Step 1: Take a piece of normal printer paper, and fold one corner to the opposite as shown above.
Step 2: Cut off extra paper. You now have a lovely square piece of paper!
Step 3: Fold and unfold the paper so there are two creased lines diagonally bisecting the paper.
Step 4: Fold in corners so that they touch in the middle.
Step 5: By halves, fold each of those corners in one more time on both sides.
Step 6: Fold in along pre-creased lines, as shown above.
Step 7: In the open space, draw your pupil and iris!
Step 8: Fold in one more time to create eyelids. You can kind of start to see the eyeball taking shape!
Step 9: Fold and unfold your piece in half, to create a good crease.
Step 10: Flip your eyeball over so that the eyelids are on the table. Fold the corners in so that they kiss at that center crease.
Step 11: This is the trickiest step. Fold each of the four corners up so that the creases of the fold meet at each of the half-way mark creases created by previous steps. This is what creates the final eyeball shape, so feel free to flip it over and check your work as you go. I did this a few times to make sure it was a shape I liked.
Step 13: Color in the eyelids whatever color your like! I chose green because it’s my favorite. But remember: cyclopses come in all colors of the rainbow!
Find the book Rude Cakes in your local Pottery Barn Kids store. Thank you to Chronicle Books and Maggie Tokuda-Hall for letting us share this fun craft with you!