Origami: How to fold some Bookmarks (Panda, Rabbit, Heart)

The bookmarks when we read books are so useful and will never be too much!

Also, it might be so nice to put a bookmark with a message in the notebook

or book when you give it back to your friends.★

I’ll show you how to fold an easy bookmark, so you can just fold it real quick,

when you need it.  It’s so useful!

How to fold a Bookmark 1  Panda-Version

１．I recommend that you should use the origami paper with black and white.

First, we will fold the face part.  Fold it in half.

２．Fold both corners to the apex, like the picture below.

３．Fold both sides in half, like the picture below.

４．Fold both sides along the creases that you made in No.3, like the picture below.

５．Fold both sides along the creases that you made in No. 4, like the picture below.

６．Open both sides and fold it using the creases, like the picture below.

７．Fold both sides to the middle line (both parts), like the picture below.

８．Fold it down along the black line, like the picture below.

９．Fold it up along the black line, like the picture below.

１０．It will be like the picture below.

１１．Put the top part that you folded in No.9 to the slit, like the picture below.

１２．Fold both sides along the black lines toward the middle, like the picture below.

１３．Fold four corners inside, like the picture below.

１４．It will be like the picture below.

１５．Flip it over, the face part is done!

１６．Next, we’ll fold the body part.

I recommend that you should use the origami paper with black

and white for the body’s part too.  Fold it in half.

２．Fold it in half again, to make a square.

３．Open it up all the way, and fold both sides to the crease (middle line) that you made,

like the picture below.

４．Fold both sides along the crease that you made, like the picture below.

５．Open it up all the way, and fold both sides to the creases that you made,

like the picture below.

６．Again, fold the other both sides to the creases that you made,

like the picture below.

７．Open it up all the way, and fold four corners inside, like the picture below.

８．Fold the bottom part along the crease, like the picture below.

９．Do the same thing for the right part, like the picture below.

１０．Do the same thing for the top part, like the picture below.

１１．Do the same thing for the left part, like the picture below.

１２．Fold four corners along the middle lines, like the picture below.

１３．It will be like the picture below.

１４． Turn it over.

１５．Fold the top part down along the crease that you made, like the picture below.

１６．Fold the left part down along the crease that you made, like the picture below.

１７．Fold the right part down along the crease that you made, like the picture below.

１８．Fold the bottom part down along the crease that you made, like the picture below.

１９．Pull the both corners toward the arrows, like the picture below.

２０．It will be like the picture below.

２１．Flip it over.

２２．Fold the top part down along the crease that you made, like the picture below.

２３．Fold both sides along the white lines, like the picture below.

２４．Fold two corners inside along the white lines, like the picture below.

２５．It will be like this, and the body part is done!

２６．Put the face part and body part together, and it’s done!

How to fold a Bookmark 2  Rabbit-Version

１．First, fold it in half.

２．Again, fold it in half to make a square, like the picture below.

３．Open it up all the way, and fold the top part to the crease that you made,

like the picture below.

４．Fold both sides to the crease (middle line), like the picture below.

５．Open it up all the way, and fold the top part down to the crease that you made,

like the picture below.

６．Fold both sides to the creases that you made, like the picture below.

７．Open it up all the way,

and fold two top corners down along the creases that you made,

like the picture below.

８．Fold the both sides along the creases that you made, like the picture below.

９．Fold the top part down along the crease that you made, like the picture below.

１０．Fold the two corners up along the creases that you made, like the picture below.

１１．Pull both sides toward the arrows as shown in the picture below and fold them.

１２． It will be like the picture below.

１３．Fold the top part behind along the black line.

１４．Fold both sides inside along the black lines, like the picture below.

１５．Pull both parts, open and fold them.

１６．It will be like the picture below.

１７．Fold the top part down along a little above the crease that you made.

(like the black line shown in the picture below)

１８．Fold both parts along the black lines.

１９．Fold the bottom part up along the black line.

２０． It will be like the picture below.

２１．Insert the part that you folded in No.20 into the slit, like the picture below.

２２．Fold four corners inside, like the picture below.

２３．It will be like the picture below.

２４．Flip it over, and the rabbit’s face is done!

２５．Fold the body part the same way you folded the panda’s,

put the face and body together, and it’s done!

２６．Hang them on your notebook, or other things.

How to fold a Bookmark 3  Heart

１．First, get ready for the origami paper cut in half.

２．Fold it in half, like the picture below.

３．Open it up, and fold both sides to the crease that you made.

４．Open it up, and fold the left top corner down to the crease.

５．Put it back, and fold the left part along the black line, like the picture below.

(the edge of the top left triangle is the mark)

６．It will be like the picture below.

７．Turn it over, and change the direction.

Fold both corners to the middle crease, like the picture below.

８．Fold the top part behind long the black line.

９．It will be like the picture below.

１０．Fold the left side, opening the bag part,

so that the square part will stick out, like the picture below.

１１．Do the same thing for the other side too.

１２．Fold four corners inside, like the picture below.

１３．It will be like the picture below.

１４．Flip it over, change the direction, and it’s done!

１５．Put this bookmark between something like a notebook.

How to fold a Bookmark 4  Cornered Bookmark

１．First, get ready for the origami paper cut in half.

２．Fold it to make a triangle, and put it back.

３．Do the same thing for the other side too.

４．Put it back, and cut the (red) crease line that you made with scissors,

like the picture below.

５．It will be like the picture below.

６．Fold it like the picture below, and put it together with glue.

７．Fold the other corner like the picture below, and it’s done!

８．Put it on the corner of something like a notebook, like the picture below.

You can hang the hands’ parts of the bookmark of a panda and a rabbit

to something like a notebook.

You can also change the size of paper.❤

There are some processes that you have to pull out,

so be careful not to tear the paper up.

When you make the last cornered bookmark,

you can also arrange the back part, cutting the shape you like at the end.

I also recommend that you should use the colorful origami! ♪

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】