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How to fold an origami charging rhino

Fold a deep kite body and swing short stout legs out in a gallop. Crimp the head right down, reverse-fold its tip up into the horn, crimp the tail and pleat the body chunky.

You need: 1 grey square (15 cm or bigger), scissors and a black pen. Hard, 17 steps, about 35 minutes.

Steps

  1. Crease the middle. White side up, turned like a diamond, fold the top corner down to the bottom corner, crease and unfold.
  2. Kite. Fold the edges at the left point in on creases from the point to 7.9 cm above and below the middle crease. That end is the rhino's head.
  3. Narrow the other end. Fold the edges at the right point in on creases from the point to 9 cm above and below the middle crease. That end is the rump.
  4. Tummy corners. Fold the top and bottom corners in on creases 6 cm above and below the middle crease. They will be hidden inside.
  5. Fold in half. Fold the top half down onto the bottom half along the middle crease. The long fold on top is the back, the flat bottom is the tummy.
  6. Crease a strip. Fold the bottom edge up 1.3 cm, all layers together, and crease it hard. This strip gives the legs.
  7. Open it. Unfold the strip again.
  8. Slit the legs. Cut along the strip crease from the front end in 3.1 cm, and from the back end in 3.2 cm.
  9. Front legs: reach. Swing the front strip down on slanted creases from its inner end, the front layers one way and the back ones behind, a little apart.
  10. Back legs: kick. Swing the back strip down the same way, the front layers forward and the back ones behind.
  11. Head: crease. Fold the left end over on an upright crease 6.9 cm from its tip, all layers together.
  12. Head: crimp down. Fold it back on a crease slanting from the same top point, so the head swings right down to charge.
  13. Horn. Fold the head tip up on a slant from 2.3 cm along its top edge, all layers together, so it stands up off the nose as a big horn.
  14. Round the rump. Fold the rump point behind on an upright crease 3 cm from its tip, then fold the top corner there behind a little, all layers together.
  15. Round the back. Fold the top back corner of the rump behind a little, all layers together, so the big rump is round.
  16. Pleat: fold over. Fold the back part of the body over to the front on an upright crease through the middle of the back, all layers together.
  17. Pleat: fold back. Fold it back again on an upright crease 0.9 cm further forward. The pleat makes the body shorter and chunkier.

Out of the way!

Draw a small eye behind the horn, a nostril and a few wrinkle lines on the shoulder.

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