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How to fold an origami snail

Two squares: roll the bottom of the small one up into a shell with a curly lip, fold the big one into a kite, fold it in half and lift its long point for the head. Glue the shell on and draw its spiral.

You need: 2 square sheets: a 10 cm brown one for the shell and a 15 cm beige one for the body, a glue stick and a pen. Easy, 12 steps, about 8 minutes.

Steps

  1. Shell: roll the bottom. Start with the small square, coloured side up, turned like a diamond. Fold the bottom corner up a little.
  2. Shell: roll again. Roll the folded edge up again, the same height.
  3. Shell: and again. Roll the folded edge up again, the same height.
  4. Shell: round it. Fold the left, right and top corners behind, so the shell is round on top.
  5. Body: new sheet. Set the shell aside. Take the big square, white side up, turned like a diamond.
  6. Body: crease the diagonal. Fold the left corner to the right corner, crease, and unfold.
  7. Body: make a kite. Fold the two lower edges in to lie along the centre crease.
  8. Body: top point down. Fold the top point down to where the flaps meet.
  9. Body: fold in half. Fold the left half behind the right half.
  10. Body: lay it down. Turn it so the fold is at the bottom and the long point is on the right.
  11. Body: lift the head. Fold the long point up so it stands up at the front. That's the head.
  12. Glue on the shell. Glue the shell over the back half of the body, with its rolled lip along the bottom.

Slow and steady!

Draw a spiral on the shell and an eye on the head.

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