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Ties are the typical Father's Day present. This year, make a paper tie to decorate your Father's Day card, scrapbook page, or package. Combine the origami tie with the origami shirt to make a three-dimensional embellishment for your next paper crafting project. You can click on any photo shown below to see it larger and in greater detail.
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Cut Paper to Size
Rebecca Ludens
The origami tie starts with a square piece of patterned paper. It does not have to be double-sided. Regular weight, one-sided scrapbook paper is the easiest to fold and works well for this piece. You can use double-sided, cardstock weight paper, but it will be harder to fold. In order for this tie to work well with the origami shirt instructions, you will start with a 2 inch square of paper. You can, however, make the tie larger or smaller, depending on how you want to use it in your scrapbook pages, greeting cards, or other paper crafting projects.
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Fold in Other Half to Make Kite Shape
Rebecca Ludens
Fold in the other half of the paper to create a basic kite shape.
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Fold up Again Leaving an 1/8 Inch Fold Over
Rebecca Ludens
For this fold, you will fold up the entire point/tip area that you have been working on in the last two steps. However, you will fold it up on the imaginary line that is 1/8 inch from the top - the same "line" that you brought the point up to in the last step. This fold creates a little pleat to separate the top knot from the bottom of the tie.
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Fold Side Wings in
Rebecca Ludens
Flip the tie over one more time and fold each side "wing" in to the center. You can decide how wide or skinny you want the tie to be when you fold in these wings.
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Tuck Tie Under Shirt Collar
Rebecca Ludens
Combine the tie with the shirt by slipping the top of the tie under the shirt fold-over collar pieces. You can use a little adhesive to hold the tie in place or you can add a mini brad in the next and final step.
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Add Brad to Finish Shirt and Tie
Rebecca Ludens
The mini brad on the finished tie resembles a tie tack. To add a brad to your completed shirt and tie place the piece on a mouse pad, poke a hole with a push pin, and then insert the mini brad. Open the brad prongs on the back of the shirt and you are all done.