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How to fold an origami spider hero

Fold a teal square into a hero's mask with a white chin, fold two little orange squares into round goggle lenses, and glue them on. Draw the pupils, a grin and the little spider emblem.

You need: 1 square sheet for the mask (teal on one side), 2 small orange squares two fifths as wide for the lenses (6 cm squares for a 15 cm mask), and a glue stick. Medium, 15 steps, about 12 minutes.

Steps

  1. Mask: crease the middle. Start with the mask, white side up. Fold the bottom corner up to the top corner, crease, and unfold.
  2. Mask: top corner down. Fold the top corner down, but not all the way: its tip stops a thumb's width above the middle crease.
  3. Mask: sides in. Fold the left and right corners in so their tips touch the point of the top flap. The creases slant, so the head gets narrower towards the bottom.
  4. Mask: turn it over. Flip the mask over so the smooth side faces you.
  5. Mask: white chin. Fold the bottom point up so its tip touches the middle crease. The white part is the hero's chin.
  6. Mask: fold down the nose. Fold the tip of the white triangle back down a little, so a small teal triangle points down. That's the mask's nose guard.
  7. Lens 1: new sheet. Set the mask aside. Take a small orange square, white side up.
  8. Lens 1: corners to the middle. Fold all four corners in so their points meet in the middle.
  9. Lens 1: tips back out. Fold each point back out until it almost touches the outer edge. A big white window opens in the middle.
  10. Lens 1: round it off. Fold the four corners of the square behind, just a little, so the lens looks round.
  11. Lens 2: new sheet. Set the first lens aside. Take the other small square, white side up.
  12. Lens 2: corners to the middle. Fold all four corners in to the middle.
  13. Lens 2: tips back out. Fold each point back out for the white window.
  14. Lens 2: round it off. Fold the four corners behind to round it off.
  15. Glue on the goggles. Glue the two lenses side by side on the mask, just below the slanted top corners, with a small gap between them.

Hero time!

Draw a pupil in each lens, a cheeky grin on the white chin under the nose guard, and a little spider hanging from a thread on the forehead.

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