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How to fold an origami foal

A small oval body stands on four long thin legs spread out for balance. The neck is a slim kite whose tip bends forward into the head, with a short mane and tail.

You need: A square for the body, a smaller square for the neck, three thin strips (two for the legs, a dark one for the tail), and glue. Medium, 17 steps, about 15 minutes.

Steps

  1. Body: corners to the middle. Fold all four corners in to meet in the middle.
  2. Body: turn it over. Flip it over so the smooth coloured side faces you.
  3. Body: round it off. Fold the side points behind a little and the top and bottom points a lot, so the body is a wide oval.
  4. Neck: smaller square. Set the body aside. Take the smaller square, white side up, turned like a diamond.
  5. Neck: crease the diagonal. Fold the left corner to the right corner, crease, and unfold.
  6. Neck: make a kite. Fold the two upper edges in to lie along the centre crease.
  7. Neck: fold it in half. Fold the left half over onto the right half along the crease.
  8. Neck: bend the head. Fold the long thin point over to the right on a slant, about a third of the way down, so it becomes the head.
  9. Tail: dark strip. Set the neck aside. Take the short dark strip, white side up.
  10. Tail: fold it in half. Fold the strip in half the long way. The tail is done.
  11. Far legs: long strip. Set the tail aside. Take a long thin strip, white side up.
  12. Far legs: fold it in half. Fold the strip in half the long way, top edge down to the bottom edge, so it is thin and coloured on both sides.
  13. Far legs: bend the legs down. Fold each end down on a slant, a little way from the middle, so two long legs spread wide apart.
  14. Near legs: long strip. Set those legs aside. Take the other long strip, white side up.
  15. Near legs: fold it in half. Fold the strip in half the long way, top edge down to the bottom edge, so it is thin and coloured on both sides.
  16. Near legs: bend the legs down. Fold both ends down on a slant just like the first pair.
  17. Glue it together. Glue the body over the near legs. Glue the neck behind its front, the tail behind its back, and the far legs behind, a little to one side.

Wobble, wobble, gallop!

Draw an eye, a nostril, a short dark mane and dark hooves.

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