How to fold an origami hippo face
Pleat the bottom of a square into a wide hippo muzzle, snip the step and fold the head narrower above it, then cut two tiny ears from the top. Round it off and draw huge nostrils.
You need: 1 square sheet, 15 cm, grey or purple on one side, scissors, a black pen and a white gel pen. Medium, 10 steps, about 12 minutes.
Steps
- Head: crease the middle. Start coloured side up. Fold the square in half, right side over onto the left.
- Head: open it again. Unfold it. The crease marks the middle, so you can cut the ears evenly.
- Head: crease the ear strip. Fold the top edge down about 1.5 cm.
- Head: open the strip. Unfold it. The ears will come from this strip.
- Muzzle: fold up. Fold the bottom edge up until it is about 2 cm from the top edge.
- Muzzle: fold back down. Fold the same edge back down on a crease just above the last one. A thin step hides under the muzzle, so it can stay wide while the head gets narrower.
- Muzzle: snip the step. Cut along the line at the top of the muzzle from each side, about 1.5 cm in. This frees the muzzle's top corners.
- Head: sides behind. Fold each side of the head behind on a slant, from the end of the snip up to 3 cm in along the top. The muzzle stays wide.
- Head: snip the ears. In the top strip, cut away the middle between two slanted snips, leaving a small ear at each corner. Round the ears' tops.
- Muzzle: round it. Snip all four corners of the muzzle round, the bottom ones more, so it bulges out under the head.
Splash!
Draw two eyes high on the head, two huge nostrils on the muzzle, a wide smile and two white teeth.