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Puffer Fish by Sébastien Limet

At the end of this model, you blow into it to form a fully 3D fish.

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1 Colored side up, fold in half from side to side, crease and unfold, in both directions. Turn the paper over.

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2 Fold and unfold both diagonals.

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3 Fold the paper down using these creases.

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4 Fold two corners to the top corner. Repeat underneath.

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5 Fold both corners to the center of the lower edge. Unfold the right flap. Turn the paper over.

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6 Repeat the last step, but unfold the left flap.

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7 Fold the left and right corners to the center. Repeat underneath. Rotate the paper counterclockwise.

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8 Fold corner to corner.

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9 Lift, open, and squash the flap.

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10 Fold the corner a little way over, and then unfold.

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11 Crease and unfold a small diagonal.

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12 Pleat the corner inward. You will need to unfold a bit to do this.

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13 Repeat steps 8–12 on the underside.

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14 Carefully fold over the inner flap.

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15 Swing the flap to the right by making a mountain fold along the dotted line.

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16 Fold the triangle in half, and then unfold.

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17 Lift and squash the flap evenly to both sides.

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18 Fold the short edges of the kite shape to the center, crease and unfold.

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19 Fold the right corner to the left, flattening the sides to the center.

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20 Repeat steps 14–19 on the underside. Fold the corner to the center, crease and unfold.

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21 Fold corners to the center, crease and unfold.

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22 Make four small precreases, through all layers.

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23 Fold on the upper layer only, forming the paper into 3D.

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24 The move in progress.

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25 Fold a corner to the left, flattening edges together on the horizontal axis.

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26 Fold paper behind, pressing the paper flat.

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27 Fold two corners behind to meet the center.

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28 Now focus on the circled area.

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29 Crease and unfold.

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30 Open the sides and flatten the corner.

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31 Flatten the model with a vertical valley crease.

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32 Open out two corners to form lips.

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33 The result.

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34 Hold by the circled point and blow sharply inside, inflating the model.

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