toy treasures - arvind gupta (60 kb doc)

THE CAPTAIN'S HAT STORYLillian Oppenheimer - founder of the NewYork Origami Center, has told thisdelightful story for the last 50 years.To entertain the passengers the captainused to have a fancy dress partyeveryday.Each day the captain used to fold a newcap for himself from an old newspaper.Take one full sheet of newspaper Fig (1).Leave the sheet of newspaper folded inhalf along its middle fold Fig (2).Keep the folded edge on top and fold thenewspaper in half from right to left.Press the paper flat Fig (3).Unfold the paper Fig (4).Fold down the top right - hand corner tomeet the middle fold line Fig (5).Fold down the top left - hand corner tomeet the middle fold line Fig (6).Fold up one single layer of paper, fromthe bottom up as far as it will go Fig (7).Press the paper flat.Turn it over from side to side Fig (8).Fold up this single layer of paper as far asit will go Fig (9).Press the paper flat. From the inside openout the paper a little Fig (10).This is the captain's first cap - aSAILOR'S CAP.It protects the captain from the scorchingsun and the pouring rain.The story continues on….