Origami: How to fold a Locust

We have more chance to see a locust in summer, right?★

I bet most people used to collect insects in your childhood?

It’s so hard to catch the one with long legs, isn’t it?

Because they usually hop high.

Why don’t you feel like its summer folding various types of locust,

such as the one which is easy to fold,

or the one whose legs are just like the real locust,

since I’ll show you how to fold them?♪

How to fold a Locust   ver1

１．First, fold it in half.

２．Fold it in half again.

３．Open the bag part and fold it to make a square, like the picture below.

４．Fold the same way for the other side too.

５．Fold both sides to the crease. (Make sure that split part faces down.)

６．Fold the top part down along the crease.

７．Open three parts and fold it along the creases, like the picture below.

８．Fold the top layer up along the black line shown in the picture below.

９．It will be like the picture below.

１０．Fold both sides to the middle crease.

１１． Fold the bottom part up at half way.

１２．Fold the part down along the black line, like a staircase.

１３． Fold it in half.

１４．Fold it down along the black line.

Fold the same way for the other side too.

１５．It will be like the picture below.

１６．Change the direction, and it’s done!

How to fold a Locust   ver2

１．Fold the same way as ‘ver1’ until No.7.

２．Do the same thing as No.1 for the other side too.

３．Fold both sides to the middle crease.

４．Fold the same way as No.3 for the other side too.

５．Fold only the top part down, like the picture below.

６．Fold the other top part behind the black line.

７．It will be like the picture below

８．Fold it in half.

９．Pull it up toward the arrow.

１０．It will be like the picture below.

１１．Fold two parts along the black lines, like a staircase.

１２．It will be like the picture below.  And it’s done!

How to fold a Locust   ver3

１．First, fold it in half.

２．Fold the bottom part (only one sheet) up along the black line.

３．It will be like the picture below.

４．Fold the same way as No.3 for the other side too.

５．Fold it down along the black line.

６．It will be like the picture below.

７．Fold the same way for the other side.  And it’s done!

If you fold them with origami paper with green or greenish yellow color,

they will be real, but you can also enjoy with other colors too!

It might be fun if you add eyes on them too.

It will be livelier if you decorate them with other insects’ origami,

since they can stand by themselves.❤

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】