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How to fold an origami deer face

Fold a long narrow kite, snip the top and swing the halves out into two big ears. Draw a white muzzle and dot white fawn spots on the forehead.

You need: 1 square sheet, 15 × 15 cm, fawn brown on one side, scissors and a white gel pen. Medium, 9 steps, about 7 minutes.

Steps

  1. Fold in half. Turn the square like a diamond, white side up. Fold the left corner onto the right corner.
  2. Open it again. Unfold it, so there is a crease down the middle.
  3. Make a kite. Fold the two lower edges in to lie along the middle crease.
  4. Make it long. Fold the two upper edges in to the middle crease too. Now you have a long, narrow face.
  5. Turn it over. Flip it over so the smooth side faces you.
  6. Snip the ears. Cut down the middle crease from the top point, almost halfway down.
  7. Swing out the ears. Fold the inner edge of each half out, on a line from the end of the cut, so the two big ears point out to the sides.
  8. Round the cheeks. Fold the left and right points behind, about 1 cm in, so the face is rounder.
  9. Blunt the chin. Fold the bottom point behind, about 2 cm up.

Hello, little fawn!

Colour a white muzzle with a black nose, draw big shiny eyes and a smile. Dot white spots on the forehead and white streaks in the ears.

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