Origami: How to fold Mario Mushroom

 Mario’s mushroom is a staple character in the popular game soft

‘Mario Series’ which was released by Nintendo!★

There are a variety of mushrooms such as a regular one,

a super one, a huge one, a poisonous one, a bean one…

Let’s fold colorful mushrooms!♪

★Origami How to fold Mario’s Mushroom Ver.1

【How to fold】

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

2）Open it up and fold the bottom side to the middle with the colored-side facing up.

3）Turn it over and fold both sides to the middle.

4）Fold the bottom part up along the dotted line.

5）Fold it down along the dotted line.

6）Fold the left side toward the middle

and open the top part to make a triangle, like the picture below.

Do the same thing for the other side too.

7）Fold the top part down along the dotted line.

8）Fold each corner toward the inside along the dotted lines and make it round.

9）Turn it over, put the cut white origami paper on it, draw a face and it’s done!

★Origami How to fold Mario’s Mushroom Ver.2

【How to fold】

1）Fold it in half with a colored-side inside.

2）Open it up and fold both sides to the middle.

3）Open it up and fold the top part down.

4）Fold it along the dotted line.

5）Open the bag part like the picture below.

6）Cut each side along the lines with scissors.

7）Fold each corner to the middle.

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

It’s so fun to discover various kinds of mushrooms in Mario Series, isn’t it?♪

Let’s fold many kinds of mushrooms with different colors

such as red, blue or yellow and even different sizes!

It might be interesting to use gold or silver-color origami paper too!★

It’s very easy to fold both types.

Draw your original faces without thinking about the actual characters!♥

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】