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This is a great embellishment to put on a card for a modern man! The instructions are further down the page after the two videos.

  Once finished, our little shirt measures approximately 5.5cm x 4cm. Once learnt, it's very simple to make but you may need a few goes to perfect your shirt so try a few times on a paper that doesn't matter too much before moving on.
You can use any paper to make the shirt. We've used one of our free downloadable images here featuring a lovely hibiscus print. This image image can be downloaded for free by clicking here. Click on the link to open the image in Adobe Acrobat reader - if you need it you can download it for free by clicking on the button below.



Print the image on to good quality paper. We've used white stardream paper as it shows off the creases nicely for the photographs.






Start off with a piece of paper that is 13cm x 7.5cm.






Fold the paper in half, with the pattern still visible, and then unfold it.






Turn the paper over and fold the two long edges in towards the centre crease.






Turn up the two bottom middle corners so that they meet the outer edge of the paper. This will form two diagonal creases.






Turn up the bottom of the paper and fold it over where the flaps from the previous step end.






Stick your fingers inside the folded up area. Grab hold of the tip of the corner piece on one side. Pull it out and to the side. Now repeat this for the corner piece on the other side.






Now tuck each corner back inside itself to form the sleeves.






Turn the paper over and fold down about 1/4 inch at the top.






Turn the paper over again and fold the two top corners in to the centre about 1cm from the top. This will form the collar.






Finally fold the bottom of the paper up and under the tips of the collar. Shirt folding is complete!

When you have completed the shirt, use a strip of double sided tape to seal it shut.

Here are a few other ideas for shirt designs...






A shirt made from the blue printed inside of a business envelope.



Don't put money in a card - put it on the outside! This is our £20 origami shirt. Don't use any tape or glue on it though! Why not fix it to your card on a washing line made from silver thread and some wooden mini-pegs?










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