Third Origami Blog: Origami Boomerang

Step 1: Get a normal sheet of printer paper, and cut it in half lengthwise. Now get one of the sheets of paper, and fold it in half lengthwise. Now you are going to unfold that, and bring both sides of the paper to the newly created line. Now fold the paper in half. Make sure that the part you just folded is in the inside. Then you are going to fold the corners on the folded side to the line, and unfold it. Finally you are going to do a forward fold folding the corners inside the paper.

Step 2: Unfold the paper so it looks like a large rectangle again. Now you are going to take one of the folded sides, and unfold it. (It matters which hand you use, in my case I'm unfolding the right side, because I am right handed.) Fold the paper in half away from you. Then flip the paper over, and fold each side of the diamond, so they will fold easily. Flip the paper back over and, get the diamond part and squish it to the side, so it looks like it collapsed. Finally get the bottom portion of the unfolded piece, and fold it back to the center.

Step 3: Fold the bottom portion of the other side of the boomerang, so it overlaps the side we just folded. Then fold the corner on the top portion, so it over laps the top of the portion on the other side.  Now unfold both of the bottom portions of the boomerang. Then you are going to fold the left side down and then right side, making sure the right side goes into the pocket on the top of the left side.

Step 4: On each end of the boomerang open the ends and fold the tips to the middle. Then do a forward fold on only one of the corners on each side. Then grab the other folded corner, and fold it into the pocket that the forward fold made for the other corners. This should give the boomerang a "point". Now you are done with your origami boomerang. To throw your boomerang grab it in the middle making sure that the diagonal part is facing upwards, and that your index finger is at the point of the diagonal while you thumb is right under it. Happy throwing.