Origami: How to fold Pooh-san [Winnie the Pooh] (Disney)

Let’s fold Winnie the Pooh today!♪

You’re familiar with Winnie the Pooh from Disney

but it actually started from English juvenile literature.

Pooh’s unbalanced body and kind expressions heal us, right?♥

◆How to fold Winnie the Pooh (1) (Origami)

1     First, get a yellow sheet of origami paper and scissors ready.

2    Fold it in half to make a triangle.

3     Fold it in half again to make another triangle.

 4     Open it up all the way and cut it along the dotted line, like the picture below.

 5     Fold both sides to the middle.

 6     Turn it over.

 7     Fold both sides behind like the picture below.

 8     Turn it over and fold the top tip down to the bottom tip.

 9     Fold both parts that you cut up and make them look like horns.

 10   Turn it over and fold the horns’ parts behind and make them look like ears.

 11   Fold the chin part behind.

 12   Draw a face and it’s done!

◆How to fold Winnie the Pooh (2) (Origami)

1     Get a yellow sheet of origami paper ready.

 2     Fold it in half to make a triangle so that you can see the back side.

 3    Fold it in half again to make another triangle.

 4     Open it up and fold the bottom part up, like the picture below.

 5     Fold both sides toward the middle,

leaving a little space in the middle, like the picture below.

This side will be the back of the face.

 6     Turn it over.

 7     Fold only the top sheet down, along the dotted line.

 8     Fold the top tip behind along the dotted line.

9     Turn it over again.  Fold right, left and bottom tips to make an outline.

Make sure you have a natural outline, checking the back side too.

 10   Fold both ears’ parts down.

11   Fold them again to make them round.

12   Turn it over.

13   Draw a face and it’s done!

◆How to fold Winnie the Pooh (3) (Origami)

Lastly, I’ll show you how to make Winnie the Pooh wearing a vest.

It will be like the picture below.

Get two sheets of yellow origami paper (one for a face, the other for a body)

and a sheet of red origami paper (for the vest) ready.

＜How to fold a face＞

1     We will use a sheet of yellow origami paper first.

2     First, fold it in half.

 3     Open it up and fold both sides to the middle.

4     Fold it down at 1/4 from the top.

5     Fold the bag part and make it look like a room of the house, like the picture below.

6     Turn it over.

7     Fold it up along the dotted line.

8     Fold it down along the dotted line.

9    Turn it over.

10   Fold both corners up along the dotted lines.

11   Fold both sides to inside along the dotted lines at about 6~7cm from the edges.

Fold the bottom parts to make two triangles like the picture below.

12   Open the bag parts of the top corners

and fold them so that the top line will be straight, like the picture below.

Fold both bottom corners up.

 13   Fold both corners up along the dotted lines.

14   Fold the parts that you folded in No.13 to inside.

15   Fold them down along the dotted lines.

16   Fold them up along the dotted lines.

17   Fold the ears and the outline of the face along the dotted lines.

18   Turn it over and the face is done!

＜How to fold a body＞

1     Fold it as procedure No.1~4 of the face part.  It will be like the picture below.

 2     Fold the bottom part up along the dotted line.

 3     Open the parts that you folded toward outside

and fold it to make it look like the picture below.

 4     Fold both corners down along the dotted lines.

 5     Fold the tip toe parts inside along the dotted lines.

 6     Fold both legs and hands along the dotted lines.

 7     Turn it over and the body is done!

＜How to fold a vest＞

1     Fold it as procedure No.1~4 of the face part.  It will be like the picture below.

2     Open the bag part that you folded and fold it to make it look like a roof of the house.

 3     Open it up all the way and fold both top corners down along the creases.

 4     Go back to No.2.

 ５    Fold it up along the dotted line.

 6     Fold it up along the dotted line again and put that part inside.  And the vest is done!

＜Put the vest on・Finishing＞

1     Put the vest on the body.

2    Fold both arms along the dotted lines.

 3     Put a face and a body together with glue.

 4     Lastly, draw a face and it’s done!

Today,

I showed a couple types from an easy one

that even children can fold to the typical one wearing the trade mark vest!♥

The typical one takes time but it’s not that hard, so let’s give it a try! ★

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】