What is the Magic Bag?
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The magic bag is a simple paper folding. It has the shape
of a bag, which was used in grocer's shops for sugar, semolina, sweets
etc in former times.
It´s speciality is that it has two pockets. You
can amaze small children. You put a sheet of paper (e.g. a stamp) in the
first pocket. After saying Hokuspokus or Simsalabim it vanishes, if you
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Folding of a Magic
Bag top
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Take a sheet of paper of the size A4 (8 1/2" x 11").
Paper used for ink jet printers will do.
Fold the upper half down on the red line.
So the median is marked.
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2
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Fold upwards on the red line.
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It must look like this.
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4
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Fold upwards on the red line.
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5
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It must look like this.
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6
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Turn the paper 180°.
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Repeat the steps:
Fold upwards on the red line.
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8
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It must look like this.
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9
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Fold upwards on the red line.
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10
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It must look like this.
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11
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Fold upwards on the red line.
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12
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It must look like this.
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13
The next step is difficult to describe:
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Look into the triangle. Inside between two double layers
you see two sheets cut on the left and right. Here they are coloured grey
and green. Push the front paper behind the the grey paper in direction
of the arrow.
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In other words: The grey and the green paper must change
their order.
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It must look like this.
The bag has two pockets on the left and on the right.
The paper bag is finished.
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Pattern of the
Rectangle top
If you unfold the paper bag, you
get a nice pattern. Look at the blue square.
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Zaubertüte
falten
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Zaubertüte
Labbé (Zzzebra)
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