Make several folds in various directions to create an origami animal head.
Origami is a Japanese art form of folding paper into decorative figures and shapes. When creating these figures, you normally use a single sheet of paper and make a variety of folds and creases to create the image. Such figures can include: stars, diamonds, boxes, airplanes, flowers and animals. You can learn to make origami figures, such as animal heads by making the right folds and creases.
Instructions
Dog's Head
1. Lay the square piece of paper on a flat surface, fold it diagonally and make a triangle. Crease the fold along the edge.
2. Fold the triangle down the center and crease it to make a smaller triangle. Unfold the smaller triangle so that the crease shows down the center of the triangle you created in Step 1.
3. Fold each corner down and crease it on each side so that the corners point downward and you have a point at the top.
4. Flip the paper over, fold about 1 inch of both points away from you and crease it. Turn the paper back over to see the shape of the dog's head. Draw the dog's face using a marker.
Cat's Head
5. Lay the square piece of paper on a flat surface, fold it diagonally and crease it along the edge to create a triangle.
6. Fold the triangle down the center, align the corners and crease the paper along the edge to create a smaller triangle.
7. Unfold the triangle created in Step 2 and lay it out flat. Position the triangle so that the middle point is facing upward.
8. Fold the left and right corners upwards and crease both sides to make the cat's ears. Fold the top corner downward towards you and crease the fold along the edge.
9. Turn the paper over to see the head of a cat. Draw a face on the front, twist two pieces of black pipe cleaner and glue them on the face for whiskers.
Koala Bear's Head
10. Lay the paper on a flat surface with one corner pointing upward and fold it diagonally down the center by aligning the left corner with the right corner. Unfold it and then fold the paper diagonally by aligning the top corner down with the bottom corner and crease it along the edge to create a triangle.
11. Position the triangle so the center point is facing downward. Fold both corners down to meet at the center.
12. Bring the folded corners upward and make a slanted crease so the corners point up and out on each side. Locate the small tip at the top, fold it down towards the front and firmly crease it.
13. Fold the two points down at an angle to create the koala's ears.
14. Fold the bottom tip up, flip the paper over and fold the bottom tip up. Use the marker and draw the ears, eyes, nose and mouth to complete your koala head and face.
