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How to fold an origami horse

10/5/2010 3:51:06 PM
By: papersculpture
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This guide will show you how to fold a standing origami horse.

Difficulty level: Advanced

Instructions:

Materials:
1 square piece of paper
Scissors

.This model starts with a square base
Skip to step 7 if you know how to fold the square base.

Fold in half top to bottom and unfold
Fold in half side to side and unfold

Flip paper over to back side.
Rotate the paper and fold in half top to bottom and unfold
Fold paper in half side to side and unfold

Pinch all the diagonal folds.
Continue to squeeze them together and the horizontal folds will fold inwards.

Result
Squash it flat.

Result

Place the open end on the bottom.

Fold the 2 sides of the top layer to the center crease
Flip over and repeat in the back.

Fold down along the edge of the flaps.
Unfold

Unfold the sides in the front and the back
Lift the top layer and cut up to the crease at the top
Flip over and repeat on the other side

Lift the top layer you just cut and fold both sides upwards
See the next picture for the result.

Flip over and repeat on the back

Fold the sides in half towards the center
Flip over and repeat on the back

Fold up the bottom right side and crease it sharply as shown in the picture
Unfold

Fold the bottom left side and crease it sharply as shown in the picture.
Unfold

Flip over and rotate the paper so that the top is on the bottom
Fold down along the 2 crease lines you just made and make a sharp crease

Fold the right upper layer to the left as you would turn a page in a book
Push the top point down while pushing the bottom left side to the right.
This should made a reverse fold along the creases you made.