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How to fold an origami easy seahorse

A long diamond folded in half stands up tall. Fold the top point forward into a snout and the bottom point forward into a curled tail.

You need: 1 square sheet, 15 × 15 cm, orange on one side, and a black pen. Easy, 6 steps, about 4 minutes.

Steps

  1. Crease the diagonal. White side up, like a diamond. Fold the left corner to the right corner, crease, and unfold.
  2. Make a kite. Fold the two lower edges in to lie along the centre crease.
  3. Long diamond. Fold the two upper edges in to the centre crease too, so both ends are long points.
  4. Fold in half. Fold the left half behind the right half. The straight fold on the left is the seahorse's back.
  5. Fold the snout. Fold the top point forward and down on a slant, from a spot on the back 5.5 cm below the tip, so it pokes out to the right as a snout.
  6. Curl the tail. Fold the bottom point forward and up on a slant, from a spot on the back 6 cm above the tip, so it curls out under the belly.

Swish!

Draw a dot eye just behind the snout and a few little stripes on the belly.

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