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How to fold an origami lamb

A big round pale body covered in drawn-on curls, a small dark triangle face with droopy ears and a woolly topknot, and a dark strip bent into two short splayed legs.

You need: A pale square for the body, a small dark square for the head, a dark strip for the legs, and glue. Easy, 11 steps, about 9 minutes.

Steps

  1. Body: corners to the middle. Start with the body. 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 all four points behind, so the woolly body is round.
  4. Head: small dark square. Set the body aside. Take the small dark square, white side up, turned like a diamond.
  5. Head: make a triangle. Fold the top corner down to meet the bottom corner.
  6. Head: droopy ears. Fold the left and right corners down at a slant so they stick out and droop like little lamb ears.
  7. Head: blunt chin. Fold the bottom tip behind a little. The head is done.
  8. Legs: dark strip. Set the head aside. Take the dark strip, white side up.
  9. 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.
  10. Legs: bend the legs down. Fold each end down on a slant, a little way from the middle, so two short legs hang down and spread apart.
  11. Glue it together. Glue the body over the top of the legs and the head on top of the body.

Baa!

Draw woolly curls all over the body, a white woolly topknot, two bright eyes and white nostrils.

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