Square paper folding

How should I fold my personal messages so that each note stays obediently shut and doesn’t take much effort? Well, I went straight to my foreign encyclopedia and found this answer.

Steps:

1. Cut out a square from scrapbook paper. Message-side faces down.
2. Fold it in half and crease.

3. Half it again and crease.
4. Open up. The center is marked with a “+”.

5. Fold a triangle.
6. Then unfold to reveal the fold line (in white).

7. Fold a triangle with tip touching the fold line.
8. Repeat steps 5-7 on the 3 remaining sides.

9. Position it this way.
10. Then turn it over.

11. Fold the left section to the centre.
12. Bring up the bottom section.

13. Fold it down onto the centre.
14. Bring up the right section.

15. Fold it down as well.
16. Finally, fold the top section down to the center. Crease really well.

17. Along the fold line and where the arrow is pointing, make these areas well-creased.

18. At this point, I’m calling the flaps 1 to 3 and the final flap “4″. Lift up “1″ slightly with your thumb and index finger.

19. With your thumb on your other hand, hide half of “4″ behind “1″.

20. Where the arrows are pointing, go ahead and push the paper inwards, right along the folded lines made in step 17.

After making the necessary adjustments, this is the finished aligned look. Just the kind of straightforward origami I need today.