O - Origami

O is for Origami. 

Here's a really cute and easy way to fold a simple paper square into a secure packet for your leftover seeds!  Or, make up a gift seed packet for friends and relations!  This origami packet takes only five, yes five, simple folds!


Start with a square.  What's the simplest way to get a square from a rectangular piece of printer paper?  Just fold up one corner like shown below and cut off the long rectangular strip. 

Now for the 5 folds:

1 - fold the bottom corner down a bit, maybe to the halfway point, forming a triangle. Unfold it again.

2 - fold one of the sides over to the other side, keeping the top part level, so the tip part is nice straight triangle.

3 - fold the other side in to the opposite side. 

4 - there are now two triangles on top, take the front one and fold it down...

... tucking it in the front triangle's opening. 

5 - fill the pocket, then tuck the remaining triangle down into the same opening to secure the contents. 

Cute, huh?  Here's the "back" as I think of it, the folded part.

The "front" to me is the blank unfolded side you can write on, or affix a sticker. 

Here's a view of the open pocket. 

There are other origami seed packet folds out there in Internet-land, but this design is foolproof.  Not just in its 5 simple folds, but once it's done there are no mistakes as where to put the seeds.  I tried out a few other folds and they had flaws that would allow seeds to fall through if you put them in wrong.

This one can be secured shut without tape or glue, using just that fifth fold.   Plus, I think the finished product is just adorable! 

O for Origami.  Up next the letter P.