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How to fold an origami garden snail

Round a square into a shell with corner folds. The strip folded behind is snipped free and swung out as the long foot, and its pointed end folds up as the head.

You need: 1 square sheet (15 cm), orange-brown on one side, scissors and a black pen. Medium, 6 steps, about 8 minutes.

Steps

  1. Strip behind. Coloured side up, fold the bottom edge behind about 2 cm.
  2. Roll it again. Fold the strip behind once more, so it is twice as thick. This strip will be the foot.
  3. Round the shell. Fold the top two corners behind a lot and the bottom left corner a little, so the shell is round.
  4. Snip the foot free. Snip along the bottom fold from about a quarter of the way in from the left to the right end, so most of the strip behind comes loose.
  5. Foot out. Fold the loose strip over to the left behind the shell, on a crease at the end of the snip, so it sticks far out on the left.
  6. Head up. Fold the end of the foot straight up on a slanted crease, so the head stands up. Fold the shell's last corner behind.

Slow and steady

Draw a spiral on the shell and an eye near the top of the head.

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