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How to fold an origami deep-sea squid

Narrow a kite into a long point under a wide arrowhead of fins, snip up the point's folds and fan its hidden layers out into four arms.

You need: 1 square sheet (15 cm), pink on one side and white on the other, scissors and a black pen. Hard, 8 steps, about 25 minutes.

Steps

  1. Fold in half. White side up, fold the left corner onto the right corner.
  2. Open it again. Unfold it, leaving a sharp crease down the middle.
  3. Make a kite. Fold the two bottom edges in to the middle crease, so the bottom point is long.
  4. Narrow it. Fold the new bottom edges in to the middle again, from the bottom tip, so the bottom point gets long and slim.
  5. Turn it over. Turn the paper over. The wide top is the fins, the long point the body and arms.
  6. Snip three slits. Snip from the bottom tip up the middle crease 8.5 cm, then up both folded edges just as far.
  7. Fan the back arms. Fold the back flap on each side out behind from the end of its slit, so it hangs down and out.
  8. Fan the front arms. Fold each front strip out a little on a slant from the top of the middle slit.

A squid!

Draw two big eyes just above the arms, with a white shine in each.

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