Origami: How to fold a Girl

I’ll show you how to fold a cute girl ★

It’s so easy to fold, so let’s make a lot of girls who have various expressions.

As for the first girl, you can arrange various hair styles,

by adjusting angles when you fold the hair toward the bottom.❤

Why don’t you arrange your own style?

How to fold a Girl 1  Girl’s face

１．First, fold it in half.

２．Again, fold it in half to make another triangle.

３．Open it up all the way, and fold it down like the picture below.

４．Fold it down, just like you did in No.1.

５．Fold both sides down like the picture below.

６．If it becomes like the picture below, it’s done!

How to fold a Girl 2  Okappa chan (Bobbed hair)

１．First, fold it in half.

２．And again, fold it in half to make a square.

３．Open it up all the way, and fold both sides toward the crease you made,

like the picture below.

４．Open it up again, and fold both sides towards the crease you made in No.3,

like the picture below.

５．Fold both sides, like rolling the parts that you folded in No.4,

like the picture below.

６．Change the direction and fold it down toward the crease

you made (middle line) like the picture below.

７．Fold it down, like rolling the part that you folded in No.6,

like the picture below.

８．Turn it over and fold it up along the black line.

９．Open the each bag’s part and fold it to make triangles like the picture below.

１０．Fold two corners down along the black lines.

１１．It becomes like the picture below.

１２． Flip it over.

１３．Draw your own face, and it’s done!

How to fold a Girl 3  Odango chan (Bun hair)

１．First, fold it in half.

２．And again, fold it in half to make a square.

３．Open it up all the way and fold one side down toward the crease

you made (middle line), like the picture below.

４．Fold it like superimposing two creases that you made in No.1 and No.3

and make one more crease between the two creases.

５．Open it up all the way and fold it up and make the edge meet the crease

that you made in No.4.

６．Fold two sides down like the picture below.

７．Flip it over and fold two sides toward the crease that you made (middle line),

like the picture below.

８．Fold it down in half.

９．Fold the only the top part up along the black line.

１０．It becomes like the picture below.

１１．Fold the one whole side toward the middle line and put only the bottom part back,

making triangle using the bag part, like the picture below.

If you did one side, do the same thing for the other side too.

１２．Fold all four corners like the picture below.

１３．It becomes like the picture below.

１４．Flip it over.

１５．Draw your own face and insert the paper which you put the message on.

It’s done!

It’ll be even cuter if you draw a ribbon on the head of Okappa chan (Bobbed hair).

Draw various expressions on their faces.★

After you make Odango chan (Bun hair),

you can insert the folded paper with a message into the slit at the bottom of the face.

You could also draw some patterns on their clothes.♪

You could change the color of their hair by changing the color of the origami paper too.

By changing angles when you fold the corners in No.12,

you’ll have a different atmosphere on their faces.

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】