How to Make an Origami Beach Umbrella (With NO scissors, glue, OR tape)

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     I've been wanting to post something summer-themed, because I am in the middle of summer myself. One of the first things that came into my head to do was a beach umbrella. When searching online, the only origami beach umbrellas that I could find used tape, scissors, and/or glue! Personally, I believe that paper should be the only supply used in origami. 
     So, I adapted what I found online, to use paper and nothing else.  Just folding, no cutting and no taping. And that it what you will find in this post. And FYI: You will need 2 pieces of paper for this. If you want the pole to be shorter than mine was, used a smaller piece of paper than the top. 
     If you are confused on a fold, just go to my page on folds.

      
Lets begin:
Step 1: Begin by making a Waterbomb Base with one of your papers. (This will become the top of your umbrella.) Set the other paper aside for later.

  


Step 2: Take the top flap on the right side and perform a squash fold down the center. (Crease it, despite what the picture looks like)




Step 3: Valley fold the left half of your squash fold to the right half. (Back to its original side)

Step 4: Repeat steps 2 and 3 on the left side.



*Missing picture of folding it back to its original side*

Step 5: Flip your paper over and repeats steps 2 and 3 twice more, using the remaining two flaps.


Oh, and sorry that the next two pictures are a little wonky. 


This is how it should look right now.

Step 6: Fold the first right flap to the left one time. Now you should see color, no white. 

Step 7: Valley fold the top flap of the bottom as far as it can go. Crease and then unfold.

Step 8: Now you want to fold it in the opposite direction and tuck it into the middle of your model. 



Step 9: Repeat steps 6 through 8 three more times.

*MORE MISSING PICTURES, SORRY*

When you let your paper unfold, it should look like this. The top of your umbrella is complete!

Step 10: Start with your second paper patterned/colored side down.

Step 11: Starting on one side, tightly roll up your paper. Note: This is when most instructions tell you to glue. If you want, go right ahead. 

I rolled mine a few times before it could stand up on its own. However, it's not a good idea to let go or else it will expand uncontrollably. 

Step 12: If you look at the top of your umbrella, you might have a little hole. Push your pole through this hole. Try to keep the hole as small as possible, to prevent your pole from expanding. I personally made mine too wide. If needed, use a pencil to widen the hole for you a bit. 

Step 13: Adjust positioning of both pieces to your liking and then you have your finished beach umbrella!


And there you go! Hopefully the instructions were clear and you weren't lost. If you need clarification feel free to just comment down below and I'll try to address the issue as soon as possible.
Also, please let me know if you're interesting in more summer and/or season themed origami instructions.

Happy Folding!

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