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How to fold an origami husky

Fold a triangle, crease and cut four legs, reverse-fold a tail up and curl it forward, lift and crimp the head, fold up white socks and glue on pointy ears.

You need: 1 square sheet, 15 × 15 cm, grey on one side, a small grey square for the ears, scissors, glue and a white pen. Hard, 21 steps, about 30 minutes.

Steps

  1. Fold in half. White side up, fold the top corner down to the bottom corner. The long fold at the top is the husky's back.
  2. Crease the front legs. Fold the right part over on a crease from 1.9 cm right of the middle on the top fold to 2.6 cm right of it 6 cm down. Crease hard.
  3. Open it. Unfold it back into the triangle.
  4. Crease the hind legs. Fold the left part over on a crease from 2.7 cm left of the middle on the top fold to 3.4 cm left of it 6 cm down.
  5. Open it. Unfold it again. These creases mark the inside edges of the legs.
  6. Tail back. Outside-reverse-fold the left end back over the body, on an upright crease 4.5 cm left of the middle.
  7. Cut the legs. Cut the bottom point off level, 6 cm below the top fold. Cut up both leg creases, then across between their tops.
  8. Cut the tail. Cut up the tail fold, leaving 1.1 cm at the top. Trim the tail flaps to a strip 4.7 cm long, and snip the top corner of the rump round.
  9. Lift the tail. Outside-reverse-fold the tail out on a crease from its bottom corner, so it sticks out behind.
  10. Neck back. Outside-reverse-fold the right end back over the body, on an upright crease 3.8 cm right of the middle.
  11. Cut the neck. Cut up the neck fold, leaving 2.7 cm at the top. Trim the neck flaps to a strip 2.7 cm wide at the fold and 1.4 cm at the tip.
  12. Lift the neck. Outside-reverse-fold the neck up on a crease from its bottom corner, so it stands up and leans a little forward.
  13. Head back. Outside-reverse-fold the top 3 cm of the neck back and down, on a crease slanting across the neck from its back edge.
  14. Head forward. Outside-reverse-fold the head back out on a crease from the same corner, so the nose points forward.
  15. Round the paws. Snip both bottom corners off each leg, so the paws are round.
  16. Curl the tail. Outside-reverse-fold the top of the tail forward, 2.3 cm up from where it starts, so it curls over the back, white side out.
  17. White socks. Fold the bottom 1 cm of every leg up on the outside, so white socks show on both sides.
  18. Ears: a small square. Set the husky aside. Take a 2 cm square, white side up, turned like a diamond.
  19. Ears: a kite. Fold the two top edges in to meet on the middle line, so the top is a sharp point.
  20. Ears: fold the bottom. Fold the bottom point behind, level with the side corners. Make a second ear the same.
  21. Glue on the ears. Glue an ear behind the top of the head on each side, points up.

Awoo!

Colour a white mask over the muzzle and cheek, a white spot above the eye, and a white chest and belly. Draw the eye and nose.

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