Hmm. Did you check the orientation of your folds? Blue is mountain fold and red is valley — if these are in place, the piece will want to twist, just as it does in the photos.

Happy Chanukah!

Something miraculous happens between figure 3 and 4, but we have no idea how to make it happen. Maybe it’s because we’ve never twisted paper before… but if anyone could tell us what to do with the bottom two rows of “squares” when twisting the fan, it might help? It’s been awhile since this was posted or anyone commented, but I’m hoping from the amount of views that someone’s still out there folding dreidels

Happy Chanukah!

Gila told me she wrote a comment here.
I’m so glad you liked my dreidl!
I added the glitter glue, because the white seemed rather dull. Next time I’ll just paint the printed pattern before folding. The structure is good and strong, and it doesn’t need any use of glue at all.
I also wrote about it in my daily blog.
http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/ViewEntry.asp?EntryId=581679

Thanx,
Alma7

I got such a kick out of that, you can’t imagine. Please give my best to Alma.The glitter is festive and shows a proper attitude towards glue – not for structure, but for decoration.

I saw the discussion on the Tapuz board and was quite frustrated to discover that I couldn’t find a web interface to translate it. I like the design of the board very much, particularly the way the entries expand and contract. We need something like that here.

Philip