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Pattern 1: 5x5, 2 steps

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Start with a 5x5 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Valley fold the bottom 5x2 rectangle

2. Valley fold the rightmost 2x3 rectangle



Pattern 2: 5x5, 3 steps

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Start with a 5x5 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Valley fold the rightmost 1x5 strip

2. Valley fold the bottom 4x2 rectangle

3. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 3: 5x5, 4 steps

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Start with a 5x5 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Valley fold the bottom 5x1 strip

2. Valley fold the top 5x1 strip

3. Valley fold the rightmost 1x3 strip

4. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 4: 4x4, 2 steps

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Start with a 4x4 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x4 strip

2. Valley fold the top 3x1 strip



Pattern 5: 5x5, 3 steps

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Start with a 5x5 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Mountain fold the bottom 5x2 rectangle

2. Valley fold the rightmost 1x3 strip

3. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 6: 7x7, 7 steps

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Start with a 7x7 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x7 strip

2. Valley fold the bottom 6x1 strip

3. Valley fold the rightmost 1x6 strip

4. Valley fold the top 5x2 rectangle

5. Valley fold the leftmost 1x4 strip

6. Mountain fold the top 4x1 strip

7. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 7: 6x6, 6 steps

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Start with a 6x6 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Mountain fold the bottom 6x1 strip

2. Valley fold the leftmost 1x5 strip

3. Mountain fold the top 5x1 strip

4. Valley fold the rightmost 1x4 strip

5. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x4 strip

6. Valley fold the top 3x1 strip



Pattern 8: 7x7, 6 steps

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Start with a 7x7 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Valley fold the leftmost 1x7 strip

2. Mountain fold the top 6x2 rectangle

3. Valley fold the rightmost 1x5 strip

4. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x5 strip

5. Mountain fold the bottom 4x2 rectangle

6. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 9: 7x7, 6 steps

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Start with a 7x7 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x7 strip

2. Valley fold the bottom 6x1 strip

3. Valley fold the top 6x2 rectangle

4. Valley fold the rightmost 1x4 strip

5. Mountain fold the top 5x1 strip

6. Valley fold the rightmost 2x3 rectangle



Pattern 10: 5x5, 3 steps

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Start with a 5x5 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x5 strip

2. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x5 strip

3. Valley fold the top 3x2 rectangle



Pattern 11: 5x5, 4 steps

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Start with a 5x5 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x5 strip

2. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x5 strip

3. Valley fold the bottom 3x1 strip

4. Valley fold the top 3x1 strip



Pattern 12: 4x4, 2 steps

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Start with a 4x4 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Valley fold the top 4x1 strip

2. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 13: 5x5, 4 steps

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Start with a 5x5 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Mountain fold the bottom 5x1 strip

2. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x4 strip

3. Valley fold the top 4x1 strip

4. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 14: 5x5, 4 steps

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Start with a 5x5 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Valley fold the bottom 5x1 strip

2. Valley fold the rightmost 1x4 strip

3. Mountain fold the top 4x1 strip

4. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 15: 7x7, 5 steps

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Start with a 7x7 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Mountain fold the bottom 7x1 strip

2. Valley fold the rightmost 2x6 rectangle

3. Valley fold the bottom 5x2 rectangle

4. Mountain fold the top 5x1 strip

5. Valley fold the leftmost 2x3 rectangle



Pattern 16: 6x6, 5 steps

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Start with a 6x6 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Valley fold the bottom 6x1 strip

2. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x5 strip

3. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x5 strip

4. Valley fold the bottom 4x2 rectangle

5. Valley fold the rightmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 17: 5x5, 4 steps

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Start with a 5x5 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x5 strip

2. Valley fold the top 4x1 strip

3. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x4 strip

4. Valley fold the bottom 3x1 strip



Pattern 18: 6x6, 5 steps

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Start with a 6x6 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Mountain fold the bottom 6x1 strip

2. Valley fold the rightmost 1x5 strip

3. Mountain fold the top 5x1 strip

4. Valley fold the bottom 5x1 strip

5. Valley fold the leftmost 2x3 rectangle



Pattern 19: 8x8, 7 steps

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Start with a 8x8 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Mountain fold the bottom 8x2 rectangle

2. Valley fold the top 8x1 strip

3. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x5 strip

4. Valley fold the top 7x2 rectangle

5. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip

6. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x3 strip

7. Valley fold the rightmost 2x3 rectangle



Pattern 20: 6x6, 5 steps

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Start with a 6x6 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Mountain fold the bottom 6x1 strip

2. Valley fold the rightmost 1x5 strip

3. Mountain fold the bottom 5x2 rectangle

4. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip

5. Valley fold the rightmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 21: 7x7, 8 steps

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Start with a 7x7 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Valley fold the top 7x1 strip

2. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x6 strip

3. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x6 strip

4. Valley fold the bottom 5x1 strip

5. Valley fold the top 5x1 strip

6. Mountain fold the top 5x1 strip

7. Valley fold the rightmost 1x3 strip

8. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 22: 7x7, 5 steps

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Start with a 7x7 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Valley fold the rightmost 1x7 strip

2. Mountain fold the bottom 6x2 rectangle

3. Mountain fold the rightmost 2x5 rectangle

4. Valley fold the leftmost 1x5 strip

5. Valley fold the bottom 3x2 rectangle



Pattern 23: 9x9, 9 steps

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Start with a 9x9 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Valley fold the rightmost 1x9 strip

2. Mountain fold the top 8x1 strip

3. Mountain fold the rightmost 2x8 rectangle

4. Valley fold the bottom 6x1 strip

5. Valley fold the bottom 6x2 rectangle

6. Valley fold the rightmost 1x5 strip

7. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x5 strip

8. Valley fold the top 4x2 rectangle

9. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 24: 6x6, 5 steps

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Start with a 6x6 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Valley fold the top 6x1 strip

2. Valley fold the bottom 6x1 strip

3. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x4 strip

4. Valley fold the top 5x1 strip

5. Valley fold the rightmost 2x3 rectangle



Pattern 25: 7x7, 7 steps

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Start with a 7x7 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Valley fold the bottom 7x1 strip

2. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x6 strip

3. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x6 strip

4. Mountain fold the bottom 5x2 rectangle

5. Valley fold the top 5x1 strip

6. Valley fold the rightmost 1x3 strip

7. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 26: 8x8, 9 steps

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Start with a 8x8 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x8 strip

2. Valley fold the bottom 7x1 strip

3. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x7 strip

4. Valley fold the top 6x2 rectangle

5. Valley fold the leftmost 1x5 strip

6. Mountain fold the bottom 5x1 strip

7. Mountain fold the top 5x1 strip

8. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip

9. Valley fold the rightmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 27: 5x5, 3 steps

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Start with a 5x5 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Valley fold the rightmost 1x5 strip

2. Valley fold the leftmost 1x5 strip

3. Mountain fold the bottom 3x2 rectangle



Pattern 28: 5x5, 3 steps

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Start with a 5x5 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Mountain fold the top 5x1 strip

2. Valley fold the bottom 5x1 strip

3. Valley fold the rightmost 2x3 rectangle



Pattern 29: 5x5, 4 steps

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Start with a 5x5 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Mountain fold the top 5x1 strip

2. Valley fold the rightmost 1x4 strip

3. Valley fold the leftmost 1x4 strip

4. Valley fold the bottom 3x1 strip



Pattern 30: 5x5, 3 steps

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Start with a 5x5 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Valley fold the top 5x1 strip

2. Mountain fold the rightmost 2x4 rectangle

3. Valley fold the bottom 3x1 strip



Pattern 31: 5x5, 4 steps

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Start with a 5x5 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Valley fold the top 5x1 strip

2. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x4 strip

3. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x4 strip

4. Valley fold the bottom 3x1 strip



Pattern 32: 4x4, 2 steps

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Start with a 4x4 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Valley fold the bottom 4x1 strip

2. Valley fold the rightmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 33: 7x7, 6 steps

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Start with a 7x7 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Valley fold the bottom 7x1 strip

2. Mountain fold the rightmost 2x6 rectangle

3. Mountain fold the bottom 5x2 rectangle

4. Valley fold the rightmost 1x4 strip

5. Valley fold the top 4x1 strip

6. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 34: 8x8, 7 steps

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Start with a 8x8 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x8 strip

2. Valley fold the top 7x3 rectangle

3. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x5 strip

4. Valley fold the rightmost 1x5 strip

5. Mountain fold the top 5x2 rectangle

6. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip

7. Valley fold the rightmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 35: 6x6, 5 steps

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Start with a 6x6 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Valley fold the leftmost 1x6 strip

2. Mountain fold the bottom 5x1 strip

3. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x5 strip

4. Valley fold the rightmost 1x5 strip

5. Valley fold the bottom 3x2 rectangle



Pattern 36: 7x7, 6 steps

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Start with a 7x7 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Valley fold the top 7x1 strip

2. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x6 strip

3. Valley fold the bottom 6x1 strip

4. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x5 strip

5. Valley fold the top 5x2 rectangle

6. Valley fold the rightmost 2x3 rectangle



Pattern 37: 5x5, 4 steps

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Start with a 5x5 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Mountain fold the top 5x1 strip

2. Valley fold the leftmost 1x4 strip

3. Valley fold the top 4x1 strip

4. Valley fold the rightmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 38: 7x7, 7 steps

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Start with a 7x7 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Mountain fold the bottom 7x1 strip

2. Valley fold the rightmost 2x6 rectangle

3. Valley fold the bottom 5x1 strip

4. Mountain fold the top 5x1 strip

5. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x4 strip

6. Valley fold the bottom 4x1 strip

7. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 39: 8x8, 7 steps

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Start with a 8x8 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Valley fold the rightmost 1x8 strip

2. Mountain fold the top 7x1 strip

3. Valley fold the leftmost 1x7 strip

4. Mountain fold the rightmost 2x7 rectangle

5. Valley fold the top 4x3 rectangle

6. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x4 strip

7. Valley fold the top 3x1 strip



Pattern 40: 8x8, 7 steps

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Start with a 8x8 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x8 strip

2. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x8 strip

3. Valley fold the bottom 6x3 rectangle

4. Mountain fold the leftmost 2x5 rectangle

5. Valley fold the rightmost 1x5 strip

6. Valley fold the bottom 3x1 strip

7. Valley fold the top 3x1 strip



Pattern 41: 6x6, 5 steps

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Start with a 6x6 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x6 strip

2. Valley fold the top 5x2 rectangle

3. Valley fold the rightmost 1x4 strip

4. Mountain fold the top 4x1 strip

5. Valley fold the rightmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 42: 5x5, 4 steps

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Start with a 5x5 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x5 strip

2. Valley fold the bottom 4x1 strip

3. Valley fold the top 4x1 strip

4. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 43: 7x7, 6 steps

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Start with a 7x7 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Valley fold the leftmost 1x7 strip

2. Mountain fold the bottom 6x1 strip

3. Valley fold the rightmost 1x6 strip

4. Mountain fold the top 5x2 rectangle

5. Valley fold the leftmost 2x4 rectangle

6. Valley fold the top 3x1 strip



Pattern 44: 6x6, 6 steps

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Start with a 6x6 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x6 strip

2. Valley fold the top 5x1 strip

3. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x5 strip

4. Valley fold the bottom 4x1 strip

5. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x4 strip

6. Valley fold the top 3x1 strip



Pattern 45: 9x9, 8 steps

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Start with a 9x9 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Mountain fold the top 9x1 strip

2. Valley fold the rightmost 1x8 strip

3. Valley fold the bottom 8x1 strip

4. Mountain fold the top 8x2 rectangle

5. Valley fold the rightmost 3x5 rectangle

6. Mountain fold the bottom 5x2 rectangle

7. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip

8. Valley fold the rightmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 46: 7x7, 7 steps

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Start with a 7x7 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Valley fold the top 7x1 strip

2. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x6 strip

3. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x6 strip

4. Valley fold the bottom 5x2 rectangle

5. Mountain fold the top 5x1 strip

6. Valley fold the rightmost 1x3 strip

7. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 47: 7x7, 6 steps

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Start with a 7x7 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Valley fold the rightmost 1x7 strip

2. Mountain fold the top 6x2 rectangle

3. Mountain fold the bottom 6x1 strip

4. Mountain fold the top 6x1 strip

5. Valley fold the rightmost 2x3 rectangle

6. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 48: 8x8, 7 steps

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Start with a 8x8 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Mountain fold the top 8x1 strip

2. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x7 strip

3. Valley fold the bottom 7x2 rectangle

4. Mountain fold the leftmost 1x5 strip

5. Valley fold the rightmost 2x5 rectangle

6. Valley fold the top 4x2 rectangle

7. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip



Pattern 49: 6x6, 5 steps

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Start with a 6x6 sheet of paper with the black side up

1. Mountain fold the bottom 6x1 strip

2. Valley fold the leftmost 1x5 strip

3. Valley fold the rightmost 1x5 strip

4. Valley fold the leftmost 1x5 strip

5. Valley fold the bottom 3x2 rectangle



Pattern 50: 9x9, 9 steps

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Start with a 9x9 sheet of paper with the white side up

1. Mountain fold the bottom 9x1 strip

2. Valley fold the rightmost 2x8 rectangle

3. Valley fold the bottom 7x1 strip

4. Mountain fold the top 7x1 strip

5. Mountain fold the rightmost 1x6 strip

6. Valley fold the bottom 6x1 strip

7. Mountain fold the bottom 6x2 rectangle

8. Valley fold the rightmost 2x3 rectangle

9. Valley fold the leftmost 1x3 strip