, alternating colors of paper.
5. Open your paper flat so that it looks like a W. Along the left side of the checkerboard write the following words in the colored boxes from top to bottom.
a. _______________________
b. _______________________
c. _______________________
d. _______________________
e. _______________________
f. ________________________
g. _______________________
h. _______________________
6. Along the right side of the checkerboard write the following words in the colored boxes from top to bottom.
a. ______________________
b. ______________________
c. ______________________
d. ______________________
e. ______________________
f. _______________________
g. ______________________
h. ______________________
7. Once your have finished writing all of the words on the checkerboard when it is flat, fold the paper and open your paper the “magic way.” Your paper should now be folded like an X.
8. Along the left side of the checkerboard write the following words in the colored boxes from top to bottom.
a. _________________________________
b. _________________________________
c. _________________________________
d. _________________________________
e. _________________________________
f. __________________________________
g. _________________________________
h. _________________________________
6. Along the right side of the checkerboard write the following words in the colored boxes from top to bottom.
a. _____________________________
b. _____________________________
c. ______________________________
d. ______________________________
e. ______________________________
f. ______________________________
g. ______________________________
h. ______________________________
7. Open your paper back up so that it is laying flat again. At the top of the paper, along the far left wing of the paper write _______________________. At the top of the paper along the far right wing of the paper write _______________________.