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How to fold an origami shrimp

Fold a long strip in half and snip a pointy head and a slim tail. Three slanted folds curl it round into a C, each overlap a shell segment.

You need: 1 strip of paper 30 × 6 cm (cut from the long side of A4), pink on one side, scissors and a black pen. Medium, 5 steps, about 8 minutes.

Steps

  1. Fold in half. Fold the strip in half the long way, bottom edge up to the top edge, pink side out. The fold is the shrimp's tummy.
  2. Snip head and tail. Snip the left end to a point: off the bottom corner from 3 cm along the fold, and a bit off the top corner. Taper the right half to 1.4 cm at the end.
  3. Bend the body down. Fold the right part down on a slant, from the top edge 7 cm from the head, so the body points down to the right.
  4. Bend it back. Fold the rest over on a slant the other way, so it points down to the left. The overlaps look like shell segments.
  5. Curl the tail. Fold the tail over on a slant once more, so it points left and tucks under the head.

A curly shrimp!

Draw a dot eye, two long feelers sweeping back from the nose and little legs along the inside of the curl.

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