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How to fold an origami rabbit

Fold a triangle that stands on its fold, reverse-fold a white cotton tail and cut a round back. Then snip and swing up two long ears on a bunny face.

You need: 1 brown square (15 cm), a small brown square (6 cm), scissors, glue and a black pen. Hard, 11 steps, about 25 minutes.

Steps

  1. Body: fold in half. White side up, fold the bottom corner up to the top corner. The long fold at the bottom is the ground; the rabbit will face right.
  2. Body: snip the tail. Snip 4 cm along the bottom fold from the left point, so the two layers of the point come apart.
  3. Body: cotton tail. Fold each layer's point up and back on a slanted crease from the end of the snip, the front one to the front and the back one behind. It turns white.
  4. Body: round back. Cut the top off in a round hump, from the rump over the back and down the chest to the ground. Snip the tail's top corners off so it looks fluffy.
  5. Head: new sheet. Set the body aside. Take the small brown square, white side up, turned like a diamond.
  6. Head: make a triangle. Fold the top corner down to the bottom corner.
  7. Head: corners down. Fold the left and right corners down to meet the bottom point.
  8. Head: snip the ears free. Cut along both slanted folds, from the outer corners about two-thirds of the way to the top middle.
  9. Head: ears up. Fold both flaps up so their points stand tall above the top edge, leaning out a little.
  10. Head: turn it over. Flip the head over so the smooth side faces you.
  11. Glue it together. Glue the head on the front of the hump, so its chin sits on the chest and the ears stand up high.

Twitch, twitch!

Draw a big curve for the strong hind leg, a line for its long foot and one for the front paw. Add eyes, a nose, a mouth and whiskers.

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