You will need nine squares to make this intricate bookmark. It is especially attractive when made from glossy paper of different colors. Each flight is made separately, and inserted one into the other according to size. Perfect cutting of the squares, and careful folding, is necessary to make this model successfully. It is not difficult, but the work must be exact.

Begin with the 3 1/2" square which will become the bottom flight.

To get Fig. 182, follow directions for Figs. 69, 70, 71 and 72.

Bring points A to point D. Crease on the dotted lines.

Hold paper in position Fig. 183. (Put left thumb inside triangle ABC.) Use right thumb to push line C-A down until triangle ABC opens into a square. Reverse your hand position and repeat same directions to the left side of Fig. 183.

Fold on dotted lines by bringing points A to points C.

It is now in position illustrated in Fig. 185. Fold top layer toward back on dotted lines, turning edges E-AC to inside. Crease on each side.

Open the lines apart to left and right as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 186, and at the same time bring point P upward and fold across line O-O.

Turn it (Fig. 187) over to other side and repeat directions for Figs. 182, 183, 184, 185 and 186. Finished first flight (Fig. 188). Repeat the above directions from Fig. 182 to Fig. 187 on the other eight flights. Attach the  flights together by slipping the two legs of the smaller flight into the grooves of the next larger crown. Push into place until the peak of the crown slides out of sight.

Finished pagoda bookmark.

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