Origami: How to fold a Ladybug

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We see ladybugs when we have a warm season.

Thanks to their black-dotted red wings,

we can find them easily, even though they are small.

 

I’ve heard that the name of the ladybugs is derived

from the way they fly toward the sun.

Let’s make a ladybug with origami paper!

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How to fold a ladybug Ver.1

 

This is an easy way of folding it with a sheet of origami.

You can make a big ladybug!

 

1. Fold it in half twice to make creases, along the dotted lines.

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2. Fold it along the dotted line. (a valley fold)

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3. Fold it along up, along the dotted line.

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4. Fold it inside, along the dotted line.

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5. Fold both sides behind, along the dotted lines.

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6. Fold them behind, along the dotted lines.

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7. It looks like a lady bug, doesn’t it?

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8. Then you draw eyes or patterns, and it’s done!

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If you use dotted-patterned origami paper, it will be a stylish ladybug.

Let’s make your original one, drawing the patterns with stars or hearts too.

How to fold a ladybug Ver.2

 

We put two sheets of origami paper together and start folding it.

Even though you might feel the papers are a little hard,

you will be able to fold it nicely if you fold each procedure well.

 

1. Get two sheets of origami paper ready. (One for head and the other for wings)

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2. Put them together, facing each colored-side outside, like the picture below.

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3. Fold it in half.

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4. Fold both corners to the middle. (a valley fold)

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5. Fold both sides along the dotted lines (a valley fold)

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6. Fold it down along the dotted line.

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7. Put only one pair up.

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8. Put it inside.

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9. It will be like the picture below.

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10. Open them up once.

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11. Fold them back again.

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12. Turn it over.

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13. Fold them along the dotted lines. (a valley fold)

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14. Turn it over.

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15. Fold it inside, along the dotted line.

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16. Draw the pattern with a pen.

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17. And it’s done!

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It became a ladybug which is about to fly, didn’t it?

You can enjoy using different colored origami paper and put them together too.

 

【Translated by  Kana Toda PIERCE】

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