Post on 03-May-2023
‘Get Creative!’ How to… make an origami animal display for Key Workers!
You will need: - Paper.
Let’s create a bird!
Step 1: Get a square piece of origami paper.
Step 2: Fold the paper in half by folding the top corner to the bottom corner.
Step 3: Fold part of the top down so that the edge is about halfway down. *Helpful Hints* - Don't make this flap too thin because this will become the wings.
Step 4: Turn the paper over.
Step 5: Take the bottom corner of the top layer and fold it up like this.
Step 6: Fold the figure in half by folding the left side over to the right.
Step 7: Now fold that same flap back like this to make one of the wings.
Step 8: Fold the other wing back also.
Step 9: Push the center of the head in and flatten.
Step 10: And tada! You have yourself a bird.
Let’s create a penguin!
Step 1: Get a square piece of origami paper.
Step 2: Fold the paper in half, then unfold, this gives you a crease in the center to use as a guideline.
Step 3: Fold the bottom corner up like this. You have made a tail!
Step 4: Turn the paper over.
Step 5: Fold in the left and right sides like this. Look arms!
Step 6: Fold the top point down like this. This will be the head.
Step 7: Fold the penguin in half by raising the center crease up and folding the sides back.
Step 8: Pull the beak out and flatten the back of the head like this.
Step 9: And tada! You have yourself a penguin.
Let’s create a fox!
Step 1: Get a square piece of origami paper.
Step 2: Fold the paper in half by folding the lower left corner to the upper right corner.
Step 3: Fold the left corner to the right corner.
Step 4: Fold the bottom corner to the upper right corner.
Step 5: Turn it over.
Step 6: Fold the upper right corner to the lower left corner.
Step 7: Fold the entire left side just a bit before the center. *Helpful Hint* The farther towards the center you fold, the bigger the head will be.
Step 8: Grab the bottom corner of the outside flap and open. The fox's head will begin to fold down by itself. Magic!
Step 9: Go ahead and fold the head down.
Step 10: Fold the corner to create a little tail.
Step 11: Draw the face and you're all done. Tada!