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MAKE ORIGAMI ANIMALS

For this activity you’ll need:

• Square sheets of paper: trim copy paper to 8.5” x 8.5” (or purchase 6” x 6” origami paper

packs at a local craft store).

• Ruler and scissors (to measure and trim copy paper sheets into squares).

• Marker or crayons (to draw faces on the animals).

Instructions begin on the next page (adult supervision is suggested).

Instructions: (1) Take a square sheet of paper and fold it in half diagonally to create a triangle; crease care-fully. (2) Fold the triangle in half once more to form another crease, then open it up. (3) Place your triangle so the point is at the bottom. Fold over one corner to create a dog ear.

MAKE AN ORIGAMI DOG!

(4) Now fold the other corner to make a second ear. Be sure the ears are equal. (5) Make the dog’s nose by folding the bottom point up. (6) Take a marker or crayons and finish the face by drawing eyes, a nose, a mouth, and some whiskers. Your dog is finished!

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Instructions: (1) Take a square sheet of paper and fold it in half diagonally to create a triangle; crease care-fully. (2) Fold the triangle in half once more to form another crease, then open it up. (3) Place your triangle so the point is at the top. Fold the top point down along the center crease about a 1/4 of the way.

MAKE AN ORIGAMI CAT!

(4) Now fold a bottom corner up on an angle to create the cat’s ear. (5) Fold the opposite cor-ner up to make the second ear. Make sure they match! (6) Flip the origami over, and take a marker or crayons to draw eyes, a nose, a mouth, and some whiskers. Your cat is finished!

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Instructions: (1) Take a square sheet of paper and fold it in half diagonally to create a triangle; crease care-fully. (2) Fold the triangle in half once more to form another crease. (3) Open it back up so that the point is on the top.

MAKE AN ORIGAMI BUNNY!

(4) Now fold the long bottom edge up about a 1/4 of the way. (5) Take the lower left corner and fold it up so it lines up with the center crease. (6) Fold the lower right corner up along the center crease to match the left fold you just did.

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(7) Flip the bunny over so that the ears are behind the blank face. (8) Take the top point of the face and fold it down so the point is about halfway between the top and bottom. (9) Now take that fold and reverse it so it folds back behind the face. Press the crease down.

MAKE AN ORIGAMI BUNNY!

(10) Flip the bunny over. Take the bottom point and fold it up about a 1/4 way. The paper will be thick, so be careful and make sure your folded crease is sharp. (11) Turn the bunny over so the blank face is facing you. (12) Take a marker or crayons and draw eyes, a nose, a mouth, and some whiskers. Your bunny is finished! It should be able to stand up using the folded crease at the bottom of its head.

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Instructions: (1) Take a square sheet of paper and fold it in half diagonally to create a triangle; crease care-fully. (2) Fold the triangle in half once more to form another crease. Open the paper back up completely. (3) Take the right point and fold it in so the point touches the center crease lines.

MAKE AN ORIGAMI PIG!

(4) Now fold the left point over it meets the center vertical crease. The point should be right next to the right point. (5) Take the top half and fold it down over the bottom half, making sure the top point meets the bottom point. (6) Fold both sheets of the bottom point up about a 1/3 of the way; this will become the pig’s snout.

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(7) Fold the upper pointed sheet on the snout down to create the pig’s nose. (8) Fold the up-per corners on the face down to create the pig’s ears. (9) Take a marker or crayons to finish the face by drawing eyes and a nose. Your pig is finished!

MAKE AN ORIGAMI PIG!

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