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"muizentrapje"? Anonymous
Hey ya guyz and girlz! Does anybody know what a "muizentrapje" (Dutch) is called in English? Somebody told me it was called a "witches ladder" (or "witch's ladder") but when I enter that in Google, it's not quite what I'm looking for... C'mon, we all had to make them in kindergarten when we were little...
>> Anonymous
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I think the word you are looking for is "accordion", although english may have different words for the music instrument and the paper fold (spanish, my language, has not).
>> Anonymous
Yeah, it's just called an "accordian fold", I believe.
>> gizmogal !MmLOyiCYJs
fun to do with straw wrappers, by connecting the end and start of the accordian, you can make cute little rosettes. :3
>> Anonymous
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>>24132
>>24142

An accordion/accordeon (or "harmonica") fold is made with just one strip of paper, and you just keep alternating valley and mountain folds. It's not a "muizentrapje". I'm looking for the correct word to use in the instructions on a paper model I'm doing (but it won't be completed any time soon, and I'm not gonna spoil the surprise by telling you what it is... ;o)
In English class, they do teach you how to order soup and how to ask directions, but the really important things, like what a "muizentrapje" is called in English, they don't...
>> Anonymous
They were called 'paper springs' when I first learned them. ._.
>> Anonymous
>>24187
They do in fact bounce back up when you press them down, but I don't think "paper spring" is the "official" word for it.
>> Anonymous
>>24178
If you look at the OP's pic, you can clearly see that that's not what he's talking about. His pic shows two strips of paper being folded over on each other, leading to a different kind of accordian fold than what you'd get simply folding a single piece of paper back and forth.
>> Anonymous
>>24209
Umm... and if you read what>>24178wrote you would realize that he in fact IS the OP (am I wrong, OP? ;D ). Geez.

Now, Mister OP, you could just use in your instructions something like "make accordion folds with two skinny strips and fold together like showed on [picture]"
>> Asnaki !3X1b8VAs/E
>>24194
Don't think there is an official word for them. American kindergarten is just not that cool.
>> Anonymous
>>24226
Well that sucks! They made us make these all the time when I was in kindergarten, since they make such good arms and legs for puppets and little kids like the 'springy' effect. And the English-speaking world doesn't even know what to call them?! Shame on you...
Anyway; if there isn't an official word for them, I think I'll go with "paper springs" (>>24187sorry, you don't win any prizes for being the winner ;o). I'll include pictures on how to make them anyway, so I'm sure people will understand what they're supposed to do. ;o)
I'll let you know when the papercraft is finished of course!
>> Anonymous
you native-english speaking people should know, but this is also calles "guirnalda" in spanish, that means garland. have garlands remotely have something to do with this?