All models

How to fold an origami spouting whale

Fold a kite in half for a deep whale body, push the tail up with an outside reverse fold and blunt the head. A little folded splash sits on top.

You need: 1 blue square (15 cm) and 1 small light blue square (5 cm), glue and a black pen. Medium, 10 steps, about 10 minutes.

Steps

  1. Crease the middle. White side up, turned like a diamond, fold the top corner down to the bottom corner, crease and unfold.
  2. Kite. Fold the top and bottom edges at the left end in to lie along the middle crease, like a kite. The left point is the tail.
  3. Fold in half. Fold the top half down onto the bottom half along the middle crease. The long fold on top is the back.
  4. Raise the tail. Outside-reverse-fold the thin left end up on a slanted crease: front layer forward, back layer behind, so the tail sticks up.
  5. Blunt the head. Fold the right point behind on an upright crease, both layers together, so the head is blunt.
  6. Flat belly. Fold the bottom point behind too, both layers together, so the belly is flat.
  7. Splash: new sheet. Set the whale aside. Take the small light blue square, white side up, turned like a diamond.
  8. Splash: triangle. Fold the top corner down to the bottom corner.
  9. Splash: spray. Fold the left and right corners up past the top edge, slanting outwards, like two jets of water.
  10. Glue the splash on. Glue the whale over the bottom point of the splash, so the spray rises from the top of its head.

Thar she blows!

Draw a small eye near the head and a long smiling mouth line.

What to fold next