How to make the origami Moving Cubes 2
Designed by Jo Nakashima (06/2019)
Difficulty level: low intermediate

This is a modular origami and each cube is made from a single square sheet of paper, all connected without glue nor tape. It’s also a very fun action model and the cubes will move when you press two pair of cubes from oposite corners.

Origami Moving Cubes 2 in action

In this version there’s more movement than in the first origami Moving Cubes: the corner cubes goes up and down and middle cubes rotate in different directions.

Paper

In the video tutorial I’m using 12cm x 12cm origami paper for each cube. Any square size can be used. You’ll need 16 cubes.

Diagrams

Diagrams for this model are not available yet! Watch the tutorial to learn how to make it!

Helpful videos

To make the origami Moving Cubes 2 you’ll need to fold a 5×5 grid on every sheet of paper that you’ll use. In the tutorial I show the “origami way” to do that, without a ruler or any kind of tool. However, there are easier methods and the videos below can help you in this task:

Use parallel lines (like in a page of a notebook) to divide the paper into equal parts
Use the first grid to divide the other sheets of paper easily

More origami models with cubes

On my YouTube Channel you can find a playlist with all my models based on the origami cube. Check it out for more action models like the Infinity Cube and also puzzles like the Soma Cube and the Rubik’s Cube.