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How to fold an origami dog

Crease and cut a triangle into a body with four legs and a short tail. Fold in a white bib, swing the tail up with a white tip, then fold a floppy-eared face.

You need: 1 light brown square (15 cm), a small light brown square (5.5 cm), scissors, a ruler, glue and a black pen. Hard, 18 steps, about 30 minutes.

Steps

  1. Body: fold in half. White side up, fold the top corner down to the bottom corner. The long fold at the top is the dog's back; it faces right.
  2. Body: crease the front legs. Fold the right point over on an upright crease 2.2 cm right of the middle, and crease it hard.
  3. Body: open it. Unfold it. This crease marks the back of the front legs.
  4. Body: crease the hind legs. Fold the left point over on an upright crease 1.8 cm left of the middle.
  5. Body: open it. Unfold it. This crease marks the front of the hind legs.
  6. Body: crease the rump. Fold the left point over again on an upright crease 3.8 cm left of the middle.
  7. Body: open it. Unfold it. The strip along the top left of this crease will be the tail.
  8. Body: cut the legs. Cut the bottom point off level, 5.4 cm below the top. Cut up the front leg crease to 3 cm below the top and the hind one to 2.5 cm, then across between them.
  9. Body: cut the tail. Cut up the rump crease to 9 mm below the top, then out to the left, and cut the tail off 5.2 cm long. Round the chest and thighs, and taper the legs.
  10. Body: snip the chest. Snip 1 cm along the top fold from the front edge, so the two chest layers come apart.
  11. White bib. Fold the chest edge of each layer inside, on a crease from 4.2 cm down the front leg to 9 mm in at the top, so a white bib shows.
  12. Tail up. Fold the tail up and back, both layers together, on a crease from the bottom corner of its root, so it sticks up high.
  13. White tail tip. Fold the last 1.2 cm of the tail down over itself, the front layer to the front and the back layer behind, so the tip turns white.
  14. Head: new sheet. Set the body aside. Take the small square, white side up, turned like a diamond.
  15. Head: make a triangle. Fold the top corner down to the bottom corner.
  16. Head: floppy ears. Fold the left and right corners down on a slant, so they hang beside the face like floppy ears.
  17. Head: nose. Fold the front layer's bottom tip up a little to make a white muzzle, and fold the back tip behind so the chin is flat.
  18. Glue it together. Glue the head over the front of the body, its top 1.3 cm above the back, so the ears hang over the chest.

Woof woof!

Colour a black saddle on the back and white socks. Draw a white stripe down the face, eyes and a big black nose, and add wag lines.

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