Weaving Paper Ketupat Craft

Difficulty: Intermediate

Age: 7 and up

Description
Many of us do not know how to make ketupat. It looks complicated at first,but once you get the hang of it, you will weave ketupat like a pro. Let's learn how to weave paper ketupat together.
What you'll need:
1. Color Paper Strips (Choose 2 color that you like)
2. Scissor
3. Ruler
4. Pencil

How to make it:
Step1: Weave the green color paper (paper A) on your right hand into the light green color paper (paper B) on your left. Keep holding on to the paper A as you do this.
Step 2: Take the narrow end of the paper B and weave it upwards. Once you get to the top, take a left turn and keep weaving to that corner. (i.e. weave along two sides of the ketupat)
Step 3: Turn the ketupat around. Repeat the previous step of going up and to the left. (i.e. weave along the other two sides of the ketupat) The narrow ends should now be at the same corner.
Step 4: Take one of the wide ends and weave towards the corner opposite the one with the narrow ends.
Step 5: Repeat with the other wide end.
Step 6: Neaten the ketupat. Start by folding a small corner of the wide end and tucking it like a hook into the corner. Carefully tug the paper B along its path.
Step 7: Do the same with the other wide end of the paper A- fold the end and hide it under a weave and tug it gently along its path. You will have to do this several times for both leaves.

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