There is a quiet pleasure in folding something that looks alive — and the wind vine is a lovely example. With a square of paper, a single cut, and a series of gentle, curling folds, you can coax a flat sheet into a trailing stem that seems to twist and climb like a real plant.

In this short tutorial we fold the wind vine in nine steps. It's a calm, forgiving make that's more about feel than exactness, so it's a nice change of pace from precise geometric models. Grab a square of green paper — or any color you like — and let's grow a little paper vine.

STEP 1

Make a crease at the position shown in the photo.

STEP 2

Cut with scissors.

Only use the larger one.

STEP 3

Fold it in half and make a crease.

STEP 4

Fold it at the position shown in the photo.

STEP 5

Fold it at the position shown in the photo.

STEP 6

Fold it down at the position shown in the photo.

STEP 7

Make a crease at the position shown in the photo.

STEP 8

Fold it at the position shown in the photo.

STEP 9

Fold it as shown in the picture.

Finished!

The wind vine is complete.