Origami: How to fold a Giraffe

SPONSORED LINK
 

 

What animal do you like?

 

Giraffes, which have long necks, stand out in the zoo, don’t they?

Even though they are huge,

their long eyelashes and happy eyes look so cute.

 

Let’s make such giraffes with origami paper! 

SPONSORED LINK

How to fold a Giraffe Ver.1

 

This is very easy to fold.

Please get scissors ready too!

 

1. Fold it in half and make a crease along the dotted line.

image001

2. Fold both sides to the crease that you made.

image003

3. Fold it in half again.

image005

4. Change the direction.

image007

5. Fold it along the dotted line. (a valley fold)

image009

6. Fold it along the dotted line, covering that part as picture No.7 shows.

image011

image013

7. Fold it along the dotted line and make a crease.

Fold it inside as picture No.8 shows.

image015

image017

8. Fold the bottom corner the same way as you did in No.7.

This part will be a tail.

image019

9. Cut it along the red line and make legs.

 image021

image023

10. Draw eyes and patterns and it’s done!

image025

 

I put stickers to make the dots.

You can draw them with a pen or colored pencils too!

It will be cute.

 

Let’s make your original giraffe!

How to fold a Giraffe Ver.2

 

This is a three-dimensional giraffe.

It might be a little hard to fold, but try to fold it nice and slowly!

 

1. Fold it in half.

image027

2. Fold it in half again.

image029

3. Open the bag part and fold it as picture No.4 shows.

image031

4. Fold it the same way for the other side too.

image033

5. Fold it along the dotted lines and make creases.

image035

6. Open it up and fold it as picture No.7 shows.

image037

image039

7. Fold it the same way for the other side too.

image041

image043

8. Pull the top part toward the outside.

image045

9. It will be like the picture below.

image047

10. Fold it along the dotted lines. (red-a mountain fold, black-a valley fold)

image049

11. After you made creases, put both ends together.

image051

12. Fold it along the dotted line. (a valley fold)

image053

13. Fold it behind for the other side along the dotted line.

image055

14.Turn only the top layer to the left side.

image057

15. Fold it in half along the dotted line.

image059

16. Fold it along the dotted line. (a valley fold)

image061

17. Pull the triangle part inside toward the outside.

image063

18. Fold it along the dotted line. (a valley fold)

image065

19. Fold it along the dotted line. (a mountain fold)

image067

It’s getting more like a giraffe.

image069

20. Fold it along the dotted line, covering this part as picture No.21 shows.

image071

21. Fold it along the dotted line and make a crease.

Fold that part inside along the crease as the second picture below shows.

 image073

image075

22. Put it inside along the dotted line.

image077

image079

23. Draw eyes or patterns and it’s done!

image081

 

You can also let it stand up if yours is well-balanced

It’s a little smaller than the one of Ver.1!

 

Let’s make your own zoo folding various origami animals!

 

【Translated by  Kana Toda PIERCE】

SPONSORED LINK
   

   
   

コメントを残す

サブコンテンツ

このページの先頭へ