Origami: How to fold an Ogre

We have “Setsubun”

(the day before the calendrical beginning of spring) on February 3.

I bet many of you scatter beans with your family members,

yelling “Oniwa soto, Fukuwa uchi”.★

To throw beans toward the “oni”(ogre) is thought

to cleanse away all the evil of the former year

and bring all the fortunes inside

of each household for the year to come.

Why don’t you have “Setsubun” with origami “oni” (ogre)?♪

Origami   How to fold an ogre 1   Blue Ogre

１．Fold it in half.

２．Fold it in half again.

３．Open it up and fold both corners to the crease.

４．Fold the bottom part behind to the middle crease.

５．Turn it over and fold both sides to the middle crease.

６．Open the white (back) part and fold them like the picture below.

７．Fold the tip like a staircase along the dotted lines.

８．It will be like the picture below.

９．Turn it over and fold both sides to inside, along the dotted lines.

10．It will be like the picture below.

11．Draw a face, and it’s done!

Origami   How to fold an ogre 2   A Mask

１．Fold it in half.

２．Fold it in half again.

３．Open it up and fold the corner to the crease, like the picture below.

４．Fold it to the crease one more time, like the picture below.

５．Fold it along the crease that you made in No.1.

６．Turn it over and change the direction.

７．Fold both sides to the middle crease.

８．Fold both corners along each side of the edge, like the picture below.

９． Turn it over.

10．Fold both corners along the dotted lines.

11．It will be like the picture below.

12．Hold the tip and fold it, like the picture below.

13．Fold the tip that you held inside.  And it’s done!

Origami   How to fold an ogre 3

１．Fold it in half.

２．Fold it in half again.

３．Open it up and fold the top part to the middle crease.

４．Fold both corners up, along the dotted lines.

５．It will be like the picture below.

６．Fold the middle part up, along the dotted line.

７．Fold the tip behind, along the dotted line.

８．Fold both sides to the inside, along the dotted lines.

９．It will be like the picture below.

10．Fold the bottom part up to the crease.

11．Flip it over, and it’s done!

Let’s make some ogres with various expressions,

such as a scary face, a crying face or a kind face!

If you use the poster board for the mask,

you can actually put it on your face too!♪

The white (back) part of Ver1’s blue ogre is a body part.

You can arrange the part by drawing freely!

Enjoy your “Setsubun” with origami ogres using your favorite colors like red or blue!

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】