Origami: How to fold Totoro

‘Totoro’ is one of the popular characters in the anime produced by Miyazaki Hayao.

It’s a big, fluffy, kind and mysterious forest inhabitant,

which you can see only when you are a child.♥

Let’s fold Totoro,

who not only children but also adults want to see at least once in their lives.♪

★Origami How to fold Totoro Ver.1

【How to fold】

1）Fold it in half twice to make a triangle.

2）Open the bag part and fold it.  Do the same thing for the other side too.

3）Fold both sides to the middle.  Fold it the same way for the other side too.

4）Open it and fold it up like the picture below, leaving a little space on top.

5）Put it back and fold only the bottom part up.

6）Fold it up along the dotted line.

7）Open the bag part just like when you fold a crane.

8）Open the bag part on the other side.

9）Fold it up along the dotted line.

10）Fold it up along the dotted line.

11）Fold it (a mountain fold) along the No.1 dotted line

and fold it (a valley fold) along the No.2 dotted line.

12）Fold the ear parts inside like the picture below.

13）Fold both sides behind along the dotted lines.

14）Fold the corner behind along the dotted line.

15）Draw a face and it’s done!

★Origami How to fold Totoro Ver.2

【How to fold】

1）Put the origami paper with the colored side facing down.

Fold it in half twice to make a triangle.

2）Open the bag part and fold it to make a square.

Do the same thing for the other side too.

3）Fold both parts behind.

4）Fold it down along the dotted line.

5）Fold both sides behind along the dotted line.

6）Turn it over and fold it down along the dotted line.

7）Turn it over and fold both sides inside along the dotted lines.

8）Insert the part in the picture into the inside.

9）Turn it over and fold it up along the dotted line.

10）Turn it over and fold it up along the dotted line

11）Fold them inside along the dotted lines.

12）Fold them up along the dotted lines.

13）Fold the one ear to outside, like the picture below.

14）Do the same thing for the other ear too.

Fold the bottom part behind along the dotted line.

15）You will see a tail on the back, like the picture below.

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

It becomes a little smaller than we expect so you can make the one

which is more like a real one

with big-size Origami paper of colored drawing paper!♦

Since both of them are three dimensional-shapes,

you can let them stand on the desk too!♪

It will be even better

if you make various Totoro such as a big one, a middle one and a small one! ★

Let’s give it a try!♥

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】