You can use this guide to make a sweet little dollar bill origami guitar.
This money origami can be used as a cool way to leave a tip or just be used as a creative way to gift money.
Do you know a lover of music or guitar? Well just break out a dollar bill and follow along!
Let's Get Started!
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We will start folding on the front of a fresh one-dollar bill.
You can crease the fold and then unfold the dollar bill all the way again.
Try to fold these as evenly as possible and once you crease both sides you can flip the bill over.
This fold is going to have the eagle at the front base of the guitar.
However, if you want the pyramid on the front base of the guitar then do this step with the pyramid at the top of the bill instead of the bottom.
First, fold the bottom to the middle half crease, and then unfold it.
Next, fold the bottom to the crease that you just made.
Once you have creased the bill again you can flip the bill back over.
You can fold the flap over the top to align the crease, but for the next step, we'll be unfolding the bill.
When you make the crease you can flip the bill over.
STEP 8: Begin making the skinny part of the guitar with squash folds
First, fold from the left all the way across to the right side.
When you do this you will notice a triangle will form. This is what you need to squash down.
After the first squash fold, you repeat the same step from right to left.
Just remember to try and keep everything as straight as you possibly can.
Make the fold and then flip it over to make sure it is aligned as you crease it.
Just imagine that you're making a fold as if everything was totally flat from the very bottom to the bottom of the letter "H" circle, then align the edges to crease it down flat.
Put your finger above where you want to make the fold, then push the lower half to squash to crease it.
This can be a tricky part so just take your time and use your fingernails to shape this part how you want.
You can start by folding the tips of where the creases meet on the back.
If you start moving them a little you'll figure out how to shape them to where you want them to go.
You can use the above line for reference or just fold where you think it looks good.
After the first fold down, hold the top folded part with your fingers so you can make a little bend back on the tip.
On the back, you can widen the top tip to give it a better shape.
Then you can try to round the edges all around the base of the guitar to your preference.
This part can take some time. On this guitar, I used the eagle circle as a basis for the shape as you can see.
Just keep folding back the edges until it looks good to you!
Now you know how to make an awesome dollar bill guitar!
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These step-by-step visuals are much better for this piece than online videos were. I found this site after getting stuck repeatedly at what are Steps 13-14 here. The helpful comment "start moving [the tips] a little...you'll figure out how to shape them to where you want them to go" got me past the snag. Took a while of manipulating the fold, but suddenly everything slipped into place and, voila!, I had a guitar! Thank you thank you!