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1. Start with a heavy sheet of paper. 2. Now the diagonals.

Coloured side up.
Wet folding is recomended.
Valley fold in half horizontal and verticle
then turn over.

3. Using existing creases form a

waterbomb base.
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4. Fold 1/3 of the width over and then sink inside

the waterbomb base. The following steps will be
completed on all 4 flaps.
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5. Fold the new edge to the center and unfold.

7. Pull out the flap and refold along existing

creases.

6. Fold to the crease made in step 5 and unfold

then squash fold using the crease made in step 5.
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9. Repeat steps 4 to 8 on the remaining 3 flaps.

8. Fold indicated flap behind.

10. These flaps are below the top layer

and are used to lock the sides in place.
There are 8 valley folds in total.

11. Inflate the model squashing

the brim flat.

12. Round the brim by making the following

moutian folds on all 4 corners. Note the corners
have excess paper. These folds are done to taste.
14. Complete.

13. Now double sink the top and curve the sides
to form the final effect.