ORIGAMI đơn GIẢN 05

Beginner

Seahorse
Created by Marcia Joy Miller
Folding this cute seahorse may bring a smile to the face of
even the most serious of folders!

PAPER: Create the model from the designated sheet of
folding paper included in the back of the book on page
103. You can also use a 6 to 10-inch square of origami
paper.

BASIC TECHNIQUES: See Chapter 1 for the Reverse
Fold, Rabbit Ear Fold, and Fish Base exercises.

1 Start with a completed

2 Fold the front flap down.

Fish Base. (If you are using
the included folding paper,
begin the Fish Base with the
solid-color side facing you.)
Mountain fold the Fish Base
in half by folding the left side
behind the right side.

Repeat the fold with the back
flap.

4 Fold the left corner of the

3 Fold the bottom edge of
the front flap to the crease.
Repeat the fold on the back
flap.

flap away from you so that it
touches the bottom corner of
the same flap. (Note: another
option, which a little more
challenging, is to make inside
reverse folds.)

5 Make an inside reverse fold. (Hint: First
You can create a scene with Seahorse and Aquatic
Plant (taught next in this chapter). Paste them on blue
cardboard or make a diorama.

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make a valley crease and then a mountain
crease at the line for the fold. Then spread the
folded edges at the right apart and push the
bottom part of the flap between them.

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This time, make an
outside reverse fold. (Hint:
First make a valley crease
and then a mountain crease
at the line for the fold. Then
turn the bottom portion of
the flap inside out, wrapping
its layers around the model.)

7

The illustration shows
the outside reverse fold in
progress.

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8 The outside reverse fold

9 Fold the front top edge of

is complete. Now make an
inside reverse fold which will
begin to form the head.

the head towards you and
the back top edge away from
you. Shape the tail with a

valley fold.

11 Steps 11–12 show only
the head. Shape the head by
making a small mountain
fold.

10

Push the corner
completely inside the head
by making an inside reverse
fold.

12 Push down on the top
edge while you push up on
the bottom edges causing
mountain folds (that are
partially open) to form.

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13

Your seahorse is
complete.

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