Bassinet and Stand

by Kalei Anne Lundberg

copyright 2001

The diagrams are offered for personal use only; for any other use please contact me
for permission at models@kalei.com

1. Book fold to center. 2. Book fold to center again.

3. Pinch to mark 4. Valley fold to 5. Valley fold and 6 Unfold to step

center, then valley fold crease just made unfold to the folded 2.
to center, crease and in step 3. up edge.
unfold.
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7. Fold and unfold top layer 8. Valley fold to crease. 9. Valley fold and unfold the
for landmark. diagonals.

10. Valley fold. Note: this 11. Valley fold. Note: This fold 12. Unfold the accordion
fold will align on the top will be half the distance of the pleat and form the box.
edge of the diagonal flat edge on the side of the
crease. flap.

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13. (Side view) 15. Make a small valley
Mountain fold flap to 14. Make a dart by pinching along the fold on the tip to lock
the inside and reform center line until the bonnet curves the dart and create a
the accoridan pleat to forward. crease to the left. Then inside smooth line to the
lock the box shape. reverse the extra paper to the inside of bonnet edge.
the model.

Stand: (Made from the same size paper.)

1. Do the star precrease thing and collapse

into a waterbomb.

2. Valley fold the top third down, crease and

unfold.

3. Inside reverse fold the top flap. 4. Inside reverse fold the same flap again.

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 5. Repeat steps 3 & 4 on the other three flaps. 6. Unfold model.

8. Reform the corner crimp folds along

7. Mountain fold the corners behind noting
the landmarks. Box pleat the center section
so that it is just a tad wider than the width of
the basket.
existing creases. Flatten the center of
the model and pinch a slight depression
to cradle the basket.

9. On the inside mountain

fold the corners of the crimp
folds. These folds should end 10. Fini!! Just nestle the
short of the corner. Their only basket on the stand.
purpose is to keep the stand
from spreading open too far.
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