Origami: How to fold Kiiroitori [Yellow Bird] (Rilakkuma)

Kiiroitori (yellow bird) is one of the characters of Rilakkuma series.

It’s Kaoru-san’s pet and literally a character whose whole body is yellow.

Its special features are busily moving legs

and lovely two stands of hair!♥

Let’s fold such a cute Kiiroitori with origami paper!♪

★Origami How to fold Kiiroitori Ver.1

【How to fold】

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

2）Open it up and fold the right side toward the middle, like the picture below.

3）Fold the corner toward outside along the dotted line.

4）Do the same thing for the other side too.

5）Fold each corner inside along the dotted lines.

6）Again, fold the bottom corners up along the dotted lines.

7）Turn it over, draw a face and it’s done!

★Origami How to fold Kiiroitori Ver.2

 【How to fold】

1）Fold it in half to make a triangle.

2）Open it up and fold both corners inside, like the picture below.

3）Fold the right corner inside and fold the tip back, like the picture below.

4）Fold the left side, like the picture below.

5）Turn it over, draw a face and it’s done!

Kiiroitori is rich in emotions,

getting angry, laughing and crying a lot!

Since Ver.2 is very easy to make,

let’s make it with your child!♪

If you use the regular-size origami paper for Ver.2,

it will be a little too big.★

If you want it smaller,

please use a 1/4-size origami paper!♪

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】