Tutorial for Father's Day card with origami

You will need:

 thin patterned paper

 bone folder

Cut a piece of 4" x 6" paper for the shirt.

Fold it in half or even better- draw a line with a pen, because you just need the center line for measuring.

Fold the two sides in so that they meet in the middle.

Turn over (so that the opening is facing down) and fold down about 1/2 inch.

Fold over again and make the collar by folding in the two upper corners so that they meet in the middle.

 

Fold the shirt in half and tuck the bottom in under the collar.

Unfold.

Fold the bottom corners out. Use the middle fold as guideline.

 

Fold the bottom of the shirt back up again and voila you shirt is done!

One last thing you can do is to cut out a tiny triangle under the arms so it looks more like sleeves.

 

Time for the tie.

Again- use thin patterned paper.

Cut a 2" square.

Draw a diagonal line in the middle.

 

Fold in the two sides so that they meet in the middle.

 

Turn over and fold down the top about 1/3.

 

Then fold that top up about 2/3. Not all the way up.

 

Then fold that remaining part as picture shows. This will make the knot of the tie.

 

Turn over and repeat the first step; fold the two sides so that they meet in the middle.

 

Turn over and your tie is done!!

Glue your tie to the shirt.

If your guy is not a "tie guy" you can use brads for buttons instead.

I made a super simple card with this.

I just covered a card in paper, cut out some strips, added brads in the corners, glued down the shirt and used my new Cricut cartridge ( Jubilee) to cut out the words.

Perfect for Father's Day June 20!