Acid Lemon

by Jack Skillman
Diagrams by Jeremy Shafer from Earle Oakes’ sketches.

Editor’s note: This model is not recommended for lemonade.

1 2 3

Begin colored side up. Valley-fold Valley-fold and unfold Valley-fold and
and unfold both ways in half. Turn diagonally both ways. unfold the edges to
the model over. the center.

4 5 6

Valley-fold and unfold. Collapse to a Valley-fold.

Repeat on the other 3 corners. waterbomb base.

7
8

Valley-fold. Valley fold. Unfold.

Mountain fold.
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11

Valley-fold. Mountain-fold, tucking the flap

inside the pocket.

12 13

Turn the model over. Repeat steps 6-11 on this side.

Follow the steps exactly; there
is no orientation change.

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15

15

Blow in at the bottom while

pulling out at the sides.

And voila... here it is from another view. To

And voila... here is the Acid Lemon...
make the acid lemon twirl like crazy, hold it
lightly between your thumb and index finger at
its sharpest points (indicated by the circles), and
blow on the model as hard as you can, directing
the air slightly off center.