Made with origami paper it is the perfect size for a card. If you use a square of larger paper (such as gift wrap, brown paper or wallpaper) you could make a "life-size" tie: hole punch the top at each side, attach string, and wear your origami! Or use smaller squares (2 - 3 inch) to make ties for your teddies!

Instructions:
--Start with your paper colored sidedown, then fold in half along the diagonal
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Unfold. Fold the outside corners into the center, making sure taht the edges line up along the center line.










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Fold the top point down.












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Fold it immediately back up again, stopping a little way short of the top edge. Now Fold once more, this time along the dotted line as shown below.








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Carefully fold little triangles at the edge of the "knot" of the tie.












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Crease well, then open up again and flip you tie over.






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Now bring the right corner into the center, matching the edge along the center line.












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As you do so, a little triangle will form (as shown in the circled photo below) Ease it into position and crease down gently.


Repeat for the left side. Crease well, and flip over.