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So you’ve mastered the use of chopsticks and can proudly turn down the offer of a fork when you go to your favorite Asian restaurant. Many upscale eateries will probably supply you with a hashioki or chopstick rest to set the eating-end of your utensils on when not in use. At more casual restaurants, though, you have no choice but to lay them across your plate or setting them on a napkin so as not to touch the table’s surface.

Or, if you’re feeling crafty and would like to try your hand at some origami, you can use the paper wrapper your chopsticks came in to create a cute and useful peacock chopstick rest!

Even if you’re not a very crafty or dexterous person, if you know how to make a paper airplane, you’ve pretty much got the beginnings of this peacock origami down! And don’t worry if you don’t speak Japanese – the visuals in this video are easy enough to follow along with.

Still need a little extra guidance? Follow these step-by-step instructions below!

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First, fold the wrapper in half lengthwise to crease the paper in the center. Fold each end of the wrapper down to meet in the middle and form an arrow shape at the top.

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Further fold the edges into the center once more to create an even more pointed arrow. At this point it should look like the beginnings of a paper airplane.

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Fold the tip of the arrow down behind.

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Take each of the long flaps and fold them, accordion-style.

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Fold the origami in half so that both accordions meet in the middle and the pointed end is facing upward.

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Where the accordions meet in the middle, take the end of one side and tuck it under the end of the other to close the split between them and keep both sides together when fanned out.

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Finally, fold down the pointed tip to create the beak, and your peacock chopstick rest is complete!

Do any of you know other unique folding techniques for chopstick rests? Please share them in the comments below!

Source and screenshots: YouTube/編集部アールニジュウゴ