#Origami elephant easy how to

At the resulting pyramid, bend down the top along the marked linesġ7. Pressing the right triangle with your fingers to the top layer of paper in the area of the circle, open the back of the figureġ6. This is not so easy to do, therefore, all the actions are shown in more detail in the following three figures.ġ5. Bend inward the tip of the resulting pyramid along the intended line.

Bend the upper right part of the square backġ4. Open and flatten the upper half of the resulting triangleġ3. Bend the triangle formed at the top down, then return the folded corner to its original positionġ2. Bend it so that the corner touches the left edge of the figure, and the top side is parallel to the baseġ0. Flip the upper left triangle to the rightĩ. Open and flatten another part of the workpieceĨ. Pull the upper left corner of only one layer of paper, and then open and flattenĦ. Take a square sheet of paper and fold it horizontallyģ.

#Origami elephant easy how to

Paper elephant (origami) How to make an elephant out of paper in stagesġ. It makes him much cuter! All done! Isn't he awesome!ĭon't forget to post photos of your finished work on the Flickr page here.How to make an origami paper elephant - a master class with an assembly diagram.

Give your elephant a sloping backside by making a fold and tucking it inward. Give your elephant trunk a little curl by folding the tip. Now make a new fold going upwards so that your elephant has a raised trunk. Open it up and tuck it inwards to give it a more three dimensional feel. The fold is about halfway down the trunk. This needs to happen on both sides of the elephant s that you have an ear on each side and a trunk in the middle.įold down the trunk to create the downward slope of the trunk. Tuck the red fold inwards under the white fold. Now fold another line that is slightly more slanted, but intersects with the top of your previous fold. This also makes it easier to line up the blue and red lines shown in the diagram.įlip over your origami and fold backwards along the indicated line.įold along the indicated line to create the beginnings of an ear. Note that I have folded at the top blue line backwards in this picture. This makes the two legs! Phewf, the hardest part is over now. The blue and white lines go through it just for the line to fold the main sections below it. Note about this diagram: Don't fold the tip of the 'trunk' (the long triangle part at the top). The white lines show where the folds will be in the middle of these sections. Okay, this looks complicated, but all you have to do is to line up the blue edges with the red edges. Open up these folds and gently pull them towards the center.įold down to create this kind of indentation on the sides.

This is what your folds should look like from the side once you tuck them under.įold down the four corners of the middle section. The folds you made by folding backwards are called 'mountain' folds because they rise up in the center. They call these upward folds 'valley' folds because they dip down like a valley in the center. Now you can tuck the folds you made by folding upwards underneath the body. Divide the upper section into two by folding backwards along the indicated line.ĭivide the section closest to the middle body section into two by making an upward fold. Now do the same thing to the opposite side of the middle section (the middle section will become the body and these complicated side folds will become the legs). Then divide the upper half of it by folding upwards this time. (You are dividing the bottom half).įold the newest bottom section backwards to divide it again. You are doing this to create some creases you need later for the legs.įold the bottom half backwards up to the crease you just created. Now fold the paper in half the other direction.įold down the top two corners so that a triangle forms.įold down the edge again (like folding a paper airplane!).įold at the shorter base of the triangle you have formed.įold the paper in half now backwards so that the top edges match up. Tip: Use a pen to slide along the folded edge so that the edge becomes sharp and crisp. You can also use a dollar bill since the dimensions will also work.įlip over the sheet of paper so that the design is on the bottom. Start with a sheet of paper in the dimensions of 6 inches x 2.75 inches. Note that this is not an easy origami elephant to make since there are a lot of tricky folds, but the result is super cute :) Who doesn't love an adorable little elephant? I know I do! Here's how to make a fun little elephant friend for your desk or a fellow elephant aficionado.