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| 1. Place origami paper color side down on a hard surface. Fold origami in half from left side to right side, like a hot dog. |  |
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| 2. Fold the bottom edge up 1/4". Crease. Fold the bottom edge up another 1/4". Crease. This will become the collar of the kimono |
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| 3. Now, take the bottom edge and fold it along a line about one quarter of the way up. This is just an estimate. |  |
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| 4. Fold the top left and right points of the top layer in, toward the center. Crease well. |  |
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| 5. Turn the origami over. Fold the top edge down so that just the tip of the collar peeks over the top. Crease. Turn origami back over. |  |
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| 6. Fold the left side in so that the edge almost touches the collar. Repeat this step for the right side. |  |
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| 7. Find the rectangle you just created on the left side of the origami. Take the inside corner and fold it out toward the outside edge to create a small triangle. Crease. Unfold. Repeat this process for the right side. |  |
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| 8. Open up the rectangle on the left side of the kimono and flatten the triangle you made in step #7. Repeat on the right side. Turn origami over. |  |
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| 9. Fold the top edge down as far as you can. Crease very well. The paper is thick now, so press hard. Turn origami back over. |  |
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| 10. Your kimono is finished! If you like, you can cut a slit in the sleeve so they stand away from the body of the kimono...just like the sleeves of a real kimono would! |  |
