Origami Animals

1. Fold your sheet in half diagonally.

2. Fold your triangle in half and unfold. Keep the crease on the paper.

3. Take each side of the triangle and fold them down.

4. Bring the corner up.

5. Fold the sides slightly outwards. These will be the fins of the fish.

6. Gently raise the first layer at the bottom.

7. Unfold the bottom all the way out.

8. Cut the paper along the lines following the arrows.

9. Fold the last layer behind.

10. You get a samurai helmet. Open the helmet and flatten each side.

11. Folding in progress. Turn it over.

12. …and all that’s left to do is turn the thickness from right to left to form the tail. You can also bend the sides under each fin to keep he fish standing on its own.

1. Fold the paper in half.

2. Fold the paper in half again.

3. Open the paper out over to the right.

4. Squash Fold the paper flat.

5. Turn the paper over.

6. Open the paper over to the left and Squash Fold it flat.

7. Fold the sides in along the dotted lines and unfold. Then fold the top down along the dotted line and unfold.

8. Lift up the top layer of paper along the crease at the top.

9. Fold in the sides along the existing creases into a Petal Fold.

10. Make a cut along the top flap down to the start of the dotted lines. Then fold out both sides.

11. Make a Pleat Fold along the dotted lines.

12. Make an Outside Reverse Fold along the dotted lines.

13. Fold the top flaps of paper out along the dotted lines.

14. Fold the sides and bottom in along the dotted lines.

15. Fold the bottom back out making a Pleat.

16. Turn the paper over.

Here is the completed turtle

1. Fold the paper in half.

2. Fold the paper in half again.

3. Open up the top flap of paper over to the right.

4. Squash fold this flap flat.

5. Turn the paper over.

6. Open up the top flap of paper over to the left and Squash Fold it flat.

7. Fold the top two flaps of paper behind along the dotted lines.

8. Turn the paper over.

9. Fold the bottom part of the paper up along the dotted line.

10. Fold the side flaps of paper down along the dotted lines.

11. Turn the paper over.

Here is the completed crab

1. Fold the paper in half and then unfold it.

2. Fold the bottom of the paper up along the dotted line.

3. Turn the paper over.

4. Fold the top and bottom in along the dotted lines.

5. Fold the top and side in along the dotted lines then turn the paper over.

6. Fold the tail up a little bit.

Here is the completed whale

1. Fold and unfold the paper in half both ways.

2. Fold both sides in to the centre along the dotted lines.

3. Fold both sides in to the centre along the dotted lines.

4. Open up the paper completely.

5. Fold the paper over along the dotted line.

6. Fold the paper back out over to the left.

7. Fold the right side of the paper over along the dotted line and then fold it back out like on the other side.

8. Make a small fold on each side along the dotted lines.

9. Open up the paper along the dotted lines. Lift it up and push it flat. Look at the next diagram to see the final position of this fold.

10. Fold the top of the top layer of paper down along the dotted line.

11. Fold both sides in along the dotted lines.

12. Fold the top of the paper down along the dotted line.

13. Fold the paper underneath along both the dotted lines.

14. Make two Pleat Folds to form the ears.

15. Fold the paper in half a little bit to make the model a bit 3D.

Here is the completed little bear

1. Fold and unfold the paper in half both ways.

2. Fold both sides of the paper to the centre along the dotted lines.

3. Fold the bottom triangle of paper behind the model.

4. Fold both sides behind the model along the dotted lines.

5. Make a small cut along the two diagonal lines.

6. Fold out the cut flaps of paper along the dotted line.

7. Fold the top of the paper down along the dotted line.

8. Make two Pleat Folds along the dotted lines.

9. Make two Pleat Folds on the sides of the model.

Here is the completed elephant

1. Fold the paper in half and then unfold it.

2. Fold the paper in half the other way.

3. Fold the top and bottom in along the dotted lines.

4. Fold the paper in half over behind.

5. Open the paper over to the left. Push the paper in the middle down to make the head.

6. Turn the model so it’s sitting upright.

7. Fold the side along the dotted line to make the tail.

Here is the completed fox