Origami: How to fold Catbus [Nekobasu] (Totoro)

Catbus (‘Nekobasu’ in Japanese)

is a mysterious huge wild-cat shape creature appearing in Totoro,

which is Japanese film director, Miyasaki Hayao’s representative anime!★

The scene,

where the fluffy catbus with Satsuki and Mei runs through fields and forests,

looks so awesome!♪

Let’s fold the catbus (Nekobasu) which is just as popular as Totoro!♥

★Origami How to fold Catbus (Nekobasu) Ver.1

【How to fold】

1）Fold it in half twice to make two triangles.

2）Open it up and fold it along the crease and make a triangle.

Fold the bottom part up.

Then fold both sides along the dotted lines so that

you will see a triangle in the middle, like the picture below.

3）Turn it over and fold three corners behind along the dotted lines.

4）Fold each ear toward outside like the picture below.

5）Draw a face and it’s done!

★Origami How to fold Catbus (Nekobasu) Ver.2

【How to fold】

1）First, we will fold a bus.  Fold it in half to make a rectangle.

2）Open it up and fold both sides at 1/3 from the edges,

like the picture below.

3）Fold each corner toward outside along the dotted lines.

4）Fold both sides toward outside along the dotted lines.

5）Fold all corners inside along the dotted lines.

6）Fold it in half.

7）Cut it along the line and fold each triangle inside along the dotted lines.

8)Fold two corners inside along the dotted lines.

9）Draw a face just like you did in Ver.1, put them with glue, draw a body and it’s done!

I showed you how to fold it with two patterns;

one with only a face and the other with a face and a body (bus?)!♪

If you draw big eyes and a smiling mouth well,

it will look just like a catbus!★

Try to remember how you felt in your childhood while enjoying origami！

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】