3D competition Keep on folding…

Make your own 3D object and enter our Facebook

competition for your chance to win a prize every week!

How can a piece of paper change into a 3D object?

Origami is the art of folding paper to make shapes and 6 Fold the paper
in half again away
figures. Follow the instructions below to make your from you, lengthwise
very own creation… and turn it over.

1 Fold a piece of
A4 paper in half
lengthwise, then 7 Fold one wing down
as shown and repeat
flatten it out again.
on the other side.

Fly!
2 Fold the two top
corners in to meet in
the middle. This will
make a point.

Colour in your aeroplane and stick bits on to make it

special, and enter our competition for a chance to win
a prize every week.

You can enter our competition in one of three ways:

3 Fold the top point

downward.   Ask an adult to take a photo of your creation and then visit
our Facebook page. There’s a special competition app on
this page which will tell your adult how to enter.

  Tweet a picture of your aeroplane to @sciencemuseum

using the hash tag #3Dsummercomp.

  Or simply email us at: marketing@sciencemuseum.ac.uk

The competition closes at midnight on 8 September 2013.

Visit sciencemuseum.org.uk/summer for full details.

4 Fold the top two

corners inward,
leaving a straight edge
at the top. The bottom
tip of the point will
still be visible.
3D fact alert: In the future, parts used to make an
aeroplane could be 3D printed. Imagine that! Visit our
3D: Printing the Future exhibition launching in October
to find out more about 3D printing and see examples
of 3D printed aeroplane parts.

5 Fold the bottom tip

of the point upward
to cover the two
folded-in corners.