How to fold an Origami Moving Flexagon - Better than a fidget spinner!

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  • čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
  • Let's be honest, origami is cool, but origami that moves is super cool! This easy and fun tutorial will teach you how to make a paper flexagon that is sure to impress friends and family. Please sub and comment if you have any questions!
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  • @HowToOrigamiTutorials
    @HowToOrigamiTutorials  Před 6 lety +558

    Hello Everyone, I would like to apologize to you all, I neglected to take into account some people's learning methods and I did set my exposure too high on accident. To hopefully make up for my errors, I have just released a remake that can be found at czcams.com/video/saX2p_k_Mb4/video.html I hope this is easier to understand and that it clears up many of your questons. Also know that if you are new or have little experience in origami, this will still be a difficult tutorial for you. Please like this comment so others can see it! Thanks have a good day!
    - How To Origami

  • @ashleykim7271
    @ashleykim7271 Před 5 lety +217

    HIM: This is not that hard!
    Me: INTERNAL SCREAMING
    Him: You can teach it to your friends!
    Me: I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER HALF OF THIS STUFF

  • @savwolfy8070
    @savwolfy8070 Před 5 lety +261

    Tries to do it once.
    *Fail*
    Tries to do it twice.
    *Fail*
    *Stares at paper*
    *Heavy breathing*
    *screams like a air horn*
    *all around me are familiar faces ;-;*

  • @sarahf804
    @sarahf804 Před 4 lety +460

    i lost it when you brought out the pencil

  • @rizzking577
    @rizzking577 Před 5 lety +219

    First time I tried this I got so mad and ripped it up, I'm gonna go back into the battle zone, wish me luck lol

  • @btsyoonmin1435
    @btsyoonmin1435 Před 6 lety +646

    I hated it at the diamond part!
    Anyone agree?
    I even got so frustrated that I break down

    • @Aric-ls7bf
      @Aric-ls7bf Před 6 lety +2

      When you draw the lines, put the paper on a soft surface and use a pencil or pen to press down hard and make an indentation. That'll make it infinitely easier to fold.

    • @fruitypeebils
      @fruitypeebils Před 6 lety +5

      jeez man how do you have a meltdown from origami

    • @MrBwxian
      @MrBwxian Před 6 lety +5

      i raged so hard on step 9 i disliked it

    • @jessebrandon7530
      @jessebrandon7530 Před 6 lety +3

      me to

    • @riolo8978
      @riolo8978 Před 6 lety

      That’s bad and easy

  • @Tech_Gamers
    @Tech_Gamers Před 5 lety +1337

    Now, who else is scrolling down to see whether it is hard or not?

  • @txlerspears
    @txlerspears Před 4 lety +218

    Me laughing maniacally: ha ha ha heh heh
    My dad: is he okay?
    My mom: oh yes he’s just trying to do an impossible flexagon where one wrong fold messes the whole thing up
    My dad: ohhh riiiiight

    • @Ledster
      @Ledster Před 4 lety +5

      THE TACTIC IS TO STRENGTHEN EVERY SINGLE FOLD TO MAKE IT PERFECT, like mine! ha ha ha heh heh

    • @odnaxx
      @odnaxx Před 4 lety +9

      What’s a dad?

    • @spirograph621
      @spirograph621 Před 4 lety +1

      Love that comment 🤣

    • @mingo8161
      @mingo8161 Před 4 lety +1

      now thats funny

    • @maxcarter3453
      @maxcarter3453 Před 4 lety +2

      SO TRUE

  • @pineappleparty3864
    @pineappleparty3864 Před 4 lety +238

    Instructions unclear, my paper is in the oven and I am taped to the ceiling.

  • @khaxxx433
    @khaxxx433 Před 5 lety +385

    I am so confused starting from the diamond creases part

  • @Joshua_DAmico
    @Joshua_DAmico Před 6 lety +59

    After many failed attempts, I finally made it and it turned out surprisingly well!!
    Btw I found it easier to use a ruler to fold along on the diamond step. Hope this helps 😁

  • @aryantajne
    @aryantajne Před 6 lety +649

    The minute I finished this the teacher threw it in the bin

  • @idontknowhowtoread1231
    @idontknowhowtoread1231 Před 5 lety +32

    What I did after I finished...
    1) made one ofc
    2) tricked my friend into thinking it was a puzzle and That It had a secret prize inside..
    3) watched her suffer >:)

  • @MsMajm
    @MsMajm Před 6 lety +759

    did anyone else at the end get confused and crumple the paper up and throw it across the room

  • @kittycamiori
    @kittycamiori Před 5 lety +41

    I made one and brought it to school. All of my friends were absolutely mesmerized by it.

    • @tfnnyy
      @tfnnyy Před 4 lety +4

      If I did that.....
      *they would kill it*
      _I mean rip it or ruin it or whatever_
      Jk I don't have friends......
      *ToT*
      Edit: so ur lucky u have friendsss...

    • @laprietayelguero
      @laprietayelguero Před 3 lety

      @@tfnnyy dont worry yo much about friends at this stage in your life . I'm saying this because I was with you because I had many many friends in school I was almost that popular but now nobody talks to me and I don't talk to them it's just me and my husband and child and that's all I need really

  • @davidwu9426
    @davidwu9426 Před 5 lety +417

    Who else just quit at the diamond part

  • @tristabrooke
    @tristabrooke Před 5 lety +17

    Instructions unclear, I broke my scissors

  • @kizeu9328
    @kizeu9328 Před 6 lety +74

    For y'all saying the crumpling part was difficult(for the diamond)- there's a way 'around' it
    1. Draw the diamond lines with a pencil(NOT FREEHAND SJDHKEJ)
    2. Get a ruler
    3. Put the ruler on the line
    4. Lift up the paper and trace the ruler outline(from the other side)(paper has top side n side on the desk so the side facing down) with the sharp tip(don't actually draw, just trace the outline- b/c you can feel it, yes? So you can crease it from the pressure)
    that way ya folds are nice and precise and are already there so you don't have to 'refold' or crumple anything or whatever
    Hopefully it helps! I made the thing on my first go so it works lmao

  • @davidroche7949
    @davidroche7949 Před 6 lety +353

    Jeez ya lost me at “get a peice of paper”

  • @BaldTorment
    @BaldTorment Před 5 lety +173

    I'm so good at Origami, my parents left me at birth.

  • @Anonymous-1234
    @Anonymous-1234 Před 4 lety +35

    Me:try’s to follow the instructions...............1 hour later realizes I have a big pile of paper next to me my brain could I have possibly tried to make the moving flexagon that many times

  • @wantsomelettucechildren8728

    What? I cried over this I’m so frustrated :( I you don’t know how I feel! 😭😭😭😭😭😭

    • @abbyyebra4
      @abbyyebra4 Před 4 lety +3

      "I you dont know how i feel" that makes no sence at all

    • @nex3985
      @nex3985 Před 4 lety

      i cried too ive seen way easier versions but i wanted to try a more difficult one plz remind to stick with the easy things

    • @agapiotr6753
      @agapiotr6753 Před 4 lety

      i know how yoy fell its in possible

    • @lolitaperez3749
      @lolitaperez3749 Před 4 lety +1

      I hate this I am crying

    • @shaxtavious
      @shaxtavious Před 3 lety

      Just take your time and try and get the folds perfect 😊

  • @sofiagekko7762
    @sofiagekko7762 Před 4 lety +85

    Me: so far so good.
    my brain cells: we're losing it!!
    Me: I won'ts give up!!
    my brain cells: give up already
    Me: at the last part...
    my brain cells: we done
    Me: I GIVES UPP!!!!!

    • @Ledster
      @Ledster Před 4 lety +1

      @Jason Pandu no it is, its all about the folds

    • @naysa2825
      @naysa2825 Před 4 lety +1

      Sofia Gekko Same here...

  • @MultiUltimater
    @MultiUltimater Před 4 lety +79

    8:27 Let me just fast forward the most important part of the entire video where one misfold can compromise the entire final shape...

    • @sjhsuh
      @sjhsuh Před 4 lety +1

      so truee

    • @glowinqxgloria1095
      @glowinqxgloria1095 Před 4 lety +3

      Init I was like a can do this then all of a sudden he just was towards it I was very disappointed like I wanted to cry

    • @angie3792
      @angie3792 Před 4 lety +3

      fam. yall wanna spend at least 5 mins sitting there watching this guy fold it? shut up and use the guide lines. i drew them with a pencil like he did and it didn’t jeapordise my shape :T

    • @bhawanamathur6710
      @bhawanamathur6710 Před 4 lety

      Jjjjjjjjjjjjj

    • @madelynmurray7576
      @madelynmurray7576 Před 3 lety

      ya lol i did the same

  • @noroak6947
    @noroak6947 Před 4 lety +47

    I had to watch this for my technology homework..

  • @swirlzslime5307
    @swirlzslime5307 Před 5 lety +154

    Me: I can do it i get it!
    Two minutes later:mama didnt raise a quitter!
    1 minute after that: I QUIT!!!!!

  • @yolotgi6471
    @yolotgi6471 Před 5 lety +21

    i just had to flex this to my classmates i said 'u just got flexagoned'

  • @vintagemelody8323
    @vintagemelody8323 Před 4 lety +12

    I thought you said you go fast, I had to fast forward the whole video!!!

  • @toni7575
    @toni7575 Před 5 lety +5

    just built it, its really nice! not that hard if you are precise and really double check before commiting to the fold. i managed to make a working piece at the first try! thanks!

  • @upsetmemes2839
    @upsetmemes2839 Před 6 lety +26

    Woah this is so cool my friend is making those ninja stars that transform like crazy and everyone wants them....wait till she sees this!

    • @deah5114
      @deah5114 Před 6 lety +1

      sand i have one of those moving ninja stars thats so much easier than this....

    • @jfkdnwm739
      @jfkdnwm739 Před 6 lety

      sand what happened after you made one

    • @vee9260
      @vee9260 Před 5 lety

      Ask money for that!

  • @JoshStottman
    @JoshStottman Před 5 lety +35

    In class I had finished folding it, and no one would take their eyes off it.

  • @skrapers_
    @skrapers_ Před 4 lety +20

    me: i hope this is an easy craft
    my brain: oh this is really easy
    me: this is actually kinda fun
    him: OK so we need to start drawing these lines
    my brain:its fine i don't have to do it
    him: now we need to fold and line it up to the lines
    me: i give up lets read the comments
    and this is also the first time i did one of these so yes ik its bad lol

  • @xaara8055
    @xaara8055 Před 4 lety +1

    For those of you saying the instructions are unclear, origami is certainly not your thing!! Btw great tutorial 👍 👍 👍

  • @viggo9156
    @viggo9156 Před 4 lety +8

    Thank you for spending 2 hrs of my free time and it didn't even work...

  • @catg9336
    @catg9336 Před 6 lety +246

    I had so much confidence before I started that slowly started to go away when I began folding I even cried it got very complicated at least for me who else felt this way

    • @catg9336
      @catg9336 Před 6 lety +1

      This was just so hard to follow along like how did he separate the paper so neatly

    • @treydurham1891
      @treydurham1891 Před 6 lety +2

      I felt the exact same way and just gave up at 8:33.

    • @kingdice7933
      @kingdice7933 Před 6 lety

      Me

    • @maelinjordan2201
      @maelinjordan2201 Před 6 lety +1

      I got so frustrated after beginning to actually play with it. I don"t understand how he can get it so perfect! i feel the same as you do Sister and Brother!

    • @itsluna9813
      @itsluna9813 Před 6 lety +1

      Sister and Brother me

  • @agnedrulyte6170
    @agnedrulyte6170 Před 4 lety +4

    I tried doing this thingy ALL DAY but i never got it right, this video is the only video i understood and did sucsesfuly. Thanks a lot for this one 😁

  • @cxffeebeansss9841
    @cxffeebeansss9841 Před 4 lety +45

    "easy and fun" he said,when its AnD i oOp

    • @motoShenanigans
      @motoShenanigans Před 4 lety +1

      Bro i started to cry when it didn't move yet i dud it right

  • @chloecollins9705
    @chloecollins9705 Před 5 lety +58

    people say origami is stress realiveing whoever started that rumour is a SATIN I tried this and I gave me 3 mental breakdowns and at one point I cried

  • @pradip235
    @pradip235 Před 6 lety +5

    this is very good and hard best of luck for next craft

  • @bonjourbear8373
    @bonjourbear8373 Před 4 lety +13

    Just a personal time stamp for me:
    4:54 there you go, future me!

  • @chared_assassinyt4770
    @chared_assassinyt4770 Před 5 lety +4

    got right to the end and im just like "yay dis suffering is finally over" and of course the dog chooses this moment to jump up and knock my flexagon under the chair

  • @exactpause9218
    @exactpause9218 Před 4 lety +20

    Very fun to make, never made origami and i have made a few mistakes but it still works! Thanks for the great video!

  • @mootard_us_nuss571
    @mootard_us_nuss571 Před 6 lety +12

    I made this and now I CAN'T stop playing with it..... I need rehab 😂 😂

  • @maddieonuszko8679
    @maddieonuszko8679 Před 5 lety +11

    storytime! I cried over origami

  • @DavidOwenCreates
    @DavidOwenCreates Před 5 lety +2

    Okay but when you started saying, "I'm taking this one and stickin it in this side, and then I'm gonna push..." I forgot what I was watching for a second!

  • @Warpios
    @Warpios Před 5 lety +13

    This is amazing. I made one which wasn’t to the quality of yours but still. Amazing

  • @jenn0257
    @jenn0257 Před 5 lety +6

    I thought this wouldn't work but it did!! I'm so happy now, I made one for my friend except I painted it black and put bt21 characters on each side C:

  • @homersyd
    @homersyd Před 2 lety +3

    This Drived me sad I't was too difucult! I am crying right now

  • @51LVERFANG
    @51LVERFANG Před 4 lety +2

    The explanation is great it's just that you must try it few times until you will get it right and accurate. Thanks for the video 👍👍👏👏

  • @dumdumasmr3897
    @dumdumasmr3897 Před 6 lety +4

    What if u have 15 by 15 origami paper? Do you have to do the rectangle and rip it apart? Won’t it be a tad bit small? Or...?

  • @Ryan997.
    @Ryan997. Před 6 lety +97

    Who else noticed that when its loading the loading icon is a fidget spinner!😂

  • @promegaz5138
    @promegaz5138 Před 5 lety +15

    Thanks for the tutorial!
    It is extremely easy but is just very time-consuming.

  • @lulakate1053
    @lulakate1053 Před 4 lety +2

    It worked great present for my dad, and I’m not even good at origami. This is my first time making origami

  • @SillyGooseMemes
    @SillyGooseMemes Před 6 lety +9

    better than a fidget spinner!

  • @JacobWells
    @JacobWells Před 6 lety +5

    Thanks! Worked for me!! (Cant stop turning it now)

    • @jeienjss6879
      @jeienjss6879 Před 6 lety

      Want an illusion Word Its "Thisishard" Looks like ur saying This Is Shard heh lol

    • @mootard_us_nuss571
      @mootard_us_nuss571 Před 6 lety

      Jacob Wells saaaaaammmmmeeee

  • @johnomahony1804
    @johnomahony1804 Před 6 lety +5

    Brilliant very good tutorial!realy clear instructions and it worked out realy well!!! You just got your self a subscriber!! Keep up the good work!!👏👏👍🏼😃

  • @troylin6063
    @troylin6063 Před 3 lety

    His: *Looks perfect*
    Mine: *Looks like someone crumpled my Christmas present😂*

  • @Mia-wx1im
    @Mia-wx1im Před 4 lety +4

    Me: I WON'T GIVE UP!!!!!!
    5 mins later: almost done!
    Also me: uhh, what just happened? Whatever I can try.
    1 hour later: (throws the paper in the trash.) You know what just curse this this thing. So... I GIVE UP!!!!!!!?!!!!?!? Yes I do.

  • @0pushinP
    @0pushinP Před 5 lety +44

    At 11:15 every Thing went wrong 😔

  • @hotfire7075
    @hotfire7075 Před 5 lety +8

    Thank you! This tutorial was really helpful and I made it [sort of] successfully, I will try more times and make it better! 👍

  • @alikhalid4677
    @alikhalid4677 Před 5 lety +5

    I FOOKING MADE ITTT!!!
    I am soo happy with it
    THANK YOU SOOO MUCH

  • @josh28productions61
    @josh28productions61 Před 6 lety +21

    I find this to confusing I did it for 45 mins but still did do it if you know an easier way please tell me

    • @rottenapplesgreenapples8873
      @rottenapplesgreenapples8873 Před 6 lety

      ALVANN PAREDES DY it wasn’t meant for “smart people” nobody is perfect this video was for people who have been doing origami for a long time 🙄

  • @alpawca3550
    @alpawca3550 Před 5 lety +16

    I ended up with crumbled up riped Paper
    I’m horrible at origami 😔

  • @laleczkowa
    @laleczkowa Před 5 lety +12

    This shape is actually called a hexaflexagon. 😊

  • @Elijah-um8ve
    @Elijah-um8ve Před 4 lety +5

    When I tried to exercise it, it just crumpled on me

  • @valeriek6740
    @valeriek6740 Před 6 lety +24

    How does ur flexagon line up perfectly when u fold it without drawing lines with a ruler
    I use a ruler and my flexagon looks like trash

    • @HowToOrigamiTutorials
      @HowToOrigamiTutorials  Před 6 lety +1

      The important part is that all the angled folds go precisely through the intersection points on the grid of squares. The lines don't matter too much, so long as you take the time to ensure that each crease is done precisely and accurately. I hope this helps!

    • @valeriek6740
      @valeriek6740 Před 6 lety +1

      How To Origami
      Thank you!

    • @cupcakethebunny-animations5542
      @cupcakethebunny-animations5542 Před 6 lety

      No one is perfect

    • @bharath6115
      @bharath6115 Před 6 lety

      @@cupcakethebunny-animations5542 except dude perfect.

    • @icupcake6989
      @icupcake6989 Před 5 lety

      yup same

  • @MariaRivera-ql9nv
    @MariaRivera-ql9nv Před 6 lety +143

    The pencil one is hard doing diamonds i cant do it

  • @theeartsee6622
    @theeartsee6622 Před 2 lety +5

    yeah yeah sure... easy... I spent 30 minutes on this and I failed.

  • @LoveRobloxfriend
    @LoveRobloxfriend Před 3 lety +1

    My mum:He is a great diy person is he?

  • @tommyskerk2496
    @tommyskerk2496 Před 5 lety +18

    You couldn't see the pencil marking's

  • @dsloyal
    @dsloyal Před 3 lety +6

    Its to hard😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @fauxafflictionn
    @fauxafflictionn Před 5 lety +4

    if you guys are struggling for the diamond part, take the middle fold and fold it inside out so it look like half of the paper, next grab a pencil and make a dot in the middle and make it touch all four corners. then go to the left or right in the middle but on the side, and mark that and make a slanted line to the fold in the middle. then for the opposite side. then do the same hing for the blank side. and fold all the lines you drew!

  • @Marlwix
    @Marlwix Před 2 lety +1

    Me At The End Be Like:
    Him: Its Not That Hard To Make
    My Thing: Watch (legit)
    My Brain: The fu-

  • @5thLeaf
    @5thLeaf Před 6 lety +6

    I did it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @sarak1562
    @sarak1562 Před 6 lety +30

    *well I can't do this ..... I cAnT eVeN fOlD a PiEcE oF pApEr PrOpErLy*

  • @chrisanto0506
    @chrisanto0506 Před 5 lety +12

    nobody:
    man: i think i hear someones's car alarm going off
    4:24

  • @e83e
    @e83e Před 3 lety +1

    Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope, that's just my sanity flying away.

  • @charlottekneepkens5814
    @charlottekneepkens5814 Před 6 lety +4

    I’ve really improved in origami! Just a few years ago, I could barely make a 2D goldfish, but now I’m able to make this! If you can’t make it, don’t get mad or say it doesn’t work, instead work on your skills by doing things more easy, after a while you’ll be a master!

  • @nikkid4569
    @nikkid4569 Před 6 lety +11

    Omg at the end, so hard I tried many times, but I'm not giving up because this thing is to cool to not have

  • @kapunchino8147
    @kapunchino8147 Před 5 lety +9

    Yeah, that part when you draw those diamond shapes I got stuck on😩now I have to start all over!!!!!!!!

    • @JC-op5fz
      @JC-op5fz Před 5 lety

      Im on that part but the folding is much much harder

  • @redx4401
    @redx4401 Před 5 lety

    Nice I actually works
    I just got a bit impatient at the end so it a bit crumpled but it works

  • @kermitthemajesticfrog1389
    @kermitthemajesticfrog1389 Před 6 lety +12

    Who else skipped to the end to see the results

  • @aelinaag
    @aelinaag Před 5 lety +3

    Oooooh. I remember this. Used to make them in grade 5 all the time.

  • @busybees.r.c.1836
    @busybees.r.c.1836 Před 4 lety +4

    Love this so much. I have it memorized and make it whenever im bored.

  • @Jammiethejammie
    @Jammiethejammie Před 3 lety +1

    By the way, I tried it the first time..... And it works! 😎😎😎

  • @starrynqghts5869
    @starrynqghts5869 Před 3 lety +3

    oh yeah, I'm not suffering after 2 hours of this. I still can't manage to do it. I give up. I thought I would have a cool origami but no

  • @zainanimations8319
    @zainanimations8319 Před 5 lety +5

    THANK YOU SHOW MUCH OMG!!!

  • @arjunepersaud9958
    @arjunepersaud9958 Před 5 lety +57

    like if the diamond part is hard

    • @reKomaAgain
      @reKomaAgain Před 5 lety

      No

    • @japanesellama3126
      @japanesellama3126 Před 5 lety

      har har

    • @stellaglazier6132
      @stellaglazier6132 Před 5 lety

      Arjune Persaud idk cus I’m looking at the comments because I don’t want to make it and then b upset because it’s hard so I’m just seeing if it’s hard

  • @novmorning
    @novmorning Před 5 lety +2

    I’m doing this for Mother’s Day. Yay.

  • @taralicious71762
    @taralicious71762 Před 6 lety +4

    I did everything correctly. I folded the exact creases, drew the exact lines, Beat the diamond part first try, and made a flexagon! BUT.... before the last step I started doing it by myself, without the insructions, and I already found the shape of the flexagon, and it only moved back and forth. It didn't budge so I forced it to turn. It turned, but crumpling the whole thing.. I finally watched the last step and they said to roll the flexagon slowly trying not to crumple it... welp… rip flexa-fail 2018-2018 ;-;

    • @taralicious71762
      @taralicious71762 Před 6 lety +2

      I mean... it works but I have to fold the flaps back in every 2 seconds and it looks like im massaging a crumpled ball of paper -_-

  • @tommyskerk2496
    @tommyskerk2496 Před 5 lety +5

    I tried it three times and it didn't work

  • @ashg5111
    @ashg5111 Před 5 lety +11

    Every origami I try I ruin........WHYYYYYYY I JUST WANT MAH FLEXAGON!!!!

  • @julietrnovak
    @julietrnovak Před 4 lety +2

    I’m literally crying on my couch right now because I can get it right.

  • @katiekovatch5790
    @katiekovatch5790 Před 5 lety +8

    i never learned to do a slope
    that messed me up. :(

  • @gianlucahenz9735
    @gianlucahenz9735 Před 4 lety +5

    I made one of those two years ago but I messed up at the end and I ripped the paper

    • @moonpuppy2
      @moonpuppy2 Před 4 lety

      I literally Just
      Did that about a minute ago!

  • @detektivconan9843
    @detektivconan9843 Před 6 lety +5

    Thank you very much!!!! ♡♡♡♡

  • @readmycommentnotmyname6062

    Him: “I go pretty fast” 💨
    2 seconds later: “Make sUrE yOu TakE yOuR TimE”
    Me: 😫😩🧐🤨

  • @JingLu8
    @JingLu8 Před 4 lety +4

    Awesome tutorial! My kids love the flexagon. I didn't find it too hard to follow.

  • @8-BitGamer
    @8-BitGamer Před 5 lety +3

    Wowww....
    Nice job bro!

  • @sungyoonpark6269
    @sungyoonpark6269 Před 5 lety +4

    Why you fastforwrding what about the tweets that dont get it