Make these Cute Origami Animals- Easy to Fold :: My Canadian friends came just back from a fancy Japanese restaurant in Brighton, with a whole stack of origami folding ideas. They told me how much fun they had. Origami Animals are a cool crafts kids can do. A perfect summer vacation activity. With these free tutorials for origami animals, you and your kids can easily make a forest, farm, sea or zoo.
Origami Materials Needed
Origami Paper - Buy at Amazon -- gorgeous options and all sizes available.
Origami Precision Scissors - Buy at Amazon
Some people use other special paper folding tools, but you can use a ruler instead.
Origami Animals Folding Instructions
I started making origami hearts. Then I made the butterflies. Hopefully, you followed along.... Now I invite you to make a world of origami animals with me:
- Origami Fox
- Origami Butterfly
- Origami Elephant
- Origami Whale
- Origami Animals - Forest Habitat
- Origami Animals - Sea Habitat
Origami Fox
This origami fox designed by Daniel Chang is my favorite. I love how the brown and the white paper line up to create fox-like details. To me, that's origami at its best.
BABY FOX Origami template designed by Daniel Chang at KeepFoldingOn:
Photo by How About Orange
Learn from Akira Yoshizawa,Master of Modern Origami
I just learned from an origami-aficionado who wrote to me about this article that the first origami butterflies (and many other animals) were designed by Akira Yoshizawa.
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More Origami Animals Folding Instructions
Origami Butterfly
You might also like to try our own very detailed step-by-step tutorial to make your own stunning Origami Butterfly.
This is a relatively easy folding project, which we have detailed step-by-step.
Origami Elephant
This little origami elephant by Li Jun's is just too cute!!!
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Where is my origami folding paper ?! I want to make one.
Tutorial video by Yo Nakashima of Li Jun's design:
Origami Whale
Another great design is this origami whale. Apparently, it's a traditional origami folding model.
This whale origami tutorial, apparently a traditional model, obtain the tutorial via Origami-make: Download
Photo credit for all three animals (fox, elephant & whale) HowAboutOrange.
Build Habitat for Origami Animals - Free Printable Downloads
Forest Habitat
What's more wonderful than than creating a paper habitat for your origami animals. Elephants and monkey belong in forests, after all. Here's how you create a paper forest habitat background. It's a free download by Jessica Jones from JessicaJonesDesign.com: Download.
Sea Habitat
For your origami sea animals - like the origami whale you just made - download this sea world to add a fun paper craft background - also by Jessica: Download.
The woods and the sea templates allow you to make adorable wall art featuring your origami project. Or glue them onto a recycled cereal box cut into a stage to make a wonderful environment for your kids to play with their new paper toys.
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More Paper Craft ideas?
Party hats make any party more fun. Hey, even sleepovers of birthdays. Here's how to make a crown from recycled paper in minutes... or hours of laughing and good fun. Easy and fun. Keep it simple with old envelops, origami paper or light card stock. Or embellish it with faux jewels, markers and doodles. Up to you and your gene of creativity.
